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Four-day national championship meet in August or September, with spectators, would be fine. I’d go.
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It seems no one wants to be the one who pulls the plug, so they are passing the bucks to someone else.
Former IOC exec Kevan Gosper suggests United Nations could rule on fate of Tokyo Games
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Gosper is a friggin idiot, whose commonsense hasn't improved since 2008 when he criticised pro democracy protesters.Originally posted by TN1965 View Post
Japan isnt a vassal state of the UN, or of the international corporate world to which Gosper belongsComment
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Ummm... I don't think that's the point. The Japanese government does not want to be the one to announce cancellation. So they are trying to force IOC to call it. IOC does not want to be the one, so they are trying to shift the responsibility to UN. I don't know the details about their contract, but the Japanese government and IOC are probably trying to shift the financial cost of cancellation to each other. (Or for that matter I don't know the details of contract between NBC -- or any other broadcasting partner -- and IOC regarding the cancellation.)Originally posted by Tuariki View PostComment
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At the end of the day, if IOC refude to cancel, then it is up to Japan to make the finsl decision.Originally posted by TN1965 View Post
To suggest it should be a call msde by the UN is simply nonsensical. This is not August 1945 when Japan had to seek permission to even go to the toiletComment
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Dwight Stones suggested that just cancel and give 2032 to Tokyo...not sure why they would want them then ...
Let's repeat this in 11 years!
The UN thing is pretty silly....Last edited by Conor Dary; 01-18-2021, 07:29 PM.Comment
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Probably the best and fairest option to at least make them that offerOriginally posted by Conor Dary View PostComment
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The last thing we need is for the UN to get involved. It would set a horrible precedent.Comment
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And the likes of Seb Coe and Thomas Bach keep telling us that sports and politics are separate and don't mix.Originally posted by Halfmiler2 View PostComment
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Coe has been at the forefront of athlete liberation regards taking a kneeOriginally posted by Tuariki View PostComment
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Meanwhile....not going well in Japan...
Japan: One dead as snowstorm causes 130-car pile-up
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Tokyo Olympics 'unlikely to go ahead in 2021'
The former chief executive of the London 2012 Olympics says it is "unlikely" that the Tokyo Games will take place this summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Slow Covid Vaccine Distribution Adds to Tokyo Olympics Woes
Lagging vaccinations in the U.S. and a skeptical Japanese public complicate the Games, now six months away
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Australian Open turmoil raises questions for Tokyo Games
"All the players, we understood that if somebody tested positive that it would just be the group, like if somebody in your staff tested positive, then you would have to be quarantined; you wouldn't be able to practice. There wasn't any discussion about the whole plane going that way, so obviously it was a huge surprise to everybody," he said from his hotel room in Melbourne.
But many Australians appear to have little sympathy for the athletes, many of whom have flown in from coronavirus hotspots to compete for a share of total prizes worth 71.5 million Australian dollars ($55.1 million).
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