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by aaron695 2285 days ago
If the world can't get together for one global event then we are really fucked.

It would be pretty important if we could pull this off.

Part I suspect is the money in winning and how some countries won't be at 100% vs let's prove as humans we can achieve something as a global community in a crisis.

There can't be in person spectators and there will be isolations either side.

But we can do it.

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Maybe athletes don't want to risk their lives for a grand gesture?

We can achieve something. Just not this.

I imagine it's less about the athletes than the spectators. Or at least I hope so, since the Olympics is best watched in groups.
You can't have competitive sports during a pandemic, full stop. It's not a question of will, it's a question of basic public health, and putting a few brain cells together. Athletes will not compete in PPE...
> There can't be in person spectators

Olympic games are 20% for sport and 80% for the money brought by spectators/tourists. The host country spends billions in local infrastructures (stadiums, hotels, roads, &c.) it would make no sense to have the competitions without in person spectators.