IOC to get official look at simplification for Tokyo Olympics

Yeah... "simplification". An Olympics pitched as being the "reconstruction" Olympics, and a tight and condensed, low-cost, technological marvel, are now spanning a large area, will be the most expensive in history, and require paper work and lots of hankoing to get approval for even the bid-rigging that will have put is in extreme debt for years to come. All so an aging Mori and horrible Koike can put their name on something (until it fails... then it'll be everyone else's fault).

Since countries spend billions of dollars on it annually anyway, televise international military wargames. BATTLE-LYMPICS Gotta get my "dystopian future" fix somehow. Seriously, though. How about "Race to Mars" Olympics? "Reasonable/Responsible Government Spending" Olympics? "Quality of Life" Olympics? "Zero-carbon footprint & Zero-waste City" Olympics?

“I can’t say that all contracts have been renewed,” he said.

The institutionalized opacity is reaching ridiculous levels.

Their cost savings is laughable, barely scratching small items and literally don't touch the big ones. No one would even know if you claim to have slashed part of the opening ceremony to save a few $$.

But I suppose this comes down to the limited triangle of cost, safety / caution, quality. So they can't s**t on their own product and still demand from sponsors

For simplification, let's start with swimming. No breast stroke, butterfly or back stroke. Just the fastest swimmer any way you like. Let's call it freestyle.

(Having read the article, I can see I'm way off track.)