I will take that bet. I will say this that nowadays everyone just reads headlines or memes it off others. People don't wake up early or subscribe to the olympics no matter what the platform is. It has been 30 years since 1984. Shit has changed so you can't use that as an example. Oh by the bet you have to donate to your local humane shelter that is no kill.

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I get to watch the Olympics this year for 8 bucks on Peacock. Absolutely terrible UI, have to refresh the browser periodically because it causes Firefox to eat RAM, but I can watch any event I want, whenever I want. Kinda sweet. Some of us exist and have been begging for something like this for years.

Just because you don't care about the Olympics doesn't mean others share your opinion.

[–] Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I know but lemmy is free and open so it is easier for me to give my blunt opinion on here than it was on reddit without getting banned.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 3 months ago

Funding for television rights goes to the IOC, not the hosting city. It has been that way always.

And I provided an example of how Los Angeles came out ahead in the last two Olympics and showed that the city is implementing the same strategy for this Olympics.

The reason a lot of cities go over budget is because they build too much and don't have uses for the infrastructure after the games. That isn't an issue for Los Angeles; Los Angeles has everything it needs for the Olympics already.