HKIN 443 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Andrew Jennings
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Argues that the olympics are a platform for terrorism. Mexico "68 games, professors at mexican universities concerned with the financial burden it would have on mexicans (there was extreme poverty). The army came in and started beating people up upon peaceful protest. Later on, 10,000 students held a peaceful rally and the police open fired killing 300 and wounding 1,200. In 1864, 1. 5 million people murdered in sochi (genocide). Therefore, people protested having the olympics in sochi on genocide graves. Tv revenue from 2006-2008, worldwide olympic broadcast made 17-26 million dollars in deals even before they knew where the next olympics were to be held. Nbc paid 820 million for winter games, and 1. 81 billion for the summer games. Usoc receives 12. 75% of us olympic tv contracts and 20% of sponsor money. Nbc makes quadruple 820 million as profit from adverts. We do not have these rights in canada unfortunately.
