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There is also no value in an olympic swimming event without any athletes. They both bring value to the table, why is the IOC walking away with all the money?

by Vendan 10y ago

WalterBright 10y ago
Because the athletes are eager to participate for free.
LanceH 10y ago
Replace one set of unknown athletes with another set of unknowns and it's the same event to the large majority of viewers. Replace the olympics with the world championships and suddenly nobody is watching (in most of these sports). You remember how great that 2015 world championship in swimming was, right? It was all over tv, right? People care about the olympics far more than they care about the athletes. Yes I know men's basketball and a few others are exceptions, but they're also the ones nobody is worried about being paid.
- random314 10y ago
  >Replace the olympics with the world championships and suddenly nobody is watching (in most of these sports). You remember how great that 2015 world championship in swimming was, right? It was all over tv, right? Don't make the mistake of confusing, olympics - the event with the organizers. Swap the organizers of the Olympics with that of the World Championship and no one is going to notice any difference. Swap Usain Bolt with some other guy and the race becomes meaningless. Swap any executive with another and no one gives a shit. The Olympics are primarily about the athletes and nominally about the executive officers. Nobody gives a shit about them - I can understand officials making 50K$ the year of the Olympics but I don't understand why they need to be paid any more than that. They have organized terribly in Rio and one exec can be swapped for another and no one would care.
  - dragonwriter 10y ago
    > > Replace the olympics with the world championships and suddenly nobody is watching (in most of these sports). You remember how great that 2015 world championship in swimming was, right? It was all over tv, right? > Don't make the mistake of confusing, olympics - the event with the organizers. Swap the organizers of the Olympics with that of the World Championship and no one is going to notice any difference. Swap Usain Bolt with some other guy and the race becomes meaningless. Swap any executive with another and no one gives a shit. Er, the World Championships of any sport that is also in the Olympics generally consists of the same pool of athletes, and the same bureaucrats in the sport-specific governing body. What differs is: (1) The Olympics also have Olympic bureaucrats, (2) Scheduling, (3) Name of the event ("Olympics" vs. "World Championship").
    - random314 10y ago
      What about tennis grandslams, nba, badminton etc.?The fundamental point is that players matter, executiveso don't .

There is also no value in an olympic swimming event without any athletes. They both bring value to the table, why is the IOC walking away with all the money?

by Vendan 10y ago

There is also no value in an olympic swimming event without any athletes. They both bring value to the table, why is the IOC walking away with all the money?

WalterBright 10y ago

Because the athletes are eager to participate for free.

LanceH 10y ago

Replace one set of unknown athletes with another set of unknowns and it's the same event to the large majority of viewers. Replace the olympics with the world championships and suddenly nobody is watching (in most of these sports). You remember how great that 2015 world championship in swimming was, right? It was all over tv, right? People care about the olympics far more than they care about the athletes. Yes I know men's basketball and a few others are exceptions, but they're also the ones nobody is worried about being paid.

random314 10y ago
>Replace the olympics with the world championships and suddenly nobody is watching (in most of these sports). You remember how great that 2015 world championship in swimming was, right? It was all over tv, right? Don't make the mistake of confusing, olympics - the event with the organizers. Swap the organizers of the Olympics with that of the World Championship and no one is going to notice any difference. Swap Usain Bolt with some other guy and the race becomes meaningless. Swap any executive with another and no one gives a shit. The Olympics are primarily about the athletes and nominally about the executive officers. Nobody gives a shit about them - I can understand officials making 50K$ the year of the Olympics but I don't understand why they need to be paid any more than that. They have organized terribly in Rio and one exec can be swapped for another and no one would care.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  > > Replace the olympics with the world championships and suddenly nobody is watching (in most of these sports). You remember how great that 2015 world championship in swimming was, right? It was all over tv, right? > Don't make the mistake of confusing, olympics - the event with the organizers. Swap the organizers of the Olympics with that of the World Championship and no one is going to notice any difference. Swap Usain Bolt with some other guy and the race becomes meaningless. Swap any executive with another and no one gives a shit. Er, the World Championships of any sport that is also in the Olympics generally consists of the same pool of athletes, and the same bureaucrats in the sport-specific governing body. What differs is: (1) The Olympics also have Olympic bureaucrats, (2) Scheduling, (3) Name of the event ("Olympics" vs. "World Championship").
  - random314 10y ago
    What about tennis grandslams, nba, badminton etc.?The fundamental point is that players matter, executiveso don't .