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8 hours ago, BigVic said:

An Olympics have never been shifted to September-October since Sydney 2000.

And Sydney 2000 one can say was basically all in September. Since only the very last day of those Games occured in October. 

Unless the IOC changes totally changes their mandated rule of the summer Games occuring only between July 15-Aug 31st, places like Qatar, Indonesia, India, etc. are all SOL right from the start.

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AWF President believes Qatar can host Olympics at any time - Inside The Games

 

Not in the July/August hosting window, it cannot -  not in 2036, 2040 or any year.

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Prospect of moving Olympics to winter for Qatar “pure speculation at this point”

“Following an IOC Executive Board Meeting in which climate-driven changes to future Winter Games host city selection were discussed, Host City asked the IOC if it would consider allowing a Summer Olympic Games in the winter months to enable a bid from the Middle East.”

“This would be pure speculation at this point in time,” the IOC Media Relation office said in an email.”

“The rules regarding the months in which the Games can take place have not changed in nearly 20 years.”

“As per an IOC Executive Board decision in 2003, and as clearly stated in the Future Host Questionnaire for the Olympic Games, the duration of the competitions of the Olympic Games shall not exceed sixteen days and the dates of the Olympic Summer Games shall be chosen within the period: 15 July to 31 August,” the IOC explained.“

 

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1 hour ago, SportLightning said:

I heard that Doha is the clear favorite

I think you should pay a little less attention to those voices in your head

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Why is that article even posted in this thread, when it's clearly talking about Madrid possibly interested in hosting 2036 (& all the others mentioned are just afterthoughts). Talk about indirect trolling on SL's part, simply because they "heard" something. :rolleyes:

Anyway, speaking on what's actually in the article, 2036 could indeed finally be Madrid's time. They won't have the baggage of 1992 anymore, & could make a compelling case this time, not to mention the (unofficial) rotation being on Europe's side. That said, Rol's, I think you should move this, along with the article, to the proper thread, away from you-know-who's voices in their head.

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11 minutes ago, FYI said:

Rol's, I think you should move this, along with the article, to the proper thread, away from you-know-who's voices in their head.

Who am I to argue if the voices told him to post it here?

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On 1/15/2023 at 3:40 AM, iceman530 said:

This is such a hilariously bad idea that Im scared its going to happen.  Money talks.  See FIFA

Big difference though between FIFA and the IOC. FIFA is willing to bow to local demands like alcohol free stadiums, gender segregation in stadiums, and women wearing the Abaya for fear of upsetting the Wahabbists. The IOC does not like to be seen as losing control of their flagship event. Bach and co. do not want to bow down to Qatari demands. As for money, well, early last year there was an editorial on Insidethegames about how the money issue was the main reason the IOC deep sixed Doha's 2016 bid and of course the mandatory summer window is their convenient exit.

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5 hours ago, stryker said:

Big difference though between FIFA and the IOC. FIFA is willing to bow to local demands like alcohol free stadiums, gender segregation in stadiums, and women wearing the Abaya for fear of upsetting the Wahabbists. The IOC does not like to be seen as losing control of their flagship event. Bach and co. do not want to bow down to Qatari demands. As for money, well, early last year there was an editorial on Insidethegames about how the money issue was the main reason the IOC deep sixed Doha's 2016 bid and of course the mandatory summer window is their convenient exit.

It’s amusing that the “new” ITG keeps repeating a mantra that Doha is the “clear favourite” for 2036 in every story about that race. I guess their new Latino AI bots don’t do critical reasoning well.

Anyway, of course it’s laughable. But so was Qatar 2022 WC. And if there’s one thing the IOC’s “New Norm”  selections have shown, it’s that the most important criteria for them now is the comprehensive government guarantee - forget if the actual bid plan’s only half finished or not, if you get that guarantee first t will get you over the line. For all its other red flags, I don’t think that would be hard for Qatar.

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On 2/29/2024 at 4:15 AM, Sir Rols said:

It’s amusing that the “new” ITG keeps repeating a mantra that Doha is the “clear favourite” for 2036 in every story about that race. I guess their new Latino AI bots don’t do critical reasoning well.

Anyway, of course it’s laughable. But so was Qatar 2022 WC. And if there’s one thing the IOC’s “New Norm”  selections have shown, it’s that the most important criteria for them now is the comprehensive government guarantee - forget if the actual bid plan’s only half finished or not, if you get that guarantee first t will get you over the line. For all its other red flags, I don’t think that would be hard for Qatar.

The likes of China and Turkiye can provide those government guarantees without having to deal with thornier issues like availability of booze or more of a sore spot, Israel. I'm sure in the halls of Lausanne that there are some IOC members that could see a situation where in the weeks leading up to a hypothetical Qatar Olympics that suddenly the Israeli team is denied entry and Qatar makes it clear that the decision was made by the royal family.

In this scenario there would be nothing the IOC could do. Sure they could point to the host city contract but in these Arab tribal societies, contracts are void if an elder prominent tribal sheikh says so. 

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0% clickbait in the slogan hmm...I mean it's sadly very plausible, right down to the awarding "process" but as of now, the only other result for putting Doha 2036 into Google News is from Inside the Games aka P*tin.com, and they're very much not trustworthy now. So I don't know what we can make of that yet. 

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Here it is from ITG’s, citing the same Spanish site:

Doha to host 2036 Olympics, says respected Spanish sports site Relevo

insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1145650/doha-to-host-2036-olympics-reports

But should it really be all that surprising at this point? All the clues have been there for a bit now. And considering how the Qatari’s were not please at all how 2032 went down, they’re on a mission now to not let that happen again. And emir Tamim has also been a long-time IOC member.

Although, what does that mean for Modi (& the Ambani’s)? Still think India is in play here (the switch in the dates to later in the year would also be a benefit for them to avoid their monsoon season). There’s also the recent inclusion of Cricket (which is very popular in India) to consider as well.

Or like I alluded to yesterday, can another ‘double’ be in the works here with Doh-a  & Ahmedabad both getting Games here? Would give the Indians that extra cushion to get everything done that they need to with another fours years added to their lead time, if say they got 2040 instead. 
 

 

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10 minutes ago, yoshi said:

0% clickbait in the slogan hmm...I mean it's sadly very plausible, right down to the awarding "process" but as of now, the only other result for putting Doha 2036 into Google News is from Inside the Games aka P*tin.com, and they're very much not trustworthy now. So I don't know what we can make of that yet. 

I did some research on this Spanish newspaper before posting the information because it was the first time I heard about it, and I didn't want to spread false information. But from what I saw, they carried out investigations on the Spanish volleyball & football federation, with information that seems to have been true, and even if it was created recently (2022) , they don't seem to have a bad reputation in Spain at the moment.

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2 hours ago, sebastien1214 said:

I pray hard that this is a wrong information. But the newspaper seems "serious", well in any case more than a simple rag (founded by former journalists from Marca & As in Spain).

 

Well, at least they have stuff here done already with all the events they had hosted already. And another day, another out of nowhere confirmation instead of a competition, even if it one that was speculated before.

I wonder if the IOC membership actually like just rubberstamping things instead of enforcing their right to be included on the IOC decisions or they are just too lazy to care, the way all these past bid process and the consolidation of power on the executive board went...

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5 hours ago, FYI said:

Here it is from ITG’s, citing the same Spanish site:

Doha to host 2036 Olympics, says respected Spanish sports site Relevo

insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1145650/doha-to-host-2036-olympics-reports

well of course ITG is going to say that, aren't their writers all from Spain? I'm personally going to wait until another news source reports on and confirms what Relevo said.

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I think its better to wait until we get more confirmation from other websites. For the moment this just seems like a rumour, but if its true this would be a new low, even for the IOC.

 

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