Faster Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 Interesting Faster. 2 Questions1) Where do you take your class - is this formal studies or just talking with her 2) What upset the federations? Its at my university Lack of access to venues and withholding of money. The Chinese rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. China is in the same position the US is in now. The IOC knows they need to go to them but they are not going to make it easy.
FYI Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 I was just gonna say, If the IOC is not happy with the U.S. at the moment, they can't be very happy with China, either, if the IOC was just being shoved aside, like some toddler, when it came to how Beijing should be handled. The IOC should make China sweat it out for the next couple of decades then.
Faster Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 Oh I will be shocked if both don't host another games by 2036. I am sure at some point Shanghai will come calling if not Harbin and the US will finally succeed. In the end the IOC may play hard to get but they need the US and Chinese markets more then the Chinese and Americans need them
Kenadian Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 I suppose though with China and the USA in an Olympic rivalry that is set to rival the old USSR V. USA of the 1952-1988 era, the IOC can be guaranteed that both markets will pay attention to the Olympics because so much nationalism is tied up in the Games. So they can take their Games and try out new locales without losing the attention of two huge markets.
micheal_warren Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 Ticket issues: the organizers broke the Hosting contract by not providing internationally the number of tickets demanded by the IOC, this is why groups like cosport had such a difficult and long time going through the process of allocating the limited tickets they recievedHong Kong venue: the IOC was extremely unhappy that the venue was moved so far away from Beijing when there was suitable venues in place just to make a political statement. Lack of information flow: Beijing routinely denied information and misdirected both the IOC and the media about issues surrounding the games and broke several protocols of the host agreement other then the ticketing fiasco. The international torch relay, the IOC advised the Chinese against it on multiple occasions, but the Chinese kept pushing and pushing, the IOC knew full well what a Chinese torch relay would cause in the US, Britain and France amongst others and its exactly what happened. In the end the IOC was powerless to control the Chinese and make sure they played by the IOC's rules. The IOC does not like this and it has left a bad taste in many peoples mouths. Just because everything appears glossy on the surface doesn't mean their was not undercurrents of unhappiness and displeasure throughout the entire 7 years. Yes getting information from the chinese was like getting blood out of a stone.
skicross Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 What time will the final list of applicant cities be announced ??
memorabilia Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 What time will the final list of applicant cities be announced ?? I supposed tomorrow morning ! Applicant cities had till midnight (or I suppose something like 6pm Lausanne time, closing hours of the IOC offices) today to send their applicant's letter.
Felipe Menegaz Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 SANTIAGO 2018!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe not...
IceNarcissus Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 I wonder if Munich will be the Chicago of the 2018 bids
olympian Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 I wonder if Munich will be the Chicago of the 2018 bids hope not.
Tulsa Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 I wonder if Munich will be the Chicago of the 2018 bids Annecy will be the "Rio" of the 2018 bids
FYI Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 Well, I wonder how many cities we'll actually have. If it's only 3 or 4 (as thus far), I doubt we'll even have a short-list this time (the IOC will push them all through), unless one candidate or 2 is really, really bad, but I don't see that as likely.
Torchbearer AA Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 We still don't know the names of the cities:(
Sir Rols Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 We still don't know the names of the cities:( We do how. The three. Annecy, Munich and PyeongChang.
Filipe_Golias Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 Only three cities? Wow... If the 2018 WOG host city decision wasn't scheduled for Durban 2011, I'd skip directly to the candidature phase and select the winner one year earlier.
thatsnotmypuppy Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 Hmm - the Kazakhs sent notification to the IOC - I wonder what happened there? Still - three solid bids so not a total loss.
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