Some people are fans of the Tampa Bay Bucs. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tampa Bay Bucs. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the. The Associated Press delivers indepth coverage on todays Big Story including top stories, international, politics, lifestyle, business, entertainment, and more. Tickets for Concerts, Sports, Theatre and More Online at TicketsInventory. Corruption is killing the Olympic games or should. If anyone still believes in the Olympic ideal, please give me a call Ive got a stadium in Rio de Janeiro Id like to sell you. Diabetes Management Software there. Discredited long ago by the very corruption and nationalism they were meant to transcend, the Olympic Games are embroiled in a wave of scandal thats embarrassing even by the sorry standards of this hypocritical movement. Its hard to say whats more outrageous credible new allegations of a clandestine state sponsored doping scheme carried out by the 2. LATEST NEWS 13. 11. UN General Assembly approves Olympic Truce for PyeongChang 2018 13. Duane Kale enters Attitude Hall of Fame 13. Chris Vos. Return to Transcripts main page. CNN 10. Note This page is continually updated as new transcripts become available. If you cannot find a specific segment, check back. D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0-696x385.jpg' alt='Rio 2017 Olympic Font' title='Rio 2017 Olympic Font' />Winter Olympics host nation, Russia or the fact that the International Olympic Committee entrusted the event to a despotic regime run by a glory hungry former KGB agent in the first place. Meanwhile, the integrity of the 2. Summer Games in Beijing another dictatorships showcase has been retrospectively undercut by the discovery of previously undetected doping by a reported 3. London Games. French prosecutors are investigating allegations that the IOCs decision to award Tokyo the 2. Summer Games was greased by payoffs, as many previous games have been. In Brazil, where the 2. Summer Olympics are supposed to begin Aug. Rio 2017 Olympic Font' title='Rio 2017 Olympic Font' />Olympics related infrastructure development became a font of payoffs and kickbacks. Potentially involved are some of the politicians implicated in the wider corruption scandal that has destabilized the Brazilian government, at precisely the moment it should have been devoting full attention to the security and efficiency of the Games. In response, IOC officials spout indignant rhetoric and issue earnest threats against wrongdoers, just as they have on what seem like a million previous occasions. These promised reforms are no more likely to succeed than those of the past. Program De Lucru Cu Publicul Sectia 5 Politie Bucuresti. The truth is that incentives influence behavior. And participants in the Olympics, at all levels, face overwhelming incentives to cheat or try to cheat whether by using performance enhancing drugs, rigging the venue selection or raking off government funds, which host nations borrow and spend like water in pursuit of ephemeral economic stimulus. And dont get me started on the judges and referees. Its all become a grandiose mockery of the sentiment declared by the Games modern founder, Pierre de Coubertin of France The important thing at the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part for the essential thing in life is not to conquer but to struggle well. Equally hollow, in view of the record which includes the hideous 1. Berlin Olympics hosted by Adolf Hitler are the words of the Olympic Charter The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of humankind, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity. In fact, the Olympics have repeatedly provided a flashpoint for international rivalry, as in the alternating boycotts carried out by the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and for terrorist attacks, such as the ones that marred the 1. Summer Games. The threat of another such incident casts a necessary but unseemly security pall over the contemporary Games, as each host mobilizes its police and armed forces to patrol the celebration of peace and harmony. Some host governments have used Olympic preparations as an excuse to rid themselves of inconvenient domestic elements, whether it was Mexico massacring student protesters to prevent unrest from spoiling the 1. Summer Games, or South Korea rounding up and interning thousands of homeless people in Seoul, lest they damage the countrys image during the 1. Summer Games. If the Olympics have not, and cannot, achieve their lofty aims, then exactly what special purpose does this quadrennial exercise in corporate and governmental gigantism serve other than to enrich well connected businesses and aggrandize states None that I can think of. High level athletic competition, in the form of championship events for every sport under the sun, already exists. If you love the drama of sports, as so many of us do, you can get your fill as a spectator of those contests. Theyre commercialized and scandal prone, too but at least theres no pretense of promoting a peaceful society or preserving human dignity. A world without the Olympic Games might be a little less exciting every two years and considerably more honest all the time. The Washington Post.