Naughty naughty applicant city bid chairman…

(Chicago 2016 Olympic bid chairman Patrick) Ryan traveled to Qatar with Northwestern University president Henry Bienen to discuss plans for the Northwestern branch campus to open on the outskirts of the Qatari capital, Doha. Ryan and Bienen also went to Kuwait, where they met IOC member Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, former OPEC chairman and a member of the Kuwaiti ruling family.

Article 11 of the IOC’s Rules of Conduct Applicable to All Cities Wishing to Organize the Olympic Games says: “There shall be no visits by IOC members to the cities, nor by the cities to IOC members.”

First, how great is Philip Hersh? His 2016 videomindchiplog for the ChicagoTribuneEmbed will be fantastic.

Again, though, I must remind Patrick Ryan that I left him explicit instructions on how to handle this bid. If you need me to fax it over again, Pat, let me know.