You are perhaps confusing the permanent IOC, the organizing games committees (rotating every two years) and the national Olympic committees...
On Friday, July 6, 2012, Nuno Garcia wrote:I have said this once: The Olympic Committee has a budget that is bigger than many nations' budgets. They can afford not to be for-profit. The same goes for other organizations.
And some statements are pure intellectual arrogance.
Best,
Nuno GarciaOn 5 July 2012 23:16, Joly MacFie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:But you are not disputing their facts, I take it.jOn Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Michael Carson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Alain,
I agree. This op-ed is just that - the opinion of two individuals.
Michael Carson
YMCA of the USA
From: "Alain Berranger" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: NYTimes: International Olympic Committee - "elitist, domineering, and crassly commercial at its core"
NPOC really welcomes national Olympic committees as Members because they are true notforprofit organizations...Alain
On Thursday, July 5, 2012, Robin Gross wrote:
As a commercial organization that tried to join NCSG, very relevant…No Medal for the International Olympic Committee says the New York Times…..
July 4, 2012Olympian Arrogance
By JULES BOYKOFF and ALAN TOMLINSON
Brighton, England
WHILE Europe roils in economic turmoil, London is preparing for a lavish jamboree of international good will: in a few weeks, the city will host the 2012 Summer Olympics.
But behind the spectacle of athletic prowess and global harmony,
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