Russia’s state-run doping program has gotten Putin’s kleptocracy banned from the Winter Olympics. Think about it — how dirty do you have to be to be too dirty for the frickin’ Olympic Committee, the most corrupt agency on the planet?
Glad to hear that the athletes — the ones who test clean, anyway — can still compete, under a neutral flag. My modest proposal would be that all the athletes compete under a neutral flag, or better yet a blank one. But the truth is that without flags next to the athletes’ names, there would be no audience for a bunch of sports people watch once every four years and don’t miss in between.
Makes it easier for Trump to decide which team to root for.
I dont know, FIFA gives the IOC a run for their money
@Arthur: IOC wrote the book, FIFA read it.
I wonder how much longer the Olympics will be around. The cost vs. the return doesnt add up and in the last bidding for the 2024 olympics only 2 countries bid on it and for some reason, ours was one of them
World Cup 2018 is in Russia
Too bad Trump can’t use his connections to get our soccer team in. This never would have happened under Obama.
Maybe if we called it football, they’d play better.
And while we’re at it, can we kill off the NFL?
Media watch – lol
Don’t kill the nfl just kill their ‘non-profit status”
The only surprise is that the IOC actually took this step now, as opposed to all of the times they allowed the Soviets and East Germans to keep participating.
The Winter Games are a lot more fun to watch than the Summer Olympics.
@A “Don’t kill the nfl…”
Why not? Does this deserve to survive?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/12/05/the-nfls-latest-problem-a-brutal-sport-turns-ugly-with-the-bengals-steelers-game-the-latest-example/
@Arthur–
The NFL dropped the “non-profit” tax status in 2015. Not because they’re a moral organization, but because it will save them money and/or give some opacity to the inner workings (and salaries) of the organization.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2015/04/28/the-nfl-is-dropping-its-tax-exempt-status-why-that-ends-up-helping-them-out/?utm_term=.276c658c3165