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by thaumasiotes 684 days ago
> There are so few events where the conditions are exactly the same every 4 years.

The Olympics used to be held at Olympia. It's not difficult to make the conditions the same every four years.

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On that note, I should mention the idea of having a permanent Olympic city. Perhaps a new one.

That way, there's no circus that goes around at great expense each time, and the Olympic city becomes a centre for sports science during the interim.

Perhaps have separate summer and winter cities.

Only drawback is the ioc doesn't get to choose a city every four years.

The circus is the point of the Olympic.

If there is no big event happening somewhere, the Olympic have no point. There are already permanent venues and international competitions happening for each of the sports of the Olympic.

> Only drawback is the ioc doesn't get to choose a city every four years.

That’s a massive drawback which is probably insurmountable.

They to love kickback.

Imagine the bribes they would get when choosing the permanent city though!