Don't Pencil Boston 2024 Onto Your Bucket List Just Yet

Katharine Seelye and Jere Longman file a lengthy New York Times piece looking at the USOC decision to award Boston 2024 the U.S. bid for the Olympic Games.

Not that golf is assured of even making the 2024 games, but after reading their summation and the hurdles facing Boston from resident backlash, golf at The Country Club in 2024 seems highly unlikely. And future American bids may be in jeopardy.

A collapse of the Boston bid could harm future American attempts to secure the Games and would again raise questions about the leadership and direction of the U.S.O.C.

“If Boston withdraws its bid, it would make it seem like the U.S.O.C. didn’t do a good job choosing its city, didn’t research enough possibilities, didn’t take into account that people in Boston didn’t want the Olympics,” said David Wallechinsky, the president of the International Society of Olympic Historians.