Running Rings Around the Competition
The Olympics is underway in Athens, Greece, but arriving spectators are finding they have to follow as many rules as the athletes. No carrying bombs, guns or knives. No oversized banners, umbrellas or excess pocket change. No Pepsi, unless the label is removed, since Coke is an official sponsor. And there are rules against wearing clothing “bearing the insignia of competitors of the sponsors.” The so-called “clean venue policy” rules “protect official sponsors who have paid millions to make the Olympics happen,” said an Olympic spokesman. (London Times, AFP) ...A policy that in the future will be known as “The Olympic Spirit”.
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