Tokyo Olympics: Olympic Games at what cost? | To The Point
Tokyo Olympics: Olympic Games at what cost? | To The Point
Just weeks to go now to the beginning of the summer Olympics in Japan. Preparations, though, have been hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.
And, as many as eighty percent of the Japanese say they want the Olympics called off. But: the Japanese government and the International Olympic Committee insist the huge event will go ahead even if there are…
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Why is Berlin not showing interest in hosting the Olympics? It has been over 30 yrs since unification, the Olympics would have been the best way to celebrate the city as one. Paris or London would have vied for this worldly games long ago…
Smaller sports like Taekwando never get attention outside the Olympics ?!? Who is this German? Where are you from? Mars?
What does Olympic mean n spirit to all of us as a whole.
Every time a new game is invented at some place of recreation, it is added to the Olympics. If there is a competition at the beach on who can throw a handful of beach sand upwards, towards the sky, that completion is next added by an American president such as Clinton to an ever increasing set of events at the Olympics. If two or more highly bored girls are seen playing a different form of volleyball at the beach by the ocean, that game is immediately added to a growing list of events at the next Olympics by the sitting president of America. If the sitting President of America sees a new game where the football is tossed by a quarterback by throwing the ball backwards without looking at the intended receiver, that sitting president again adds that as a new event to the Olympics. If someone complains to the President that too many events are making the Olympics way too expensive, the sitting president immediately bans the Olympic the athletes of the Russian Federation, even if someone else had complained. If a politician sees a twisted new form of rugby being played by a few amateurs, that is immediately added as an event by the the sitting President most likely.
To be fair why not bring a Japanese representative if you want to talks about Olympic in their countries. Here you are the no shame acting as colonial masters talking. Hello hello you re PAST TENSE sir !!! all do respect !!
Where is Abe after he got the world into this mess? He called all Japenise against Olympics is anti Japenise. LOL
I really like the way you conduct this show/interview. It shows profession and insight with a rational attitude. Thank you.
From what I understand, if the Olympics are cancelled, the host nation will owe a lot of money to the IOC including estimated profits. The IOC could call it off, but there is no financial incentive for the IOC to do so. So in a sense, it would be better to run the Olympics even at a loss because then they will incur real costs which would be far less than the rosy expected revenues. It could be viewed as Tokyo's last ditch effort to save face while sacrificing people's well being. That's far removed from so called Olympic spirit.
Just like we're seeing right now in Tokyo, the one representative obviously missing from this discussion is an epidemiologist – it's appalling that the IOC are being allowed to bully their way into holding the games rather than protecting the health & wellbeing of either their own athletes & entourage or the 126 million people of Japan. Any epidemiologist will tell you the absolute worst situation in a pandemic is to bring people from virtually every continent & country, close them up in a 'bubble' (as they are calling the Olympic village), let the virus mutate into god-knows what new variant(s) and then after it's stewed for a couple of weeks have all those people return to their homeland & spread the new 'IOC Special' variant worldwide!
And to impose this little cauldron upon a country that is densely populated, 80% still unvaccinated, has escalating numbers of infections and a healthcare system that needs all it's capacity to treat it's residents?? IOC = absolutely reprehensible! If it's going to cost billions to postpone or cancel, how about YOU cover it from the billions you've made from televising rights in the last decades??!
The IOC will be the only winner of this Olympic cycle. They're making billions off of TV. Japan cannot recoup any of the money they spent to hold the games, they depend on tourism for that. And the athletes themselves might as well be at a practice session. Who wants to compete in an empty stadium? It doesn't feel like a celebration anymore.
6:51 this guy a walking faux pas LOL
Japan is famous for its fast internet so why not use vr cameras to have spectators. I know that it would make the games more expensive but I honestly can't see what else could be done
please read using translater tool. 最新の世論調査でも国民の7割以上が開催に反対しています。コロナ感染者数の急増やインド株の拡がりにより7/12から日本では2020年から数えて4回目の非常事態宣言が発せられました。夕方から店は締まり東京の飲食店では全面的に酒類の提供が禁止されています。大臣の口からは、酒類の提供を続ける企業には金融機関から圧力をかけるという暴言も出ています。電車も夜遅くまで走っていません。選手も国民もIOCの利益のためにリスクにさらされています。日本人の政治家や大会組織委員会は無能な人間しかいないのでIOCを止める事ができません。世界的にこの惨状を広めて欲しいです。
The ending ceremony will be the worst event ever. No athlete will be left to attend. Empty stadium.
Pity..
I would call it off too. We can delay gratification. We can also promise the next one to Japan if cancelled.
Their world will Not fall apart. There are more important priorities than vain glory.
If their world will fall apart, I suggest finding more humanitarian pursuits and priorities.
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COVID-19 hysteria is based on PCR tests.
1. PCR tests cannot show the infection.
2. PCR tests to prove COVID-19 use Ct>28.
3. Ct=45 (Drosden tests, CDC gold standard): 100% false positives.
4. Ct=35: 97% false positives.
5. Ct>28: Returns nonsense results. It's not accepted by serious scientists.
World want to see 2021 Tokyo Olympic persevere to press on to its opening ceremony, light up the torch, have games play forward, athletes to compete to their best of ability and fairness of officials and judges, grabbing audiences across the glob. wolilnyeon
Absolutely to the point – – – where is the wisdom of this decision? It is non-existent. Especially in a country where only 14% of the adult population has been vaccinated for ANY variant of Covid.
This is the rich right making a grab for property from which to profit, at the expense of the citizens of those communities affected by the Olympics' rich representatives' plotting . Shame on the Olympics, moving poor people out of their own homes to tear them down for profit. And not providing a dime in return. This shows where their hearts are coming from.
This News channel always spread negativity.
Every decisions by IOC was moved by MONEY. It's nothing about athletic, the only thing they cared about is MONEY.
I am not a Japanese but I was really glad when Tokyo won the bid to host 2020 Olympic Games back in 2013.
I was hoping to see the Games which was meant to be the opportunity for a reboot of Japan.
I am very disappointed that the Olympic Games will not be as expected.
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You know how much money the Japanese people has spent on this Olympics? You guys got to be dog out of your mind. The show must go on.
Don't worry guys, I'm boycotting the games. I'm not going to compete. That should persuade the IOC.
IOC and FIFA are a Bigggg Scam!!!
Karma, karma, karma…
The Japanese organizers need to be extra creative to make this olympic looks good, especially to compensate the lack of atmosphere and live-spectators
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The IOC has lost their way! It's all about the oh mighty dollar! Japan has made their desires known, and the IOC has made it clear, it's all about money!! At any cost! And the so called East Asian expert doesn't know anything about Japan. Maybe he should get his head out of his AS*!
Yeah yeah Covid pls just kill all the garbage. Save the earth, save the environment.
Thank you for paying attention to the quagmire we have to put up with.
Our government has been ignoring their not only their own people but our emperor too.
On top of that, the head of IOC is looking to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki, cities experienced nuclear bombs, to satisfy their vain idea of olympic being the symbol of peace, on contrary to their action with is risking not only lives of japans people but entire human being by triggering another wave of Covid.
Even we can’t stop this craziness, the responsibilities of potential outcome has to be pursued internationally to those who said it’s gonna be “Safe”.
A .Brundage said Games must go on so go ahead don 't give Covid no chance
Hanoi Hilton in Tokyo Olympics. You sleep on paper box and eat Fukushima radioactive foods. LOL
Japan will be devasted by delta variant after the games
I don't think 2020 needs to be the beginning of the end of the Olympics, but I think organizers have to learn from the 2020 games, and not treat what happened as a blip. The Olympics are already gearing towards sustainability, and I think pushing for organizing a flexible, more affordable, and resilient bids to the games will be crucial to attracting countries outside of superpower countries. The German Olympics bid (2032?) spread over many cities is a strong example.