Thursday, January 1, 2009

Ten Olympic New Year's Resolutions (in no particular order)

1. New IOC President. We need fresh blood and Dr. Rogge just isn't cutting it. He's decided to seek another term. Please don't-we've had enough.

2. People who are-shouldn't. There are some folks who just shouldn't be in the Olympic media business. You know who you are. Do us all a favor and get out-or retire.

3. Stop trashing 1996. There were some of us who worked our butts off for your ungrateful a**. Shut up already!

4. Dump the Youth Olympic Games. Bad idea, bad timing, just bad all around.

5. No to a Munich Winter Olympic bid. People have short memories about what happened last time the Olympics were there.

6. Make good on the promises to make the Olympic Games smaller. That vow was made at the IOC session in Prague in 2003. We're still waiting.

7. Find out how much the IOC has lost in the Bernie Madoff scandal. I am hearing it is close to five million---my gut feeling is that it is much higher.

8. End the Samaranch influence. Can someone teach Juan Antonio how to spell R-E-T-I-R-E-M-E-N-T?

9. Dick Pound for IOC President. Yes, I know what happened the last time he ran, but he's a good guy that the IOC needs to keep around.

10. Get Chicago 2016 to answer some questions. Some really tough questions that they don't like to answer. If you are not hiding anything, why the secrecy?



Happy New Year, and how long is it to Copenhagen? We're preparing and we're so there-and can't wait!