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[edit] Controversy over Gay Olympics: Who Sued?

I added the disputed notation to this part of the article because I have conflicting information as to whether the USOC or IOC actually sued the Gay Olympics. This article says that the USOC sued. However, this article says near the end that the IOC sued and that the USOC sued.

Can someone look this up in LEXIS? Who exactly sued? The citation is (supposedly): International Olympic Committee vs. San Francisco Arts and Athletics, 781 F. 2d 733

--Tiger MarcROAR! 03:35, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

The official caption (from WestLaw) is:

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Switzerland; United States Olympic Committee, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, Plaintiffs-Cross- Defendants-Appellees,

v.

SAN FRANCISCO ARTS & ATHLETICS, a California corporation, and Thomas P. Waddell, Defendants-Cross-Plaintiffs-Appellants.

-MAS

[edit] Controversy over Gay Olympics: Boycott of Visa?

I've heard that Visa International was involved in the lawsuit over the use of the word, "Olympics." Was there a boycott of Visa? What are the details? --Tiger MarcROAR! 03:37, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1st World Outgames Montreal 2006 Gay Games VII Chicago

In regard to the following paragraph found on the front page of this so-caleld encyclopedia -

"This has enabled the Montreal games to attract three times as many participants as the Chicago games, which have been rigged by drug scandals and a lack of social and political support from American institutions."

This statement is so awesome on all levels. The Chicago Gay Games is on target for particpants in regard to forecasts. There are no drug scandals - NONE. And the City of Chicago, The County of Cook and the State of Illinois political structure all endorse (in legal documents and official proclamations) the Gay Games in Chicago. The Mayor of Chicago and the City Treasurer are Gay Games VII Co-Chairs of the Ambassador program. I don't know where this statement comes from, but it is wrong and even mean spirited to perpetuate such very wrong information.

[edit] Article Vandalism

I had to fix some profane references in the upper portion of this article. It's really sad to see things like this go for so long unnoticed. It survived multiple edits, or so the article History says. 71.17.19.113 21:48, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I just now fixed some (badly written) vandalism. It'd only been there for two days, though. It was the most recent edit, too. Either way, it's gone now. 67.160.142.194 (talk) 21:38, 15 May 2008 (UTC)