Tokyo has no 'Plan B' for Games despite coronavirus (Note this affects NBC Sports)

[AbrahamJSimpson]

It’s actually so stupid as to not deserve stopping to the level of “debunking” being needed.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://deadline.com/2020/03/tokyo-olympics-new-dates-2021-coronavirus-1202895571/


Here is an update on the Olympics

The Tokyo Olympics will take place between July 23 – August 8 2021, following the postponement of this year’s event due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The International Olympic Committee confirmed the news today. This year’s Olympics were due to begin on July 24 and run to August 9.

“These new dates give the health authorities and all involved in the organization of the Games the maximum time to deal with the constantly changing landscape and the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said the IOC in a statement. “The new dates, exactly one year after those originally planned for 2020 also have the added benefit that any disruption that the postponement will cause to the international sports calendar can be kept to a minimum, in the interests of the athletes and the international federations.

 

[kwthom]

"Saving face" for the IOC, with little regard to the current world situation.

Now wondering if they've come up with "Plan 'C'" just yet.





C for cancel, perhaps?

 

[TheBigA]

The postponement of the Summer Olympics has created an opportunity for the NHL:

https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl-looks-possible-stanley-cup-playoff-run-august-153221907--nhl.html

One way for NBC to fill its Summer Olympics hole in July & August would be with the Stanley Cup playoffs.

They're looking at potential sites, based on local health officials and governments.

One key obstacle is opening the border between US and Canada.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/04/16/a-second-wave-of-covid-19-hits-northern-japan

Now an Update Japan has been hit with second wave of COVID-19 cases

Pointing to a chart showing a flattened curve, Suzuki Naomichi, the governor of Hokkaido, announced on March 18th that the region had contained its coronavirus outbreak and could therefore lift its three-week-old state of emergency. “We were on defence until now, but we hope to enter a new stage,” he said. Less than a month later Mr Suzuki warned that Hokkaido was “facing a crisis of a second wave”. He reimposed a state of emergency on April 12th.

https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/covid-19-is-a-test-for-world-leaders-so-far-japans-abe-is-failing/

Like many world leaders, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has not managed the COVID-19 outbreak very well. On April 7, Abe belatedly declared a national emergency in seven prefectures. On April 16 he extended this nationwide, but only after public pleas from prefectural governors and public opinion polls indicating broad dissatisfaction with his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. A mid-April Kyodo poll found that 80 percent think Abe waited too long to declare a state of emergency. His support rate has dropped by almost 10 percent since early March, landing at 40 percent.

Abe’s move was an acknowledgement that the half-measures taken so far have not worked.

 

[umfan]

We'll see if the 2020-2021 Summer Games actually ultimately happen or not. If there is a vaccine later this year, I think they can. Another question will be if there is a movement to pull the 2022 Winter Games from China.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/251669/nbc-resets-focus-for-tokyo-olympics/

Here is an update

When Molly Solomon took over as executive producer and president of NBC’s Olympics production unit last November, she expected to be in Tokyo right now with the games in full swing. But with the Summer Olympics postponed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Solomon and her team have reset their countdown clocks while trying to adjust to a new set of challenges.

Any Olympics provides plenty of compelling storylines, but Solomon says Tokyo’s turn takes on bigger importance with everything that has transpired worldwide this year.

“We have tried to reset everything because what we are working on is even more important than forever,” Solomon said. “The impact of the Olympics is profound. The delay only adds to the promise.”


Everybody from NBC to athletes and prominent business executives around the world are hoping the Tokyo Games delivers on that promise after the pandemic created numerous issues for the Olympic movement on multiple levels.