I also jump on the "50 Years" bandwagon, with a POD probably never used:
September 6, 1972: Wili Daume phones Avery Brundage and says "The games must be cancelled".
September 7-12, 1972: Competition being suspended until a final decision is made, Willi Daume sets up a petition rallying for support for cancellation of the games.
September 13, 1973: After Willi Daume has colllected 100,000 signatures from all over Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and even countries such as America and Israel (some Jews flew to Munich just to sign!), Avery Brundage broadcasts an infamous speech, ushering in the words:
"The Games of the XX. Olympiad are hereby cancelled. This is done out of respect for the families and friends of the victims of the massacre".
And now... What will happen? What will the effect on sports be, but also on politics and all other fields bring? What will the butterflies do?
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Wikipedia said:Effect on the Games
In the wake of the hostage-taking, competition was suspended for the first time in modern Olympic history. On 6 September, a memorial service attended by 80,000 spectators and 3,000 athletes was held in the Olympic Stadium. IOC President Avery Brundage made little reference to the murdered athletes during a speech praising the strength of the Olympic movement and equating the attack on the Israeli sportsmen with the recent arguments about encroaching professionalism and disallowing Rhodesia's participation in the Games, which outraged many listeners.[26] The victims' families were represented by Andre Spitzer's widow Ankie, Moshe Weinberg's mother, and a cousin of Weinberg, Carmel Eliash. During the memorial service, Eliash collapsed and died of a heart attack.[38]
Many of the 80,000 people who filled the Olympic Stadium for West Germany's football match with Hungary carried noisemakers and waved flags, but when several spectators unfurled a banner reading “17 dead, already forgotten?” security officers removed the sign and expelled those responsible from the grounds.[39] During the memorial service, the Olympic Flag was flown at half-mast, along with the flags of most of the other competing nations at the request of Willy Brandt. Ten Arab nations objected to their flags being lowered to honor murdered Israelis; their flags were restored to the tops of their flagpoles almost immediately.[40]
Willi Daume, president of the Munich organizing committee, initially sought to cancel the remainder of the Games, but in the afternoon Brundage and others who wished to continue the Games prevailed, stating that they could not let the incident halt the Games.[39] Brundage stated "The games must go on, and we must ... and we must continue our efforts to keep them clean, pure and honest."[41] The decision was endorsed by the Israeli government and Israeli Olympic team chef de mission Shmuel Lalkin.[42]
On 6 September, after the memorial service, the remaining members of the Israeli team withdrew from the Games and left Munich. All Jewish sportsmen were placed under guard. Mark Spitz, the American swimming star who had already completed his competitions, left Munich during the hostage crisis (it was feared that as a prominent Jew, Spitz might now be a kidnapping target). The Egyptian team left the Games on 7 September, stating they feared reprisals.[43] The Philippine and Algerian teams also left the Games, as did some members of the Dutch and Norwegian teams. American marathon runner Kenny Moore, who wrote about the incident for Sports Illustrated, quoted Dutch distance runner Jos Hermens as saying "It's quite simple. We were invited to a party, and if someone comes to the party and shoots people, how can you stay?"[44] Many athletes, dazed by the tragedy, similarly felt that their desire to compete had been destroyed, although they stayed at the Games.
September 6, 1972: Wili Daume phones Avery Brundage and says "The games must be cancelled".
September 7-12, 1972: Competition being suspended until a final decision is made, Willi Daume sets up a petition rallying for support for cancellation of the games.
September 13, 1973: After Willi Daume has colllected 100,000 signatures from all over Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and even countries such as America and Israel (some Jews flew to Munich just to sign!), Avery Brundage broadcasts an infamous speech, ushering in the words:
"The Games of the XX. Olympiad are hereby cancelled. This is done out of respect for the families and friends of the victims of the massacre".
And now... What will happen? What will the effect on sports be, but also on politics and all other fields bring? What will the butterflies do?
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