hi - some people seem to think that the results of the 2016 olympic bids are either a snub aimed at president Obama personally , general anti
americanism or some other conspiracy
FFS - cettain people allegedly claim that the elimination of the chicago bid " prooves " that obama is a bad president
please try looking at the 4 finalists with some care - i believe that there WAS a conspiracy to award the honour to brazil [ i even put my money where
my mouth was and placed a 5 pound bet - net winnings 40 pounds ]
but it had nothing to do with anti americanism or anti obama sentiments
the contenders - in no particular order
madrid
chicago
tokyo
rio de janiro
there was nothing flawed about any of the bids - all would have made superb olympic hosts
but the olympics is allegedly about world harmony and intergration through sport - not eliteism and
so its my opinion that the IOC and others conspired to engineer the brazilian win - simply to move the olyompics out of the rutt of the same old
countries
they rejected brazils last bid for the 2012 games - simply because it was weak and likley to end in a disaster
now the brazilians have lerned thier lesson - and restructured thier bid and secured promises of investment - to put together a bid that will produce
a successfull olympics
chicago was rejected - not ecause of any ` snub ` - but because the USA has nosted 2 summer games in the last 25 years and winter games too
tokyo survived to the final 3 because its bid was flawless [ but has already hosted a games ]
madrid had the emotional support of an ex IOC president [ spain has already hosted a games too ]
leaving rio de janiro which was already [ allegedly ] the defacto victor
as thier bid presentation pointed out - there has never been a olympic games in south america - they have a great sporting reputation - have hosted
several top level football [ soccer ] tournaments - including world cup
so why not the olympics ? - well why not ?????
brazil tabled a credible bid that will work - ergo the IOC ` gave ` them the games
its that simple [ IMHO ]
WHY DO SOME PEOPLE THINK ITS ALL ABOUT THE usa OR ITS PRESIDENT ???