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Do you really think that if the USA networks walked away the cash cow Olympics could not replace that money? American coporations require international markets and would look at the new economies expanding in Brazil, India, China etc You think Visa, Coca-Cola, McDonalds will walk away from the Olympics if they are not held in the US. America is a saturated market, the rest of the world especially Asia, Africa, Latin America is virgin territory. Could a reason the IOC are apparently greedy is not because they are needy, but because those existing deals are no longer as good as the ones they can get on the open market?

Remind us how well the New York 2012 and 2016 bids did? The IOC need American money? The Olympic movement will collapse without it? .... I think you'll find the new wealthy nations of China, Russia, and the oil rich nations of the Middle East will completely disagree, and would step in. Keep rebutting