5 August 2016

Olympic Games - beyond control of Citizens?

As another (expensive) Sportsfest starts in Rio de Janeiro the question of who benefits from this taxpayer funded largesse comes to the fore again. Taxpayers may think that their money is well spent but the Olympic 'Movement' (if you can call it that as it is dominated by a clique of insiders beyond democratic control, i.e. there is no influence from the wider public or at least those citizens involved in sports as amateurs or professionals) is resisting all efforts to be fully responsible for money spent to host the event. 
Rio 2016: Economists question wisdom of hosting Olympics
Opinion: Olympic denial: The benefits to hosting the Games are just hype 



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