You are perhaps confusing the permanent IOC, the organizing games committees (rotating every two years) and the national Olympic committees...<span></span><br><br>On Friday, July 6, 2012, Nuno Garcia wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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.<br><br>And some statements are pure intellectual arrogance.<br>
<br>Best,<br><br>Nuno Garcia<br><br><div>On 5 July 2012 23:16, Joly MacFie <span dir="ltr"><<a>joly@punkcast.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
But you are not disputing their facts, I take it.<div><br></div><div>j<div><div><br><br><div>On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Michael Carson <span dir="ltr"><<a>mcarson029@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p>I agree. This op-ed is just that - the opinion of two individuals.<br><br></p>
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<b>From: </b>"Alain Berranger" <<a>alain.berranger@GMAIL.COM</a>><br><b>To: </b><a>NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Thursday, July 5, 2012 3:55:09 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: NYTimes: International Olympic Committee - "elitist, domineering, and crassly commercial at its core"<div><div><br><br>NPOC really welcomes national Olympic committees as Members because they are true notforprofit organizations... <span></span>
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<div>Alain<br><br>On Thursday, July 5, 2012, Robin Gross wrote:<br>
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<div>As a commercial organization that tried to join NCSG, very relevant…</div>
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<div>No Medal for the International Olympic Committee says the New York Times…..</div>
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<h1 style="LINE-HEIGHT:1.08em;MARGIN:0px;COLOR:rgb(0,0,0);FONT-SIZE:2.4em;FONT-WEIGHT:bold"><u></u>Olympian Arrogance<u></u></h1><u></u><span>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:24px;MARGIN:0px 0px 1em;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:1.2em">Brighton, England</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:24px;MARGIN:0px 0px 1em;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:1.2em">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.</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:24px;MARGIN:0px 0px 1em;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:1.2em">But behind the spectacle of athletic prowess and global harmony, </p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote>
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