Rio 2016: Olympic boxing tournament hit by corruption allegations

[Gandalf]

I haven't watched a single Olympic event so far. The Olympics by its nature is a very corrupt system where those competing get a few headlines but mostly get very little in the way of reward. Meanwhile areas are cleared of the homeless to build venues that will seldom be used again and officials rake in the money for an event sponsored by despicable corporate interests and is once again way over budget. It's immoral and sick.

[Ron Swanson]

I haven't watched a single Olympic event so far. The Olympics by its nature is a very corrupt system where those competing get a few headlines but mostly get very little in the way of reward. Meanwhile areas are cleared of the homeless to build venues that will seldom be used again and officials rake in the money for an event sponsored by despicable corporate interests and is once again way over budget. It's immoral and sick.

Great post, but I'll add sometimes it's not the homeless that are displaced but rather those with homes(Sochi)

[Gandalf]

I haven't watched a single Olympic event so far. The Olympics by its nature is a very corrupt system where those competing get a few headlines but mostly get very little in the way of reward. Meanwhile areas are cleared of the homeless to build venues that will seldom be used again and officials rake in the money for an event sponsored by despicable corporate interests and is once again way over budget. It's immoral and sick.

Great post, but I'll add sometimes it's not the homeless that are displaced but rather those with homes(Sochi)

I haven't watched anything, but I have heard that many of the venues are really empty as well. I think RT did a poll and more than 70% of those polled said that they are not interested in the Olympics. It's like with politics. You are constantly having the media tell you what they think you should be interested in and there is a big disconnect there. I think certainly once you reach a certain age, you see things like the Olympics for what they are. Fey expressions of corporatism and national vanity which serve to do nothing more than distract. Are the Olympics really the most important thing going on in the world?

For the boxers it is a decent chance once they go pro and they can be protected like Amir Khan was, but for many of the less popular events they make little money with what are the prime years of their lives. Even the gold medals are fake as there are just too many events and of course only the officials should get the spoils. Oh, call me cynical.

[Ron Swanson]

I haven't watched a single Olympic event so far. The Olympics by its nature is a very corrupt system where those competing get a few headlines but mostly get very little in the way of reward. Meanwhile areas are cleared of the homeless to build venues that will seldom be used again and officials rake in the money for an event sponsored by despicable corporate interests and is once again way over budget. It's immoral and sick.

Great post, but I'll add sometimes it's not the homeless that are displaced but rather those with homes(Sochi)

I haven't watched anything, but I have heard that many of the venues are really empty as well. I think RT did a poll and more than 70% of those polled said that they are not interested in the Olympics. It's like with politics. You are constantly having the media tell you what they think you should be interested in and there is a big disconnect there. I think certainly once you reach a certain age, you see things like the Olympics for what they are. Fey expressions of corporatism and national vanity which serve to do nothing more than distract. Are the Olympics really the most important thing going on in the world?

For the boxers it is a decent chance once they go pro and they can be protected like Amir Khan was, but for many of the less popular events they make little money with what are the prime years of their lives. Even the gold medals are fake as there are just too many events and of course only the officials should get the spoils. Oh, call me cynical.

I don't think you are cynical enough. First the Russians are banned entirely after all it was a government sponsored cheating program.(not the first time for a government sponsored PED program either) then they were choosing sport to sport but all known drug cheats were banned. Then suddenly the day before they have a vote that lets known drug cheats compete and they were already in Rio! WTF? You can't make it more obvious that bribes were paid. We think boxing is corrupt, it ain't got sh*# on FIFA and the IOC

[Master]

During the world cup 2014 there were the same demonstrations.