I suggested in my post last Friday that the rather contentious relationship between the IOC and the U.S. Olympic Committee could be a contributing factor in Chicago’s failed bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and it appears I was right. Phil Hersh of the Chicago Tribune does a nice job of explaining what happened here and here.
Based on what I’ve read, it seems Chicago’s bid was doomed from the start and that many of the IOC members had made up their minds long before the final presentations were made. There was nothing that the bid committee or President Obama could say or do to change the course of things.
It is clear the USOC is in a shambles. Until it can get its act together and resolve its differences with the IOC, I see no point in putting forth any future bids by American cities to host the Olympic Games.
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