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The 10,000+ athletes who flew around the world and the 100,000-odd attendees who also flew around the world can all offset their emissions with that savings /sa

by spodek 5y ago

The 10,000+ athletes who flew around the world and the 100,000-odd attendees who also flew around the world can all offset their emissions with that savings /sarcasm. I love athletics and competition, but do the Olympics promote activity or more sedentariness? They are certainly devastating to the environment. We can achieve more sport, communication, and what they Olympics represent by promoting local fun and games: https://joshuaspodek.com/olympic-devastation-that-could-be-local-fun-instead https://joshuaspodek.com/olympic-devastation-that-could-be-l....

ColonialOne 5y ago
Out of interest do you think it's worth sacrificing international sport competitions for the sake of the environment? What level of travel would you support, are continental competitions ok? National competitions?
- goldenkey 5y ago
  The olympics isn't the only international sports competition. It's just the most daft one. It groups unrelated sports together like a circus. It slaps ads, sponsorships, and as much scrooging as it can all over the footage and then ironically pays the athletes a pittance to boot, making them rely on outside sponsorship deals. Most sports have world championships. They don't need the resources that the Olympics do, because they are sport specific and not necessarily sponsored by the government. If I'm American and I goto the world boxing championship, I don't need Biden's permission to represent America. If I win, then an American won. I just get listed as holding the title. The Olympics on the other hand is an ill scandal based on bribes, doping and awful bureaucracy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_Games_scandals_and_controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_Games_scandals...
- Retric 5y ago
  Moving the athletes is effectively trivial for these completions. It’s the spectators and facilities which represent most of the pollution. Olympics is a huge outlier in terms of athletes and it’s still 100 spectators in the stands per 1 athlete.

by spodek 5y ago

ColonialOne 5y ago

Out of interest do you think it's worth sacrificing international sport competitions for the sake of the environment? What level of travel would you support, are continental competitions ok? National competitions?

goldenkey 5y ago
The olympics isn't the only international sports competition. It's just the most daft one. It groups unrelated sports together like a circus. It slaps ads, sponsorships, and as much scrooging as it can all over the footage and then ironically pays the athletes a pittance to boot, making them rely on outside sponsorship deals. Most sports have world championships. They don't need the resources that the Olympics do, because they are sport specific and not necessarily sponsored by the government. If I'm American and I goto the world boxing championship, I don't need Biden's permission to represent America. If I win, then an American won. I just get listed as holding the title. The Olympics on the other hand is an ill scandal based on bribes, doping and awful bureaucracy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_Games_scandals_and_controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_Games_scandals...
Retric 5y ago
Moving the athletes is effectively trivial for these completions. It’s the spectators and facilities which represent most of the pollution. Olympics is a huge outlier in terms of athletes and it’s still 100 spectators in the stands per 1 athlete.