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The inaugural Youth
Olympic Games are scheduled to be held in Singapore August 14-26, 2010. The Internatioal Olympic Committee (IOC)
wants athletes - 14 to 18 years old - to compete in the same sports as athletes at the current "Professional"
Olympic Games. The 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be made up of over 3,600 athletes and 800 officials from 205 countries
along with over 800 media representatives and an expected 500,000 spectators. The 2010 Summer YOG will be followed by
2012 Winter YOG, Summer 2014, Winter 2016 and so on, in alternate years to the Professional Olympic Games. Wait a minute, not so fast.
The IOC and Olympic broadcasters seek to sell the youth demographic to sponsors and advertisers. The creation of the Youth
Olympic Games simply gives the IOC and broadcasters a youth product to sell. Is anyone concerned about the young
lives affected by production of this Olympic "show"?
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Monday, March 31, 2008
What is possible if the Climate Change Movement and the Olympic Movement work together?
 Humanity can achieve real results in a win-win situation.
Action plan-
Step 1: Just say no to the Youth Olympic
Games.
Step 2: Give the Professional Olympic Games back to amateur athletes.
Real results- 1. Millions of tons of unneeded
Youth Olympic Games CO2 emissions will be prevented each quadrennium. 2. The
Olympic dreams of young amateur athletes will no longer be stolen away by the commercial success of
professional athletes. 3. The Olympic brand will regain value as TV audiences fall in love again
with the ideals of amateur athletics on which the Olympic brand was built.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Apply common sense to combat climate change
 The increasing CO2 emissions from the forthcoming Youth Olympic Games are an indulgence. Preventing
climate change is a necessity.
To combat climate change, just say no to the Youth Olympic Games. We
are all in this together.
Monday, March 24, 2008
The IOC is advocating the Youth Olympic Games on Wikipedia
 Unexcusably, the climate change risk from the forthcoming Youth Olympic Games is unwarranted. Please spread the word about Youth Olympic Games Global Warming
and this website, www.yoggw.org. The goal is to get people talking about the risks and benefits before the IOC springs this
new global mega-event on humanity. For the benefit of young athletes, the environmentally-friendly solution is
to give the "professional" Olympic Games back to non-professional athletes. We are not supposed to consider
the carbon consequence and climate change risk of the Youth Olympic Games. Click here to learn what the IOC wants the
public to read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_Olympic_Games
Friday, March 21, 2008
The IOC rushes to establish the Youth Olympic Games, circumventing anticipated global emission laws
 The International Olympic Committee moves very slowly, except for when it comes to establishing the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic
Games. Why the rush?
Global warming efforts
reveal a reason: Early this year, European Union leaders pledged that they will set national emission standards by December
2008 and sign the standards into law by March 2009. Such moves are in preparation for a significant global conference
on emission cuts scheduled for December 2009 in Denmark.
As by definition global warming is
a worldwide phenomenon, it is most equitable to start with emission cuts which are discretionary and not specific to
any one nation. Nevertheless, as one result of rushing the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, the IOC
will see the YOG become established as a global event that can only later be cut upon the broken dreams of future
youth Olympic athletes and parents.
For this
reason alone, we must say “no” to the Youth Olympic Games now before they are further established.
At a minimum, this issue deserves media spotlight. Humanity cannot afford to let the IOC push this new global mega-event
on us without even a public discussion.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Doesn't it make you angry that the IOC is pushing Youth Olympic Games Global Warming on humanity?
 It should.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Why is the IOC in such a rush to launch the Youth Olympic Games in just two years' time?
 Two reasons come to mind: First, is the IOC rushing to get this new global mega-event established before they are blocked
by a global emissions cap? And or second, is NBC behind this rush in effort to supplement NBC/Olympic advertising
revenue before their exclusive $3.5B broadcast contract ends in 2012? What ever the reason, Singapore has only
two years to get ready, while the usual timeframe is seven years. In the meantime, in Singapore, media questions:
" Youth Olympics 2010: Can Singapore deliver? With many big projects underway, will our construction resources be
strained? Too many jobs, too little time?"
Fri, March 14, 2008 | link
Monday, March 10, 2008
The first 2010 Youth Olympic Games will be held in Singapore. The next 2012 Youth Olympic Games will be in China, Austria,
Norway or Finland.
 The International Olympic Committee
announced Friday March 7 that four cities are looking to host the first ever Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012. The Chinese
city of Harbin, Innsbruck in Austria, Finland's Kuopio and the Norwegian city of Lillehammer have all been put forward
by their respective National Olympic Committees as candidate cities. The IOC will make its decision in December. |
Friday, March 7, 2008
Will this get one couch potato off it and onto the track or into the swimming pool?
"The question we should ask is, 'Will this get one couch potato off it and onto the track or into the swimming
pool?'" stated IOC member Dick Pound, referring to one of the key aims of Rogge's plan to reduce obesity
in the young.
If true aim of the Youth Olympic Games is to reduce obesity in the young, why hasn't
the IOC or the USOC announced this great opportunity for kids on their NBC Olympic network? This way the 'couch potato'
kids can get excited and start working out/training, right? We're still waiting for the announcement. When will it come?
Fri, March 7, 2008 | link
Monday, March 3, 2008
Of the 117 world-wide news articles since July 2007, only 2 articles are in US media
There is a news story a members-only Olympic business website called "Around the Rings." It
is geared to business people willing to pay a subscription fee to read about Olympic news.
Do kids and parents
in the US read that website? I doubt it.
In July 2007, USA Today had a 1 paragraph mention of the Youth Olympic
Games.
Why haven't the IOC or USOC announced this great new sporting opportunity to the public?
Mon, March 3, 2008 | link
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