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Originally Posted by bcsoda
I don't know much about this, but what kind of effect would a more localized boycott have? For example, if TV stations refused to broadcast the Olympics, bars and restaurants didn't show the Olympic games, and patrons refused to go to bars and restaurants that were airing the games? Would it only effect Canadian companies, or would it have some sort of rebound effect and hit Russia as well?
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TV rights to the games are sold well in advance of the actual hosting site being chosen. In your hypo, the host site would still get the money, CBC would still be out the $, the companies who bought ads would be out the $, but the reduced viewership for this set of games would reduce the $ paid for the media rights to future games, since the viewership : $ ratio would be off.
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Originally Posted by Rathji
I have a gay coworker, and asked her about this just now, her response was that it would be much better to use the Olympics in Sochi as a world stage to bring more attention to the issue rather than impact the hard work of so many amateur athletes.
Something that makes a statement during the opening ceremonies, like flags or prominent gay athletes or something that is obviously promoting equality.
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Alternatively, and just an idea here, but have a boycott and the nations that boycotted can have their own Olympics at the same time (or slightly later). I'm sure there are a few cities that could host such an event without too much notice and planning--maybe Vancouver could actually get some snow this time around.