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Originally Posted by valo403
It's not punishment, it's pressuring the financial powers to play a role in pushing back against this law, or removing future support from events/nations that proudly stand for the denial of basic human rights.
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Maybe I'm far too simple minded, but I fail to see how Olympic sponsors can enact much change for these Olympics. I agree that they can speak volumes for future events by not sponsoring events in countries with (what we deem to be) bad human rights laws, but I fail to see how they can impact these Olympics.
Even if a major sponsor was to walk away today, I would think that most of their sponsorship cash or inkind has already been handed over. So walking away as a sponsor right now would only mean their name wouldn't appear anywhere, when they've already helped the Olympics to go on.