[aaron695]

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.

[lozenge]

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

We can achieve something. Just not this.

[beatgammit]

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.

[frandroid]

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...

[lm28469]

> 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.