BRAZIL, WHOI, WHOI!

Two gears are better than one; it makes sense for more than one country to host the Olympic Games in partnership.

A great deal of water has gone under the bridge since Brazil successfully bid for the Olympic Games. One might even say an ocean has traversed the bridge, so much so that what might have once seemed like a blessing for Brazil appears to be taking on the shape of a curse. Since the bid Brazil has had a de facto coup, with the criminal elite ousting Dilma Rousseff's government and secreting themselves into power, which they are now working on consolidating. Brazil's economy is also struggling, whereas it was on the rise in the past, though still threatened by the continuing world economic slow down.

The Olympic Games, if the truth is to be told, has probably become a curse for many or most of the countries which have successfully bid to hold it.  Why, you might ask, does a prestigious event such as hosting scores of nations coming to your country to compete in this spectacle, become tantamount to being passed a poisonous chalice?

The Olympic Games was intended to 'showcase' the countries hosting it, however, as the games become bigger, they have become extremely costly, and threaten to bankrupt the countries holding them. The costs have escalated to the point where the benefits of the games to the smaller and poorer countries hosting them is very much in dispute. There has been much talk about the games resulting in the countries hosting them investing in their infrastructure more than they might have done otherwise.

However, all things considered, hosting the Olympic Games is more about business, big business and making money than it is about 'showcasing' the hosting country or promoting the spirit of competitive sports among nations. Countries such as Brazil, would, arguably, gain more benefit from spending the money it spent on hosting the Olympics on nation building, such as replacing some of the Favelas, thereby providing better housing for her poor, increased sanitation and better health care; all of which could have a positive impact on reducing crime, and increasing employment.

Probably the most that the Olympics do is to provide a feeding fest for the filthy rich and the criminal elements in society, who use them as a great opportunity to make money. Its positive benefit to the poor, and the country in general, is likely to be very small. Quite simply, hosting Olympic Games is something poor and not so poor countries should avoid like the plague.  

For these games to be viable and responsibly hosted in the future, would require several countries hosting them as a consortium, with them dividing up the different events and hosting them between them. Anything else is madness and is likely to result in the Sun going down on the misguided host countries.

Is the Sun setting on one nation hosted Olympic Games?