Originally Posted by
evergrn
Baseball, J-League, sumo are all different in that those are all local events with Japanese making up vast majority of athletes and >95% of spectators (except sumo) traditionally. So there's no need to expressly ban foreign residents from those events, no controversies necessarily. Olympics run on a completely different premise.
Actually, the vast majority of tickets sold to these Games were sold to people living in Japan. So the premise is the same.
Originally Posted by
evergrn
They had 5 choices: 1. full-version (but with lottery to eliminate some % of ticketholders to limit crowd) with loosening of public health restrictions on foreign ticketholders; 2. full-version but all foreign ticketholders subject to standard Covid entry/quarantine restrictions; 3. Japanese ticketholders only; 4. No spectators; 5. No Games.
Guess you forgot option zero: full-version. This is what
Florida seemed to promise.
Originally Posted by
evergrn
There's no right/wrong here. Many people probably won't care. But if you ask me, (3) is poor form, (4) is the least bad choice. I guess it would've been better if IOC had decided it, but it seems this was Jpn's decision.
Let the IOC decide what to do in a sovereign nation? Name one country that would allow that.
Originally Posted by
freecia
*Sucks teeth*
I just don't see them readily agreeing to share the same calendar year. Beijing 2022 would also be known as Tokyo 2022.
No it wouldn't. Tokyo 2020 is still Tokyo 2020. I assure you that not one single sign in Tokyo has been changed to read "Tokyo 2021", nor would it change to "Tokyo 2022". They're wedded to that branding too.