Apathy Curve: Olympic Legacy

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Monday, February 20, 2017

Olympic Legacy

Olympic Venues in Rio de Janeiro Are in Disrepair Only Six Months After the Games Ended

So after bribing, sorry, I mean putting forth a compelling argument to the IOC, Brazil won the summer Olympics and spent billions building all the venues and going in to debt up to their eyeballs. Now, six months later, many of the locations are abandoned and in disrepair.

Two things. One, the IOC is nothing but a bunch of corrupt politicians that deserve to be in jail, not in a luxury sky box, and two, we should NEVER bid for an Olympics again. As has been seen over and over, unless you already have places to host the competitions, you will spend more than you will ever get out of them, and the "economic boom" is not worth the hassle. The IOC treats these cities like a cheap prostitute, and I for one am tired of getting screwed.

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