The Olympics have outlived their purpose
For organizers, the games are an unrepentant cash grab
3 min readJul 23, 2021
The modern Olympics were the brainchild of a 19th century French aristocrat, Pierre de Coubertin, who believed that participating in sport should be a universal human right. “For every man, woman and child, it offers an opportunity for self-improvement,” he is remembered as saying.
