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5 reasons you should oppose the Olympics coming to your hometown | Edge of Sports
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The Olympics are a widely anticipated and celebrated extravaganza of the greatest athletic feats of humankind. They're also an increasingly controversial and maligned circus of corruption, gentrification, and exploitation. Former professional and Olympic athlete Jules Boykoff, now a professor at Pacific University, makes the case for why you don't want the Olympics in your hometown, and what a more ethical version of the mega-event could look like.
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