host: professor neirotti, why do you go to the olympic games? guest: this is my 17th, i went as a student and an intern and volunteer, and now since 1990 two i have been bringing students from george washington university and we study the management and marketing of the game so we understand the history, the organization, we get more into the details of everything from politics to the security, the transportation, the accommodations, the ticketing. so, we really delve right into the nuts and bolts of how to put on an olympic games, what are the purposes and how they are used for marketing purposes as well. host: how many students do you have with us -- with you? guest: 26 students and they are all very amazed at how well organized and the beauty of the venues. we are volunteering for the u.s. a house and we had training today, so we got to go to the park early and their eyes were like, wow, this is amazing. you know, yes, there is controversy over should the olympic games be nationbuilding. kind of tired of using the olympic games to build infra

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