Salon.com > International Olympic Committee http://www.salon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 14:50:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Seven ways the IOC ruins the Olympics http://www.salon.com/2012/08/07/7_ways_the_international_olympic_committee_saps_the_fun_out_of_the_olympics_salpart/ http://www.salon.com/2012/08/07/7_ways_the_international_olympic_committee_saps_the_fun_out_of_the_olympics_salpart/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:57:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=12974682 The Olympics have been a lot of fun this year, what with underdog Gabby Douglas taking home the all-around gymnastics gold, the Phelps-Lochte rivalry, Rafalca Romney competing in dressage, all the great firsts for women athletes, and those wacky/wonderful opening ceremonies. But as in years past, one aspect of the games has been something of a wet blanket: the International Olympic Committee.

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The IOC has plenty of necessary functions, to be sure: ensuring fair play, monitoring for discrimination and doping, and protecting athletes from “political or commercial abuse,” for instance. The group keeps order in an event that involves thousands of individual games, meets, and matches, with many thousands of people involved -- athletes, coaches, and attendees. So good on them for that.

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