Will the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games be cancelled?

[Monzanator 4,507]

2 minutes ago, Nickyc707 said:

How can you have a trend based on one event however stupid? GB actually have a good record of turning up for events even in the face of terrorism. Australia not so much.

The problem is, GB doesn't host the Olympics so their opinion is totally irrelevant what Japan does. The old Empire feelings must be very strong, back when London decided what happens in over half of the world. It must stink you've lost that power to tell other people what to do

[phelps 7,680]

1 hour ago, Orangehair43 said:

Britons want it cancelled.

 

 

and I want Britons to be cancelled, instead...

 

you should stop trolling around...

 

this is a sport forum, made mainly of true sport lovers who want the Games to go on...so, it really looks that this is not the right place for you...

[De_Gambassi 1,223]

55 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

The problem is, GB doesn't host the Olympics so their opinion is totally irrelevant what Japan does. The old Empire feelings must be very strong, back when London decided what happens in over half of the world. It must stink you've lost that power to tell other people what to do

No, it's not really that, it's about surveys institute asking useless questions to people who most likely will not have a clue and/or are not interested by the question to begin with so that they have something to sell to newspapers. It's how their business works.

 

We had a similar irrelevant survey in France a few weeks ago

 

http://www.odoxa.fr/sondage/60-francais-souhaitent-jeux-de-tokyo-naient-lieu/

 

 

[rybak 3,218]

4 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

Britons want it cancelled.

 

 

I will repeat this what was saying here few weeks ago, we all wants you to be cancelled from this forum...

[Vektor 3,326]

The question that should be asked in surveys is how people feel about healthy athletes potentially getting those important vaccines before people in need. 

 

And IOC has to think about if having the Olympics this year will seriously damage the brand of the Games or not. We are not that far off from the Games and there are some quite serious COVID restrictions in place in many countries that are damaging businesses. It will reflect on quite terribly for everyone involved if these restrictions will be still in place, but the event involving thousands of athletes from around the world can just go ahead.

 

Even on smaller scale this is real, people are pissed here in Hungary that the end of the restrictions are nowhere near in sight while we are hosting the Champions League matches of some rich Western clubs like they are more important than regular folks. 

[Orangehair43 251]

4 minutes ago, Vektor said:

The question that should be asked in surveys is how people feel about healthy athletes potentially getting those important vaccines before people in need. 

 

And IOC has to think about if having the Olympics this year will seriously damage the brand of the Games or not. We are not that far off from the Games and there are some quite serious COVID restrictions in place in many countries that are damaging businesses. It will reflect on quite terribly for everyone involved if these restrictions will be still in place, but the event involving thousands of athletes from around the world can just go ahead.

 

Even on smaller scale this is real, people are pissed here in Hungary that the end of the restrictions are nowhere near in sight while we are hosting the Champions League matches of some rich Western clubs like they are more important than regular folks. 

In the UK that hasn't been a political issue so far

 

In Better news.

 

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/japan-pm-g7-leaders-support-161329603.html

[Agger 1,663]

On 19/02/2021 at 18:16, Vektor said:

The question that should be asked in surveys is how people feel about healthy athletes potentially getting those important vaccines before people in need. 

 

And IOC has to think about if having the Olympics this year will seriously damage the brand of the Games or not. We are not that far off from the Games and there are some quite serious COVID restrictions in place in many countries that are damaging businesses. It will reflect on quite terribly for everyone involved if these restrictions will be still in place, but the event involving thousands of athletes from around the world can just go ahead.

 

Even on smaller scale this is real, people are pissed here in Hungary that the end of the restrictions are nowhere near in sight while we are hosting the Champions League matches of some rich Western clubs like they are more important than regular folks. 

While I agreee that putting athletes in the front of the vaccine line would be problematic, I would say that it would also be problematic to cancel an event due to some who are pissed. There'll always be people complaining on social media. That's not gonna change!

[hckošice 14,836]

Rumors saying the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics games will be without foreign spectators. Only local audience will be allowed. IOC should apparently announce it officially within a week

[pdr4332 218]

5 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Rumors saying the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics games will be without foreign spectators. Only local audience will be allowed. IOC should apparently announce it officially within a week

This is the minimum rational decision which can be taken at the moment (they can decide more flexibly to what extent they allow Japanese spectators based on the situation in say, May or June - for local spectators it requires less planning in advance to attend)
It has to be announced as soon as possible. This is like ripping off the band aid - it has to be done quickly.

[dcro 10,210]

Basically one step closer to cancallation.