Sadly I believe you are right, it’s too late. Hence why it no longer holds any interest for me.
The Olympics remained amateur until the 70s and it brought people and nations together who were otherwise at odds politically and socially. Now it’s just a huge, corrupt (and corrupting), money making machine, who think nothing of evicting thousands from their homes to build massive stadiums for 5 minutes of limelight, subsequently left to ruin. The Olympic committee seemingly in league or in denial.
It’s worse than the profesional equivalents of individual disciplines as their individual governing bodies generally seem to have better control (except perhaps cycling ).
It’s ironic that when they allowed professional boxers in 2016, they didn’t get much interest from the pros as the earnings were too low and risk of injury affecting their pro career was too high.
Well the surfing events for Paris 2024 are actually being held in Tahiti, so not sure being landlocked will be too much of an issue…don’t forget there’s already the sailing events that require a coastal venue.
That’s cool. With surfing included, the Olympics can only go to countries with their own high tidal swells and/or those with vestiges of an Empire or colonisation scattered around the planet