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iPhone_7
09/04/20 9:47:28 AM
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if the Trump administration follows through on its threats to pull U.S. funding from the World Anti-Doping Agency, the groups leader has warned.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-could-be-thrown-out-of-olympics-over-trump-funding-threats-world-anti-doping-agency-warns?ref=home

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Squall28
09/04/20 9:47:56 AM
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....wow

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Giant_Aspirin
09/04/20 9:50:27 AM
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its like hes literally trying to butt fuck our country as hard as he can before we throw him under the bus

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KnightofShikari
09/04/20 9:50:39 AM
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trump: we'll hold our own olympics! america brings the gold, silver and copper home!

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Funkydog
09/04/20 9:52:30 AM
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KnightofShikari posted...
trump: we'll hold our own olympics! america brings the gold, silver and copper home!
World Series.
World Olympics. America best winner, every year, no other country can compete!

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s0nicfan
09/04/20 9:52:56 AM
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WADA President Witold Banka told Reuters that the consequences of such a funding withdrawal could be severe and far reaching for American athletes, adding that hes considering making non-payment of a contribution a contravention of the World Anti-Doping Code. International Olympic Committee rules state that countries must be compliant with that code or risk being frozen out of the Games.

So if he doesn't pay them, they're going to change the rules to make payment required for compliance, and since non-compliance gets you banned from the games it means that the US wouldn't be allowed to participate?

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CableZL
09/04/20 9:53:18 AM
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Squall28
09/04/20 9:54:02 AM
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Biden has a lot of work ahead of him.

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NeoShadowhen
09/04/20 9:57:21 AM
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s0nicfan posted...
So if he doesn't pay them, they're going to change the rules to make payment required for compliance, and since non-compliance gets you banned from the games it means that the US wouldn't be allowed to participate?

Yup. Or they could give the US more representation on their board, and the US will happily pay.
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Foppe
09/04/20 9:59:41 AM
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KnightofShikari posted...
trump: we'll hold our own olympics! america brings the gold, silver and copper home!
https://youtu.be/olT8v8yMUEU

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iPhone_7
09/04/20 10:00:34 AM
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Funkydog posted...
World Series.
World Olympics. America best winner, every year, no other country can compete!
Itll be states competing with each other.

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Funkydog
09/04/20 10:04:45 AM
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iPhone_7 posted...
Itll be states competing with each other.
And they will still call it "world Olympics"

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Poop2
09/04/20 10:05:18 AM
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Giant_Aspirin posted...
its like hes literally trying to butt fuck our country as hard as he can before we throw him under the bus

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eston
09/04/20 10:05:28 AM
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Honestly the fact that they have to make a new rule just so the US is breaking it makes us not seem like the bad guys here

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Grischnak
09/04/20 10:32:02 AM
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I mean, does every country pay the same amount? If so, fair enough. If not, gets fucked.
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YellowMustard69
09/04/20 10:34:06 AM
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The olympics are so stupid and boring anyway.
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HBOSS
09/04/20 10:41:35 AM
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interesting strategy. lets see how this plays off.

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Bio1590
09/04/20 11:44:34 AM
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What are they trying to get Russia back into the Olympics as well?
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ViewtifulGrave
09/04/20 11:47:35 AM
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YellowMustard69 posted...
The olympics are so stupid and boring anyway.
Why are the olympics stupid?

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s0nicfan
09/04/20 11:51:47 AM
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Bio1590 posted...
What are they trying to get Russia back into the Olympics as well?

Supposedly they're angry that the US doesn't have enough board representation and, thus, very little actual say in policy. They actually specifically call out Russia.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sport-doping-olympics-usa-exclusive/exclusive
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Theres something wrong when the global regulator attacks one of its key partners that is doing everything to uphold the rules, yet they turn a blind eye to a country like Russia that runs a state-sponsored doping programme.

The hypocrisy here is incredulous.

And yea, it looks like it's the same story Trump has given to NATO. Basically, if the US is paying in the most, it should be given most of the authority:
The U.S. is the largest single contributor to WADA, paying over $2.7 million into the 2020 budget of $37.4 million, half of which comes from the IOC.

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CyricZ
09/04/20 11:52:56 AM
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KnightofShikari posted...
copper
Tell me you did that on purpose. :D

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Weezy_Tha_Don
09/04/20 11:53:10 AM
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ViewtifulGrave posted...
Why are the olympics stupid?

dude probably only likes E sports lol

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CruelBuffalo
09/04/20 11:55:50 AM
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Is this some back channel way to allow Russia into more Olympic stuff?
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Bio1590
09/04/20 11:57:18 AM
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s0nicfan posted...


Supposedly they're angry that the US doesn't have enough board representation and, thus, very little actual say in policy. They actually specifically call out Russia.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sport-doping-olympics-usa-exclusive/exclusive
-u-s-threat-to-pull-wada-funding-could-leave-americans-out-of-olympics-idUSKBN25U33H

And yea, it looks like it's the same story Trump has given to NATO. Basically, if the US is paying in the most, it should be given most of the authority:

WADA banned Russia from all international competitions for 4 years though, calling that a "blind eye" is laughable.
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YellowMustard69
09/04/20 1:44:26 PM
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ViewtifulGrave posted...
Why are the olympics stupid?

Because I hate them.

NFL, NBA, etc...way better.
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pikachupwnage
09/04/20 1:45:55 PM
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On the one hand the Olympics are stupid as fuck.

On the other fuck Trump

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JuanCarlos1
09/04/20 1:49:04 PM
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Wait....all this because Trump doesnt want to pay 3 millions?

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Questionmarktarius
09/04/20 1:51:07 PM
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eston posted...
Honestly the fact that they have to make a new rule just so the US is breaking it makes us not seem like the bad guys here
That's 80s teen-movie villain shit right there, usually as portrayed by Robert Vaughn.
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apocalyptic_4
09/04/20 1:51:39 PM
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Americans should be quarantined from the rest of the world tbh

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TopKekBro
09/04/20 1:51:57 PM
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Are we winning yet, red hats? Is this what winning looks like?

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Foppe
09/04/20 1:53:57 PM
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TopKekBro posted...
Are we winning yet, red hats? Is this what winning looks like?
You are the only winner if you are the only one entering your own homemade olympic.


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Bio1590
09/04/20 1:53:58 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...

That's 80s teen-movie villain shit right there, usually as portrayed by Robert Vaughn.

The Reuters article says other countries are asking for the change.
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creativerealms
09/04/20 1:54:23 PM
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KnightofShikari posted...
trump: we'll hold our own olympics! america brings the gold, silver and copper home!
With blackjack and hookers.

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Questionmarktarius
09/04/20 1:54:48 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
Basically, if the US is paying in the most, it should be given most of the authority:
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Firewerx
09/04/20 1:56:22 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
And yea, it looks like it's the same story Trump has given to NATO. Basically, if the US is paying in the most, it should be given most of the authority:

Um, why exactly should contributing 7.2% of the budget entitle you to more say than every other member combined, seeing as they've presumably contributed 92.8% of it?

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HylianFox
09/04/20 1:57:14 PM
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Firewerx posted...
Um, why exactly should contributing 7.2% of the budget entitle you to more say than every other member combined?

because that's how American politics works

whoever pays the most, has the most say because "money = speech"

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Funkydog
09/04/20 1:58:46 PM
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Firewerx posted...
Um, why exactly should contributing 7.2% of the budget entitle you to more say than every other member combined, seeing as they've presumably contributed 92.8% of it?
Because they aren't American, so why should their opinion matter?

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PrettyBoyFloyd
09/04/20 2:14:12 PM
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Thought I was losing my mind when I first seen Ping Pong at the Olympics.

Though I'd like to see a drinking contest.


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Unknown361
09/04/20 2:15:20 PM
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"Keep America Great!" -Chuds

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TopKekBro
09/04/20 4:12:12 PM
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Foppe posted...
You are the only winner if you are the only one entering your own homemade olympic.

imagine a trump-organized MAGA Olympics made to substitute the olympics:

1) most competitions would take place at Maralago
2) there will be strict athlete ID regulations that keeps most minority athletes from competing
3) we would have 10 different female beach volleyball competitions, no male volleyball or water polo or diving (because, homophobia and apparently men in swimsuits is not straight)
4) sports like powerwalking and ping pong would disappear and sports like monster truck riding, beer bottle combat and muddy pig catching would take their place
4) there would be 10 shooting-related events, all sponsored by the NRA.
5) the gold medal would be fake gold and have trumps face. The silver medal would be actually steel and have Ivankas face. The copper medal would have David dukes face, though trump insists he doesnt know why his face is in the medals.

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TomNook20
09/04/20 4:24:25 PM
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Seems fair enough from the us perspective . The us only had 1 board member from what I saw and pays the most.

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Smackems
09/04/20 4:27:22 PM
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Sounds petty and stupid

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Irony
09/04/20 4:30:49 PM
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US should be banned solely because of how we handled the Coronavirus

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Nikra
09/04/20 4:43:21 PM
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Who cares about the Olympics? It's the greatest doping event in the world every fourth year anyway.
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IhateSmokie
09/04/20 5:18:15 PM
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TopKekBro posted...
imagine a trump-organized MAGA Olympics made to substitute the olympics:

1) most competitions would take place at Maralago
2) there will be strict athlete ID regulations that keeps most minority athletes from competing
3) we would have 10 different female beach volleyball competitions, no male volleyball or water polo or diving (because, homophobia and apparently men in swimsuits is not straight)
4) sports like powerwalking and ping pong would disappear and sports like monster truck riding, beer bottle combat and muddy pig catching would take their place
4) there would be 10 shooting-related events, all sponsored by the NRA.
5) the gold medal would be fake gold and have trumps face. The silver medal would be actually steel and have Ivankas face. The copper medal would have David dukes face, though trump insists he doesnt know why his face is in the medals.


Is this guy the legendary ROD that everyone keeps talking about?

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Bio1590
09/04/20 5:31:44 PM
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harley2280
09/04/20 5:53:42 PM
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TopKekBro posted...
Foppe posted...
You are the only winner if you are the only one entering your own homemade olympic.

imagine a trump-organized MAGA Olympics made to substitute the olympics:

1) most competitions would take place at Maralago
2) there will be strict athlete ID regulations that keeps most minority athletes from competing
3) we would have 10 different female beach volleyball competitions, no male volleyball or water polo or diving (because, homophobia and apparently men in swimsuits is not straight)
4) sports like powerwalking and ping pong would disappear and sports like monster truck riding, beer bottle combat and muddy pig catching would take their place
4) there would be 10 shooting-related events, all sponsored by the NRA.
5) the gold medal would be fake gold and have trumps face. The silver medal would be actually steel and have Ivankas face. The copper medal would have David dukes face, though trump insists he doesnt know why his face is in the medals.

Fuck. 5 made me laugh because of how accurate the acting like he doesn't know how the face got there is.
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HylianFox
09/04/20 5:58:36 PM
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IhateSmokie posted...
Is this guy the legendary ROD that everyone keeps talking about?

oh yay, another 10 y/o account with only 6 active posts

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Firewerx
09/04/20 8:27:54 PM
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TomNook20 posted...
Seems fair enough from the us perspective . The us only had 1 board member from what I saw and pays the most.
I don't think it's necessarily fair, healthy or wise to insist that you should be allowed to buy more influence on what's supposed to be an impartial, international body. If Russia, with its state-sponsored drug cheating, offered to contribute a bigger financial share, should it be allowed an extra seat? I think America just has to accept that sometimes, participating in something doesn't mean owning or controlling it.

I can see Trump suggesting next that if the US pays to host the Olympics, it'd be only fair for judges' and referees' decisions to favour American athletes.

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Poop2
09/04/20 8:31:06 PM
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More Trump Failures
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