DEBATE SCRIPT

MEMBERS: Me, Wahyu, Bela, Ayu, Doa, Febry.

I have made this debate script and I wish the script is good enough for all of us to learn and
memorize some parts of yours. As it’s mentioned before that we have to make a video for
this assignment, so it’s time from the first speaker of government team to begin it. Thank
you so much.

Government Team First Speaker

Introduction (THE TEAM)
The topic for our debate is ‘Should the Olympics Games be Abolished?

Yes, we really agree with this statement. Why because the Olympics games bring a lot of
consequences to the host country and also the Olympics participant. The Olympics have been in
a state of moral crisis for some time now, mired in countless controversies over bribery,
corruption, financial waste, cheating, environmental damage, forced displacement of local
residents and, more recently, the pandemic. But as the Times sports columnist Kurt
Streeter wrote last week, “Beijing 2022 sits at a whole other level of discord.”
Casting the darkest pall over the Games by far are the human rights abuses occurring about 2,000
miles away in the region of Xinjiang, where one million or more Uighurs, a Chinese Muslim
ethnic group, and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities are reportedly being subjected
to mass detentions, forced labour , sterilization and torture. Their repression has been described
by the Biden administration, among other governments, as nothing less than a genocide.
So, We the Affirmative team believe that this statement is true.

Team Split 
Today as 1st speaker I will be talking to you about the motion and some arguments that support
the abolishing of the Olympics Games.
Our second speaker will be talking about the consequences of the Olympics games.
Our third speaker will rebut and sum up our team case.

ARGUMENTS: 
I am going to discuss two points. My first point is why do we have to abolish the Olympic
Games is because the Olympics makes a financial drain on host cities.
This is because no Olympic Games since 1960 has come in under budget. 
Bent Flyvbjerg, PhD, and Allison Stewart, MBA, both at the University of Oxford’s Said
Business School, stated that “in the Games the budget is more like a fictitious minimum that is
consistently overspent.” 
The delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Games were already the most expensive Olympics in history,
running at 200% over budget on Sep. 7, 2020 though not scheduled to begin until July 2021.
Tokyo forecast $7.3 billion in their 2013 bid, but the actual cost is estimated to be $15.84 billion
as of Sep. 2020, with costs continuing to rise. A Jan. 2021 study found that losing foreign
spectators due to COVID-19 restrictions could cost Japan as much as $23 billion.  Each host city
is responsible for these cost overruns, in addition to their original budgets. The average cost
overrun for host cities from 1968 to 2010 was 252% for the Summer Olympics and 135% for the
Winter, with the 1976 Montreal Summer Games running over the most by 796%. Montreal’s
1976 cost overrun took 30 years to pay off, and the people of Quebec still pay $17 million a year
to maintain Olympic Stadium, which is still without a roof over 40 years later and also needs
$300 million worth of repairs.  The 2014 Sochi Games ran between $39 and $58 billion over the
$12 billion budget, an amount that is more than spent on all previous winter Olympic
Games. The 2004 Athens Summer Games’ 60% overrun worsened the 2007-2012 Greek
financial crises. 
Now to my second point is The Olympics force host cities to create expensive infrastructure
and buildings that fall into disuse.
This is because “Host cities are often left with specialized sports infrastructure that has little use
beyond the Games” and that the cities must maintain at great expense. Many Olympic venues
worldwide sit empty, rusted, overgrown with weeds, covered with graffiti, and filled with
polluted water.  The $78 million Olympic Stadium in PyeongChang for the 2018 Winter Games
was set for demolition before the 2018 Games even began.  Sydney’s 2000 Olympic Stadium
will be demolished in 2019 in favor of a smaller, more useful venue stated Robert A. Baade PhD,
and Victor A. Matheson, PhD, economic professors.
Bejing’s 2008 Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium costs the city $11 million a year to maintain, and the
stadium that seats 91,000 mostly sits unused. In Rio de Janeiro, the $700 million athletes village
for the 2016 Games was turned into luxury apartments that are now “shuttered” and the Olympic
Park is “basically vacant” after failing to attract a buyer. 
Sofia Sakorafa, Greece MP and former Olympian, stated of the 2004 Athens Games venues, “We
are left with installations that are rotting away because we don’t even have the money to
maintain them. A lot of entrepreneurs and property developers got rich very quickly.” 
ENDING:  
So Mr/Madam, Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, in conclusion we declare that the Olympic games
should be abolished because it will bring lots of consequences to the country that hosting the Olympic
games as I have mentioned before that the Olympics makes a financial drain on host cities, the Olympics
force host cities to create expensive infrastructure and buildings that fall into disuse, the Olympics
displace and burden residents of the host country and city. I believe that’s all from our group and thank
you for the attention.

Opposition Team /First Speaker

Introduction (Introduce the team)

The topic for our debate is ‘That Olympic Games Should be Abolished

We disagree with the definition and arguments given by the Affirmative team. We believe that
Olympic Games is an athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and was revived in the
late 19th century. Before the 1970s the Games were officially limited to competitors with
amateur status, but in the 1980s many events were opened to professional athletes. Currently,
the Games are open to all, even the top professional athletes in basketball and football
(soccer). The ancient Olympic Games included several of the sports that are now part of the
Summer Games program, which at times has included events in as many as 32
different sports. In 1924 the Winter Games were sanctioned for winter sports. The Olympic
Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition and also it
brings lots of benefits to the Olympics participant.
However, we the negative team believe that this statement is false.

Team Split  
Today as first speaker of the opposite team I will be talking to you about our motion and the
benefits of Olympics games.
Our second speaker will be talking about the advantages that can we receive from the Olympics
games.Our third speaker will rebut and sum up our team case.
REBUTTAL:  
The first speaker of the affirmative team has tried to tell you that the Olympics makes a
financial drain on host cities.

This is wrong, because the Olympics actually increase valuable tourism, which can boost
local economies.
The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games had a global audience of five billion with the
Games broadcast in 200 countries. More than 56% of foreign visitors to Brazil for the 2016
Games were new visitors and Brazil set tourism records with 6.6 million foreign tourists and
$6.2 billion dollars. 
England welcomed more than one visitor every second in June 2013 after the 2012 London
Summer Olympics, a 12% increase over 2012.  Those tourists also spent more: $2.57 billion in
June (a 13% increase) and $12.1 billion in the first half of 2013. The 2018 Winter Games in
PyeongChang reported a $55 million surplus that was used for the benefit of sport in the host
country, South Korea.  The 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics made a profit, helping to
revitalize the city and transform it from an “industrial backwater” into the third best city in
Europe, according to Travel + Leisure magazine. 
The 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles netted the city a $215 million operating surplus and
$289 million in broadcasting fees. The Olympics brought a record 43.2 million tourists to Los
Angeles County that year, an increase of 9.3% over 1983. 
S/he also said that the Olympics force host cities to create expensive infrastructure and
buildings that fall into disuse.

This is wrong, why? Because the Olympics Games increase a host country's global trade
and stature.
Host countries tend to be invited to prestigious global economic organizations. According
to economics professors Robert A. Baade, PhD, and Victor A. Matheson, PhD, “the very act of
bidding [for the Games] serves as a credible signal that a country is committing itself to trade
liberalization that will permanently increase trade flows.” 
China negotiated with the World Trade Organization, opening trade for the country, after being
awarded the Beijing 2008 Summer Games.  After a successful 1955 bid for the 1960 Summer
Olympics in Rome, Italy joined the United Nations and began the Messina negotiations that led
to the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC).  The 1964 Tokyo Summer Games
led to Japan’s entry into the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the OECD. 
The 1968 Summer Olympics allowed Mexico to make “the leap into the ranks of industrialized
nations,” according to Dr. David Goldblatt, sociologist and sports writer. Spain joined the EEC
within a year of the 1986 Barcelona Summer Olympics.  Korea’s political liberalization
coincided with winning the bid for the 1988 Seoul Summer Games. 
One economic study found that “the Olympic effect is robust; hosting the games tends to
increase a country’s openness substantively and permanently.” 

ARGUMENTS  
I will be discussing two points.
My first point is The Olympics create a sense of national pride.
This is because according to a global poll, a majority of people in 18 of 21 countries
stated their nations’ performance at the Olympics was “important to their national pride,”
including 91% of Kenyans, 86% of Filipinos, and 84% of Turks. 
Roger Bannister, the first person to ever run a mile in under four minutes and a 1952
Helskinki Olympian, stated of his country’s performance at the 2012 London Summer Games:
“Team Great Britain]’s heroic success seems to have reawaken in us our sense of national
pride… a realization perhaps that, as a people, we have the ability, the drive and the
determination to be great.” Moorad Choudhry, MBA, PhD, Treasurer of the Corporate Banking
Division of the Royal Bank of Scotland, stated, “A genuine feel-good factor [of hosting the
Olympics] can be very positive for the economy, not just in terms of higher spending but also in
productivity at work, which in turn boosts output.” 
Lee Ji-seol, who lives in PyeongChang, said that fellow residents celebrated their selection as the
2018 Winter Games host city: “The entire town was out dancing.” 
Now to my second point is the Olympics game can make a Friendly Competition between
the country and also brings an international goodwill

This is because everybody loves when an organized sport pits two competitors against
each other. Best in the world? The Olympics settle that debate and create classic rivalries as well
that can last for decades. Cheer on your favourite athlete or team, even if, by some chance it's not
your own!
The Olympic Games are an opportunity to highlight many countries, and even the
country that has to apply as a host for the Olympics and provide everything it takes to have
visitors from every corner of the globe. It is really a great way to see that 'it's a small world after
all' when people come together and see that we all have more in common than some may think.
ENDING: 
So, Mr/Madam Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, in conclusion we want to declare that
Olympics games should not be abolished. Because there are lots of benefits will come to the host
country, participant, and also to the world. As I have mentioned before that Olympics games can
create a sense of national pride and also can make a Friendly Competition between the countries
and also brings an international goodwill.

Second Affirmative Speaker

INTRODUCTION: 
Good afternoon Mr/Madam Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen. The topic for our debate is “That
the Olympics games should be abolished.
We the affirmative team believe that this Statement is true.

REBUTTAL:  
The first speaker from the negative team has tried to tell you that Olympics games can
create a sense of national pride.
This is wrong because actually The Olympics Games are an arena for power politics. The
1936 Berlin Games were used by the Nazi regime to bolster its prestige. The US government led
a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games to protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The
Soviet government led a boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Games largely as a pay-back for the
1980 boycott. The usual rhetoric is that sports and politics don't mix, but actually the Olympics
have been political from the very beginning. Politics is involved in decisions about hosting the
Games and about which countries can participate. Boycotts of the Games are used to exert
political pressure. It is precisely because sports seem to be neutral that it is so effective to use
them for political purposes. Governments, seeking the prestige of Olympic victories, organize the
training of elite athletes. At the Olympics, competition between athletes is turned into
competition between states. Athletes can't participate if their country doesn't. Victories by
individuals and teams are treated as national victories, symbolized by flags and anthems and
beamed around the world. Media coverage in particular countries is often biased towards the
country's own athletes, reflecting and reinforcing nationalism. The International Olympic
Committee (IOC), a highly undemocratic organization, is composed of representatives from
member countries. The IOC is a vehicle for international political struggle. Hosting the Games is
seen as an opportunity for promoting national prestige. States of all political complexions --
liberal democratic, communist, fascist, military -- have embraced the Olympics, suggesting the
lack of a moral core to the Games. The IOC has sought participation of all states, without
applying any standards. There is no national pride actually. They are just a doll of the politics.
S/he has also said that and also can make a Friendly Competition between the countries
and also brings an international goodwill.
This is wrong because there are still violence and racisms. Many sports, such as boxing,
archery and the javelin are modeled on skills for war. A number of sports involve violence
themselves, including ostensibly "non-contact" sports such as basketball. The intense
competition and partisanship linked to sports often cause spectators to become aggressive. On a
number of occasions, sporting events have been the triggers for actual wars. In general,
competitive sports reflect rather than reduce violence in the rest of society.
The Olympics were set up to foster peace and harmony. Instead, they have simply
provided another arena for the continuation of violence between individuals in events and
between states in the struggle for power and status. The awarding of the 1896 Games to Athens
stimulated Greek nationalism, leading to a war with Turkey in 1897. The Olympic movement is
powerless to turn its original goal of promoting peace into reality.
The Games were set up by European elites and built on western sports. Through the
worldwide publicity for the Olympics and the competition for national glory, more and more of
these sports have been adopted in countries where they had no popular following.
Many non-western countries have long histories of indigenous sports and games that do
not fit the western model. These traditions have been submerged. The IOC is dominated by
western perspectives on sport and appears to take no notice of non-western styles and traditions.
This is not to mention the racism that can occur within and between Olympic teams.

RECAP:  
Our first speaker has already explained that the Olympics makes a financial drain
on host cities, the Olympics force host cities to create expensive infrastructure and
buildings that fall into disuse, the Olympics displace and burden residents of the host
country and city.
ARGUMENTS:  
Today I will be talking to you about 3 points. 

My first point is Male domination

This is because from the beginning, the Games have always had many more men than
women as participants, coaches and officials. Female athletes have received less funding and
have fewer Olympic sports in which to compete. Many national Olympic committees have no
women members and send no women to the Games.
The events included in the Games are mostly ones that give men an advantage, notably
sports emphasizing strength and speed. For example, most running and swimming events are
over in a matter of seconds or minutes. Women are already much closer if not superior to men in
ultra-endurance events, such as marathon swimming, but shorter events predominate in the
Olympics. Similarly, events emphasizing precision and skill rather than strength would give
women a better chance. It would be quite possible to select or design events that would give
women an equal chance to win in direct competition with men, but this has never been
considered. Instead, women are expected to adapt to male sports. This also helps maintain the
emphasis on competition rather than cooperation.
Male domination in the Olympic movement reflects and reinforces the predominance of
men in the sports that receive the greatest attention in most countries of the world.
Now to my second point is Competition
 This is because The Games are exclusively competitive. This means that most
competitors are ultimately losers. The focus is on a few top winners, whereas there are far more
who struggle for years only to fail, sometimes due to bad luck or the machinations of sporting
bodies. In any case, the nature of competition at an international level means that only a tiny
fraction can end up ultimate winners.
Competition with high stakes -- Olympic medals -- means that the aim becomes victory at
all costs. The pressure to win encourages illicit drug use, secrecy in training techniques, attempts
at psychological manipulation of opponents, and training and competing while injured.
The emphasis on competition and victory means that forms of physical activity that are
more participatory and cooperative are marginalized. Sport can be satisfying and beneficial, both
physically and mentally, for nearly everyone in the community. This can only occur when the
primary goal is participation, not victory in competition. The Olympic Games are elite
competitions between athletes and between states. The obsession with Olympic success
undermines the goal of cooperative, participatory sport.

My third and final point is Commercialism

This is because corporate interests penetrate the Olympics through sponsorship of the
Games themselves and through sponsorship of athletes and use of athletes for commercial
purposes. The media foster the Games as a giant spectacle, promoting professionalization and
commercialization.
Visible athletes can cash in on lucrative endorsements. Sporting success becomes a means of
selling products. Gold medals become a way for athletes and commercial sponsors to make
money. Commercialism and nationalism have gradually turned the Olympics into an enterprise
only for full-time athletes, professionals in reality if not in name.
The Olympics have become big business mainly through television. The mass media use
sport to sell programs to advertisers. The Games, with their image as the ultimate sporting event,
are a marketer's dream for reaching a global audience.
Through massive TV revenues, the IOC has become a major commercial enterprise itself,
operating like a transnational corporation. Its decisions are increasingly dictated by money flows.

ENDING:  
So, Mr/Madam Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, in conclusion we have to say that the
Olympics games bring lot of consequences for the country that hosts the Olympics and also to
the participants such as male domination, unfair competitive and also commercialism by some
businessman which want to gain some profits. That is why we have to abolished the Olympics
games forever. Thank you.

Second opposite Speaker

INTRODUCTION:  Good afternoon Mr/Madam  Chairman, Ladies  and Gentlemen.
The topic for our  debate is “That That the Olympics games should be abolished.
We the negative team believe that this statement is false.

REBUTTAL  
The second affirmative speaker has tried to tell you that the Olympics games is dominated
by male.
This is wrong  
Because it is not the reality. As example, at the Tokyo Olympic games, U.S is rewarded
with gold, bronze and silver and nearly 60% of those medals were won by women. And the most
important thing about sport is sportsmanship and respect, not seeking the advantages of each
gender. We are different, but that difference is what makes us beautiful.

S/he also said that Olympic makes Competition.

This is absolutely wrong and nonsense.

Because it is the Olympic games that makes a friendly competition. Everybody loves
when an organized sport pits two competitors against each other. Best in the world? The
Olympics settle that debate and create classic rivalries as well that can last for decades.
Cheer on your favorite athlete or team, even if, by some chance it's not your own!
S/he also said that commercialism in the Olympic games. It is wrong because actually
there is no commercialism. Instead, the Olympic will bring advantage to the economics of the
country that host the Olympic and also to the participant. We shouldn’t think small about that,
instead we have to think bigger. So that, we don’t trap in small paradigm.

RECAP: 
Our first speaker has already stated that Olympics games should not be abolished.
Because there are lots of benefits will come to the host country, participant, and also to the
world. As I have mentioned before that Olympics games can create a sense of national pride and
also can make a Friendly Competition between the countries and also brings an international
goodwill.

ARGUMENTS  
Today I will be talking to you about 3 points  

Now to my first point is from Education side.

This is because the Olympics can teach us all a thing or two about a little bit of
everything there is to know out there. How about lengths, weights, scoring systems, or even the
science of the luge! We also can learn from here about the Geography, Math, Physics, Science,
and Foreign Languages: the list goes on. Enrichment in these ways is a great benefit to young
and old.
Now to my second point is Positive Role Model 
This is because Kids around the world really look up to these 'true heroes’; especially
when they hear of the trials and tribulations they endure just to get to the Olympics, let alone the
struggle for the gold. These athletes are held to a high standard, both physically and morally as
they compete for that ultimate prize. Positive yes, just as long as they don't test positive.
My third and  final point is Unity and understanding
This is because If we can bring people from around the world in a fair, balanced,
competitive way, there must be hope that we can come together to understand how other cultures
think and feel. The Olympics themselves become a mini 'summit' where countries from around
the world can learn from each other and ourselves. Also
We can all take pride in our work, our country, our strengths, and our courage; there are just so
many things to be proud of. The Olympic Games creates a sense of pride in all we can do and all
we can overcome. This pride is great for us to have, because it keeps us going in the right
direction, the direction where we all succeed.
ENDING:  
So, Mr/Madam  Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, in conclusion we have to say that we
really don’t agree if the Olympics game should be abolished. Because we don’t see the big
and true reasons to abolish that lovely event. Instead, we can show you the benefits of the
Olympics games that can you achieve such as education knowledge, positive role model and
also the Olympics games can make you unity and understanding of each other. That is good
and beautiful to see right? So, we really don’t agree if the Olympics games should be
abolished. Thank you.

Third  Affirmative Speaker
INTRODUCTION: 
Good afternoon Mr/Madam Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen. The topic for our debate is “That
Olympic Games Should be Abolished. We the affirmative team believe that this 
statement is true.

REBUTTAL: 
The first negative speaker has tried to tell you that   The Olympics create a sense of
national pride.
This is wrong because actually The Olympics Games are an arena for power politics. The
1936 Berlin Games were used by the Nazi regime to bolster its prestige. The US government led
a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games to protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The
Soviet government led a boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Games largely as a pay-back for the
1980 boycott. The usual rhetoric is that sports and politics don't mix, but actually the Olympics
have been political from the very beginning. Politics is involved in decisions about hosting the
Games and about which countries can participate. Boycotts of the Games are used to exert
political pressure. It is precisely because sports seem to be neutral that it is so effective to use
them for political purposes. Governments, seeking the prestige of Olympic victories, organize the
training of elite athletes. At the Olympics, competition between athletes is turned into
competition between states. Athletes can't participate if their country doesn't. Victories by
individuals and teams are treated as national victories, symbolized by flags and anthems and
beamed around the world. Media coverage in particular countries is often biased towards the
country's own athletes, reflecting and reinforcing nationalism. The International Olympic
Committee (IOC), a highly undemocratic organization, is composed of representatives from
member countries. The IOC is a vehicle for international political struggle. Hosting the Games is
seen as an opportunity for promoting national prestige. States of all political complexions --
liberal democratic, communist, fascist, military -- have embraced the Olympics, suggesting the
lack of a moral core to the Games. The IOC has sought participation of all states, without
applying any standards. There is no national pride actually. They are just a doll of the politics.
S/he has also said that and also can make a Friendly Competition between the countries
and also brings an international goodwill.
This is wrong because there are still violence and racisms. Many sports, such as boxing,
archery and the javelin are modeled on skills for war. A number of sports involve violence
themselves, including ostensibly "non-contact" sports such as basketball. The intense
competition and partisanship linked to sports often cause spectators to become aggressive. On a
number of occasions, sporting events have been the triggers for actual wars. In general,
competitive sports reflect rather than reduce violence in the rest of society.
The Olympics were set up to foster peace and harmony. Instead, they have simply
provided another arena for the continuation of violence between individuals in events and
between states in the struggle for power and status. The awarding of the 1896 Games to Athens
stimulated Greek nationalism, leading to a war with Turkey in 1897. The Olympic movement is
powerless to turn its original goal of promoting peace into reality.
The Games were set up by European elites and built on western sports. Through the
worldwide publicity for the Olympics and the competition for national glory, more and more of
these sports have been adopted in countries where they had no popular following.
Many non-western countries have long histories of indigenous sports and games that do
not fit the western model. These traditions have been submerged. The IOC is dominated by
western perspectives on sport and appears to take no notice of non-western styles and
traditions. This is not to mention the racism that can occur within and between Olympic teams.

The second opposite also said that the Olympic games bring a lot of advantages such as
education, positive role model and unity and understanding.
We believe these are wrong because watching sports such as the Olympics serves to
integrate spectators (especially men) into the dominant value system of competitive striving for
success. Under the guise of enjoying entertainment and supporting one's favorite team or athlete,
spectators of sport are inculcated with the assumptions that life is a competition, that the rules are
fair, that most of the rewards go to the winners, and that losers have only themselves to blame.
These ideas are convenient for keeping workers on the usual treadmill. It is because of the
similarities between competitive sport and competitive business that sporting metaphors ("the
level playing field," "scoring") are so prevalent in non-sporting arenas. We actually and strongly
that there is no such education or positive role model or unity and understanding in these
Olympics games, because there is always something that hide behind these metaphors, such as
spectators and also government repressions and etc.
SUMMARY:
 Our first speaker spoke to you about a financial drain on host cities. It is because no
Olympic Games since 1960 has come in under budget. Bent Flyvbjerg, PhD, and Allison
Stewart, MBA, both at the University of Oxford’s Said Business School, stated that “in the
Games the budget is more like a fictitious minimum that is consistently overspent.”  For
example, like the delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Games were already the most expensive
Olympics in history, running at 200% over budget on Sep. 7, 2020 though not scheduled to begin
until July 2021.
S/he also spoke about expensive infrastructure and buildings that fall into disuse. This is
because “Host cities are often left with specialized sports infrastructure that has little use beyond
the Games” and that the cities must maintain at great expense. Many Olympic venues worldwide
sit empty, rusted, overgrown with weeds, covered with graffiti, and filled with polluted water. 
The $78 million Olympic Stadium in PyeongChang for the 2018 Winter Games was set for
demolition before the 2018 Games even began.  Sydney’s 2000 Olympic Stadium will be
demolished in 2019 in favor of a smaller, more useful venue stated Robert A. Baade PhD, and
Victor A. Matheson, PhD, economic professors.
Our second speaker told  you that the Olympics games will bring domination of male
participant. This is because From the beginning, the Games have always had many more men
than women as participants, coaches and officials. Female athletes have received less funding
and have fewer Olympic sports in which to compete. Many national Olympic committees have
no women members and send no women to the Games.
S/he also said that the Olympics Games will make a competition among the participants
and countries that attending the Olympics games and also, we afraid of the commercialism. This
is because The Games are exclusively competitive. This means that most competitors are
ultimately losers. The focus is on a few top winners, whereas there are far more who struggle for
years only to fail, sometimes due to bad luck or the machinations of sporting bodies. In any case,
the nature of competition at an international level means that only a tiny fraction can end up
ultimate winners.
Competition with high stakes -- Olympic medals -- means that the aim becomes victory at
all costs. The pressure to win encourages illicit drug use, secrecy in training techniques, attempts
at psychological manipulation of opponents, and training and competing while injured.
We also afraid of the commercialism. This is because corporate interests penetrate the
Olympics through sponsorship of the Games themselves and through sponsorship of athletes and
use of athletes for commercial purposes. The media foster the Games as a giant spectacle,
promoting professionalization and commercialization.
Visible athletes can cash in on lucrative endorsements. Sporting success becomes a
means of selling products. Gold medals become a way for athletes and commercial sponsors to
make money. Commercialism and nationalism have gradually turned the Olympics into an
enterprise only for full-time athletes, professionals in reality if not in name. Thank you.
Third Speaker of Opposite Team.
INTRODUCTION: 
Good afternoon Mr/Madam Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen. The topic for our debate is “That
Olympic Games should be abolished.
We the Negative team believe that this statement is false.
REBUTTAL: 
The first affirmative speaker has tried to tell you the first speaker of the affirmative team has
tried to tell you that the Olympics makes a financial drain on host cities.

This is wrong, because the Olympics actually increase valuable tourism, which can boost
local economies.
The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games had a global audience of five billion with the
Games broadcast in 200 countries. More than 56% of foreign visitors to Brazil for the 2016
Games were new visitors and Brazil set tourism records with 6.6 million foreign tourists and
$6.2 billion dollars. 
England welcomed more than one visitor every second in June 2013 after the 2012
London Summer Olympics, a 12% increase over 2012.  Those tourists also spent more: $2.57
billion in June (a 13% increase) and $12.1 billion in the first half of 2013. The 2018 Winter
Games in PyeongChang reported a $55 million surplus that was used for the benefit of sport in
the host country, South Korea.  The 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics made a profit, helping to
revitalize the city and transform it from an “industrial backwater” into the third best city in
Europe, according to Travel + Leisure magazine. 
The 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles netted the city a $215 million operating
surplus and $289 million in broadcasting fees. The Olympics brought a record 43.2 million
tourists to Los Angeles County that year, an increase of 9.3% over 1983. 
S/he also said that the Olympics force host cities to create expensive infrastructure and
buildings that fall into disuse.

This is wrong, why? Because the Olympics Games increase a host country's global trade
and stature.
Host countries tend to be invited to prestigious global economic organizations. According
to economics professors Robert A. Baade, PhD, and Victor A. Matheson, PhD, “the very act of
bidding [for the Games] serves as a credible signal that a country is committing itself to trade
liberalization that will permanently increase trade flows.” 
China negotiated with the World Trade Organization, opening trade for the country, after
being awarded the Beijing 2008 Summer Games.  After a successful 1955 bid for the 1960
Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy joined the United Nations and began the Messina negotiations
that led to the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC).  The 1964 Tokyo Summer
Games led to Japan’s entry into the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the OECD. 
The 1968 Summer Olympics allowed Mexico to make “the leap into the ranks of
industrialized nations,” according to Dr. David Goldblatt, sociologist and sports writer. Spain
joined the EEC within a year of the 1986 Barcelona Summer Olympics.  Korea’s political
liberalization coincided with winning the bid for the 1988 Seoul Summer Games. 
 One economic study found that “the Olympic effect is robust; hosting the games tends to
increase a country’s openness substantively and permanently.” 
The second affirmative speaker has tried to tell you that the Olympics games will bring
disadvantages to the participants and the hosting country such as male domination, competitive
and also commercialism. These statements actually make no sense. Why because we believe that
the Olympics games bring Pride. We can all take pride in our work, our country, our strengths,
our courage; there's just so many things to be proud of. The Olympic Games creates a sense of
pride in all we can do and all we can overcome. This pride is great for us to have, because it
keeps us going in the right direction, the direction where we all succeed. And also, there is no
such as male domination. Because it is not the reality. As example, at the Tokyo Olympic games,
U.S is rewarded with gold, bronze and silver and nearly 60% of those medals were won by
women. And the most important thing about sport is sportsmanship and respect, not seeking the
advantages of each gender. We are different, but that difference is what makes us beautiful.

SUMMARY:
Our first speaker spoke to you about The Olympics create a sense of national pride.
This is because according to a global poll, a majority of people in 18 of 21 countries stated their
nations’ performance at the Olympics was “important to their national pride,” including 91% of
Kenyans, 86% of Filipinos, and 84% of Turks. 
Roger Bannister, the first person to ever run a mile in under four minutes and a 1952
Helsinki Olympian, stated of his country’s performance at the 2012 London Summer Games:
“Team Great Britain’s heroic success seems to have reawaken in us our sense of national pride…
a realization perhaps that, as a people, we have the ability, the drive and the determination to be
great.” Moorad Choudhry, MBA, PhD, Treasurer of the Corporate Banking Division of the Royal
Bank of Scotland, stated, “A genuine feel-good factor [of hosting the Olympics] can be very
positive for the economy, not just in terms of higher spending but also in productivity at work,
which in turn boosts output.” 

S/he also spoke about Friendly Competition between the country and also an international
goodwill. This is because everybody loves when an organized sport pits two competitors against
each other. Best in the world? The Olympics settle that debate and create classic rivalries as well
that can last for decades. Cheer on your favourite athlete or team, even if, by some chance it's not
your own!
The Olympic Games are an opportunity to highlight many countries, and even the
country that has to apply as a host for the Olympics and provide everything it takes to have
visitors from every corner of the globe. It is really a great way to see that 'it's a small world after
all' when people come together and see that we all have more in common than some may think.

Our second  speaker told you  that the Olympics games will bring good vibe for
Education side.
This is because the Olympics can teach us all a thing or two about a little bit of everything there
is to know out there. How about lengths, weights, scoring systems, or even the science of the
luge! We also can learn from here about the Geography, Math, Physics, Science, and Foreign
Languages: the list goes on. Enrichment in these ways is a great benefit to young and old.
S/he also said that Olympic games can be a Positive Role Model.
This is because Kids around the world really look up to these 'true heroes’; especially
when they hear of the trials and tribulations they endure just to get to the Olympics, let alone the
struggle for the gold. These athletes are held to a high standard, both physically and morally as
they compete for that ultimate prize. Positive yes, just as long as they don't test positive.
Also she did mention that Olympics games will make Unity and understanding among the
people.
This is because If we can bring people from around the world in a fair, balanced,
competitive way, there must be hope that we can come together to understand how other cultures
think and feel. The Olympics themselves become a mini 'summit' where countries from around
the world can learn from each other and ourselves. Also
We can all take pride in our work, our country, our strengths, and our courage; there are just so
many things to be proud of. The Olympic Games creates a sense of pride in all we can do and all
we can overcome. This pride is great for us to have, because it keeps us going in the right
direction, the direction where we all succeed.
I think that is all from us and thank you so much for the attention.