2020, uh, 21, uh, who knows Tokyo Olympics thread

stadius abenstius emptyus

 

I truly feel bad for the athlete's families...who have dreamed of this moment for 10, 20 years...

 

Wonder if the IOC will take one out of the playbook of MLB and the NBA and sell cutouts?

 

It's Japan. They'll step up.

https://www.bigclapper.com/

 

Shoot, I figured Japan would do a better job with COVID than the US did. What will be weird is that I'm sure NBC will want family reaction shots (see below) but with most of the action tape delayed, and the families probably having some sort of live "connect" - figure NBC will provide Zoom feeds.

 

A lot of it is cultural, IMO. It was mentioned here or in the covid thread a ways back that after the initial testing of the vaccines, Japan wanted a second set of trials on Asian subjects. Plus the whole concept of saving face.

Hoping that does not sound racist, which is not my intention.

 

USA men’s basketball loses to Nigeria in Olympic prep game.

 

Obviously that’s a pretty bad look for the US… but damn, that Nigerian team looked really, really good.

 

They have seven -- Jahlil Okafor, Chimezie Metu, KZ Okpala, Precious Achiuwa, Gabe Vincent, Josh Okogie, Miye Oni, currently in the NBA

 

I have this letter from the Nigerian team claiming they need help recovering some money ...