IOC getting called out by Costas

This is precisely the thought pattern that leads to the darkest events of history being repeated.

 

IIRC, they haven't done anything in memory of the athletes who died at previous competitions when those years come around. This is, in fact, the 100-year anniversary of the first athlete to die during competition at the Olympics, and if they're not doing anything to commemorate that, then at least they're being consistent about that. If they were honoring that and not the Israelis, then I think Israel would have a better case.

 

There's a difference between 6 athletes and one physician who have died over 116 years of modern Olympics and 11 athletes targeted for assassination in 1 day because of their religion in a country that attempted genocide against them.

 

I think you're right.

 

This. The IOC should not have treated the two similarly.

For me, though, any gesture from the IOC is so false and empty that I'm fine with their decision.

 

Maybe the Israeli delegation will wear black when it marches in the ceremonies. That would be appropriate, I suppose. Of course, most of the athletes weren't even born in 1972.

 

Tough shit.

Let them be offended over the actions of members of their fellow religion.

 

FIFA is far worse than the NCAA and challenges the IOC on any given day.

 

You could be Management potential in Alabama or New Orleans

Problems? People hate us? Why, no, not at all. It's all happy news. Move along, nothing to see here.

/iagreewithijag/

 

The IOC has already gone out of its way once this year to let the marathon runner from Sudan run under the Olympic flag because he refuses to run for his old country and didn't make the US or Sudanese teams.

Now you expect them to take a minute to honor those athletes who went to Munich to represent their country and were killed by others for it.

Boy, you are expecting a lot </sarcasm>