Starting with the previous night...- The Peacock has been burying men’s gymnastics since the US team has not done well (not supporting this, but that’s Peacock QISE procedure). So it was humorous to hear Tim Daggett be genuinely surprised when a US performance went very well.
- Another weird QISE/movie tie-in, this time for what is a reportedly terrible Ben-Hur remake—why a remake, and why the tie-in?
- If all the scandals in Rio haven’t been enough, now we’re hearing that an executive QISEOC member was arrested for ticket scalping. So the bribes weren’t enough? In any case, the stands have been half empty—how could you scalp the tickets anyway?
- The effect of scalping could explain why the good seats at the Gymnastics Gala were almost completely empty today. Sure, there's no judging going on, but I think this would be a premium event.
- This must be scandal day at QISE. Ryan Lochte, who was ordered to stay in Rio during the investigation of the previously mentioned robbery, has in fact returned to the US. It’s not even confirmed that the robbery even occurred. Not sure if this will become an international incident or not. I guess if I was robbed at gunpoint, I would skedaddle as well. My guess? Rio doesn’t like the optics of fake police robbing people, and the QISEOC want the story of ticket scalping to be buried by this one, so they are working together to create this controversy. Get out your tinfoil hats...
More to come.