The coronation of a new King raised questions about the future of the Commonwealth. What appears not to be in doubt is the future of the Commonwealth Games. They are dead. Or least dead in their globetrotting capacity. For that matter, so too may the Olympics be.
This week, the Alberta government announced that it was scrapping its plans to bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games. Earlier this year, Hamilton, Ont., which hosted the first Commonwealth Games in 1930, ended its bid consideration for a centennial commemoration in 2030.
People enjoy sport, they enjoy cheering for the home side.
What the average joe doesn’t like is being taken to the cleaners staging an event that rarely offers any benefit beyond the enrichment of the connected.
The Olympics are the Olympics of graft followed closely by the World Cup, they are the sport of greed.
