Olympic chiefs have urged the British government to respect the [revenue model and income of the IOC] might be the more apt title here…
I do wonder about this particular IOC statement: “In accordance with this, Olympic sponsors are not involved in this decision-making process.”
If you’re a TOP partner not wanting to be associated with RUS/BLR, might this make you question the partnership? It seems brash on the IOC’s part, but maybe they’re very confident in the strength of those relationships, or have already discussed this with sponsors.