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Cons of ending the Olympics: There is a huge tradition when it comes to the Olympics. It would be a shame if the world would lose the Olympics. The Olympics is a great event in which the world comes together. The world would not be as united as one if the Olympics in Beijing end.

Many athletes would have their chances taken away to play in the Olympics and get exposed to the outside world. It would take away huge opportunities for the athlete. Also, many athletes’ dreams would be crushed. People aspire to become Olympians, but if their chances are taken away, their dreams disappear.

~William

Sources: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/opinion/13bissinger.html?_r=4&amp;pagewanted=2&amp;ref=opinion&amp;oref=slogin

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Pros of ending the Olympics: Athletes tend to take performance enhancing drugs, for example, hundreds of East German athletes had been using steroids for many years but were finally found out, 40 of China’s 300 athletes withdrew after seven rowers failed blood tests, this shows that the 40 did not want to get caught. This is a pro to ending the Olympics because in a way the Olympics sometimes make the athletes want to take steroids in order to succeed.

Sometimes judges even can get in trouble when it comes to the Olympics. For example, one of the judges in the pairs skating competition admitted that she voted to ensure victory for the Russian team a couple of winter Olympics' ago. This shows that the competition can sometimes get out of hand and that it is bad to have any competition at all!

The Olympics can sometimes even attract terrorist's to cause trouble and pain for everyone. There is a number of examples of attacks at the Olympics, one being the bombing at Atlanta where two people died! Ending the Olympics could stop the worrying of another terrorist attack at an event.

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Cons of ending the Olympics “May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure.” This is a quote from Baron Pierre de Coubertin in the late 1800's. This quote shows that the Olympics unite the countries of the world and should continue through the ages. The Olympics, as he said, increase "friendly understanding" among the different countries that compete.

If the host of the Olympics is struggling politically and other countries don't like the country because of things that the country has done, it is unfair to punish the athletes who have done nothing wrong. The Olympics should not be a political debate, it should be a debate on the athletes, if they are following the rules of the games.

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Pros of ending the Olympics:

• In 2004, the Greek government spent as much as $12 billion on the Summer Games in Athens, 5 percent of the country’s economy. American networks will not have to continue paying large amounts of money for the broadcast rights for the Olympics. • People will stop sneaking in steroids to win their event. • People will stop attempting to set a bomb in the Olympic stadiums since there are so many people at these events. • World champions would be in place of the Olympics and far less people will die.

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Cons of ending the Olympics:
 * Children in the next generation will not be able to have the dream to go and win an Olympic event.
 * The people who enjoy watching the different and exciting Olympic events are not going to have that hobby anymore.

If you compare the pros and cons of the ending Olympics, the more serious cases are in the pros. Excess money will not be spent, not as many deaths will occur, performance enhancing drugs will not be used, and bombing attempts will not be attempted. These kinds of things are needed more than the entertainment of watching the Olympics. ~Ronnie

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