BIG IDEAS

While the argument over Chicago’s loss has ratcheted up, you have to think that anyone with a real sense of the world thought Rio had it in the bag from Day One. The IOC is made up of men, for goodness sakes. If you were on the IOC, where would you want to be for two straight weeks?

Oddly enough, given Chicago’s fairly enclosed business environment, chances are that U.S. businesses who aren’t “connected” but wanted in on the economic action might get a better shot at getting involved in Brazil than they would have in Chicago.