NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE. We witnessed a historic IOC session this morning (Paris local time). Two Olympic Winter Games were only awarded under certain conditions. These conditions, set by the Sun King Thomas Bach and his Executive board, were read out by Bach's praetorian John Coates, the alleged bribe payer from Sydney 2000, who is only allowed to be in the IOC because he enjoys an exemption from the age limit. Coates is not only a walking conflict of interest, he is also the personified exception rule - the best man to formulate these absurd Olympic award conditions.
"I'm going to make them an offer they can't refuse."
We are not the propaganda department of the IOC. You can read for yourself what the IOC Group has to say about today's decisions (2030, 2034). Here is some background information.
First of all:
The decision in favour of the 2030 Winter Games in the French Alps violates the Olympic Charter in several respects.
Most IOC members don't realise this, perhaps they have never seen the Charter, so here's a little extra tuition.
Rule 33.3 states:
The national government of the country of any candidature must submit to the IOC a legally binding instrument by which the said government undertakes and guarantees that the country and its public authorities will comply with and respect the Olympic Charter.
Rule 33.4 states:
The election of the host of the Olympic Games takes place in a country having no candidature for the organisation of the Olympic Games concerned.
Both rules were violated.
These Games should not have been awarded in Paris. Some may think that's a small thing - but hey, we're in the IOC sect here, which is so focussed on laws, aren't we?
We'll come to the subject of laws (the Rodchenkov Act) in a moment, but let's stay with the 2030 Winter Games for a moment.
The French project was developed last year in a few weeks, well, but it was more like hours. There is no solid financial plan. Only the mountains and sports facilities exist, at least.
Above all, however, there are still none of the state guarantees demanded by the IOC. They didn't even exist under the old government, there was plenty of time.
So the IOC has set an ultimatum for a conditional election: