Maybe I'm just getting too cynical, but it seems like the gambit the IOC has been running for the last 40 years is getting a bit long in the tooth. The days of having taxpayers (both locally and federally) cough up billions of dollars of subsidies for a bit of "feel good" time seems to be losing favour, even with politicians.
I think the time has come to make these events as close to "cost neutral" as possible for the host city and country. That most definitely means less largesse for the IOC - but I just don't see the "same old same old" working anymore.
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