On Jul 6, 9:16 am, Jack Campin - bogus address
wrote:
Has the IOC missed something here?

Maybe that its transport links are crap and it's next door to Europe's
longest-running war of independence (in Abkhazia). But I suppose just
about nobody but TV crews watches the Winter Olympics anyway.


The Summer Olympics' ratings have also declined a lot over the last
few years. With so much sport on TV and satellite 24-7, the Olympics
are not a big deal anymore, and a lot fewer people are interested in
traveling to see them or watching them on TV. Hence the push to
introduce sports like snowboarding that people actually care about.

And there's been a lot of pressure to increase the number of major
world sporting events held outside of North America and Western
Europe. After South Africa lost the 2006 World Cup bid to Germany,
the soccer association committed to a rotation between continents, and
South Africa will host the 2010 World Cup. Formula-1 now has races in
China, Turkey, Bahrain and Malaysia.