Linked - Gold Medal Greed

Linked - http://www.businessinsider.com/olympics-entering-new-era-of-host-cities-2015-7

I have an idea...

Let’s move the Olympics (summer at least) permanently back to Athens.

Greece desperately needs the money and tourism that an even like the Olympics can bring; even if it’s only every 4 years.

And the world needs to stop spending $5 Billion a pop building infrastructure that is useless after a few weeks.

I say we build the best facilities in the world, one time, in Athens- where it all began.  And then the members of the IOC can pay dues each year to help maintain and keep them current.

Find a good spot and do the same with the winter olympics too.

All these stories of corruption that come with these occasional yet massive sporting events (Olympics, World Cup, et al) are killing the fun these events are meant to bring.

But that’s just my opinion...