OLY: One man s bribery is another man s encouragement

AAP Sports News (Australia), January, 1999

AAP Sports News (Australia) 01-25-1999 OLY: One man s bribery is another man s encouragement By Doug Conway, Senior Correspondent SYDNEY, Jan 25 AAP - Should Sydney be condemned for trying to induce the 2000 Olympics Down Under? Or congratulated for negotiating a winning course through a corrupt system? Or should the focus be on the IOC's diabolical bidding process which dares hopeful hosts to stay as clean as they can while leaping through the Olympic rings? Few can believe that all 114 IOC delegates dutifully scour the planet with the single purpose of finding the city best equipped to run the Games. Puritans view with deep disapproval the decision by AOC boss John Coates to offer two African nations $52,500 each for their sports programs. ...

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