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Olympic Excitement, Million-Dollar Quarterbacks, and Paris' Historic Triumph: Unveiling the Secrets of the 2024 Games and NFL's Elite Earners
Ever wondered what it takes for a city to host the Olympics, or which cities have had the honor more than twice? Join me, Amadu the Great, in my backyard for an electrifying episode of Fan Faces Plus, where we unearth the intriguing history and rigorous selection process behind the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. We'll crack open the secrets of the International Olympic Committee's voting system and reveal why Paris stands out as one of the few cities to host the Games three times. Plus, I'll challenge you to discover and comment on which other cities share this elite milestone!
But we’re not stopping at the Olympics! Get ready to switch gears as we spotlight the top five NFL quarterbacks raking in the big bucks in the 2024 season. From the grand scale of international sportsmanship to the personal triumphs of football stars, this episode promises a rollercoaster of fascinating insights and engaging stories. So, grab your favorite snack, sit back, and join the conversation about the essence of camaraderie, nationalism, and the sheer excitement that sports bring into our lives!
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Thank you. Hello guys, how are you doing today? Welcome to another fabulous episode of Fan Faces Plus with your boy, amadou. Amadou the Great, I'm very excited to have you here today. There's a little change in location, as you can see. We're in my backyard doing backyard things and there's a friend here trying to join me in the show. But I hope I don't taste too sweet because I'm not food honey. But on to different topics.
Speaker 1:Today, some of the topics that I want to get into are the Olympics, the starting I mean the beginning of the Olympics, how it got to be, and also top five NFL quarterbacks that are making decent money in the year 2024, in the 2024 season. So why don't you join me on this journey and let's get going? I'll try to keep it simple and enjoyable for you guys, all right. All right, let's go. First and foremost, we'll start with the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Yeah, summer Olympics in Paris. They're ongoing right now, but I thought that you guys out there should get a little information, whether or not you want, whether or not you know, for you to you know be informed on the particular beginnings of the Olympics. So, summer 2024, paris Olympics, and not the first time there's been. There's been Olympics in Paris, but it won't certainly be the last, and I'll give you some background information on how some of these countries get to be host countries and what goes into it.
Speaker 1:All right, so, first and foremost, to put a bid in to become one of the hosts for an Olympic cycle, you have to be a member of the IOC. If you're not a member of the IOC, you can't be allowed to even participate in, you know, basically putting in a bid. So there's about 206 countries that are members of the IOC and there's 184 athletes excuse me, there's 184 countries that participate in the Olympics every summer. That it comes Well, summer Olympics anyways. So what's it called? We got Paris hosting it this year, and Paris, among two other cities, have hosted the Summer Olympics three times. Alright, three times. That's pretty amazing. No other country has hosted it more than twice. I mean, I'm sure there's no other countries hosted it more than twice. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure there's other countries that have hosted it more than twice, but Paris has hosted it three times. And then there's two other cities that have hosted it more than two times. I'll let you find out those other countries and put them down in the comments below. I'll give you a little assignment there, folks, go check them, go check it out, put it in the comments section. Let me know what other countries have participated more than two times in the Summer Olympics.
Speaker 1:All right, so let's get going on it. To basically get selected as a country, I mean as a city, to host the Olympics, there's a voting system, there's a secret ballot voting system and in this secret ballot voting system, every country, every participating member of the IOC can vote, except for the people, except for the country or the city that's hopeful, except for the city that it's a hopeful city to get the bid. If you are representative of that hopeful city to host the Olympics, if you're a member, you cannot cast a vote in the secret ballot. You must abstain from voting because it's technically what's it called? An advantage to you, right? So, basically, all the countries would vote and the country, all the countries would vote, or all the cities would vote, and the city with the most votes it's by populace, the city with the most votes gets a host Olympics. And in 2024, I'm sure they planned it years ahead for the 2024 Summer Olympics For the 2024 Summer Olympics, paris won the bid in the secret ballot and when Paris won the bid. They're hosting the Olympics right now and they're ongoing.
Speaker 1:And I mean the Olympics are pretty cool. There's camaraderie, there's nationalism involved. You have a bunch of countries that get really, really excited to go participate. There's some countries that have 500 plus athletes. There's some countries that have you know what's it called Maybe one or two or maximum five athletes that participate, but still everybody. It's an inclusive situation really. So that's pretty cool. But the general Olympics run for two weeks, what we see. But I'm sure there's events that they do in the background that lead up to the major two weeks that we get to watch, up to the major two weeks that we get to watch, like the qualifying event for certain sports.
Speaker 1:And you know the prepping and the prepping years before you know, to get the Olympics moving. But that happens. People prep, athletes prep, athletes prep, and cities prep for the Olympics, which is pretty cool. Everybody has to get ready so that they can put their best foot forward. But I mean to top it all off though, yes, it's a voting system. It's a wink-wink, not voting system. You don't. You know, you don't what's it called. You don't cast a ballot for your own city, but I'm sure there's a wink-wink, not an agreement where there's some money put in place, where some people, some countries, could win the bid, where you know they rig it in some way somehow. But I'm not going to get into that Because I don't know much about that. But here's a fun fact about the Olympics, the Summer Olympics at least no African nation, no African city has ever hosted an Olympic, but plenty of Europeans, plenty of Americans, plenty of Latin American countries and cities have hosted the Summer Olympics. So keep that in mind. Maybe in a couple years to come, or maybe in the next Olympic or maybe in the Olympics to come, african can host it. But that's all I have on the Olympics.
Speaker 1:Let's get on to some American football. Football season is upon us and with football season being upon us, with football season being upon us, we got quarterbacks this year that have gotten paid a tremendous amount. Most of the quarterbacks right now I mean top 10 quarterbacks they're all making millions. They're making 50 million at least a year. Most quarterbacks are. But recently two quarterbacks got paid in the 50 million range Jordan Love of the Green Bay Packers got paid $55 million and Tua Tagovailoa got paid $53 million a year. But that's not the staggering amount. The amazing amount is what's guaranteed to them. I know Tua got guaranteed approximately $160 million guaranteed in the deal. So he's making $53.1 million a year annually, plus $50. Plus the $160 million guarantee to him that he gets to take home out of the contract that he signed for four years. But really you know you're a true superstar when you get the money that's guaranteed to you. The guaranteed money is really where the creme de la creme live. Right, let's say you're making $55 million a year for a contract that spans four years, but if they guaranteed you upwards of $200 million, then you're really top-notch as far as quarterbacks go and that's pretty amazing.
Speaker 1:You deserve every bit of it because you carry the burden win or lose. You take on the responsibilities win or lose, you take the fault. You take the blame win or lose. You take the fault. You take the blame, win or lose. So quarterbacks deserve it. Quarterbacks have to know everybody's position and everybody's assignment on the field. Not every other player needs to know that. The quarterback needs to absolutely know every other position in the field, which is pretty cool, I mean. Which is a pretty heavy. Heavy crown to carry, heavy load to carry. I mean, which is a pretty heavy, heavy crown to carry, heavy load to carry and you know can't blame him for giving them that money.
Speaker 1:But some of the quarterbacks that got awesome guaranteed money and well-deserved. You got Joe Burrow $219 million guaranteed in his contract. You got Trevor Lawrence he got $200 million guaranteed. But I don't thoroughly believe that Trevor Lawrence deserved $200 million guaranteed. He hasn't really performed well in the playoffs. He hasn't gone to the Super Bowl. Joe Burrows has gone to the Super Bowl and Tua. Up to the time he got Coach McDaniels, tua wasn't really performing well and Miami wouldn't have probably picked up his fifth-year option.
Speaker 1:But they're paying him as if he's a superstar at $53 million and Jared Goff getting that $170 million guaranteed. He deserves it because he's been to the Super Bowl. Jared's been to the Super Bowl. Joe Burrows has been to the Super Bowl. Getting to the Super Bowl shows that you you know you deserve that money and you've played your butt off to get that money. Joe Burroughs beat Patrick Mahomes to get to the Super Bowl. Jared Goff who did he beat? Who did he beat to get to the Super Bowl? I can't remember who he beat, but he deserves that money Because when he was playing for the Rams. It was a very, very powerful team when they played, very powerful. So you know, I just thought I'd throw some of these thoughts out at you guys, and it's been a while since you guys seen me, so I thought I, you know, put it out there for the world. Some of these quarterbacks deserve the money, some of them don't.
Speaker 1:And, as far as the Summer Olympics goes, I'll keep you updated and keep you informed on who's doing what and what teams are doing what they're doing. I mainly will focus on the big sports. You got soccer, women's soccer, women's basketball, men's basketball, and those are some. And I did wrestling, so I'll focus on, I'll talk about, some wrestling as well. Moving forward, I'll just keep you guys updated in short video clips, short reactions, you know, just so that you guys can keep updated. But I want to thank you guys out there for paying attention to me, listening to me sharing my insights and if you have any questions or comments, leave them down in the comments section. Get active with me. Let's get together and talk sports and talk history. Basically, to find this episode and any other episodes out there, check a final cuts media on youtube, check final cuts media 5 on tiktok and get the full episode on youtube and tiktok all right, and for uh, fan faces. Plus, my name is amadou, I'm am Amadou the Great. Check you guys out later. Then I made a plan, thank you.
