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Case Study: You are a Legal Counsel at the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The President of the IOC comes into your office and tells you that the Organizing Committee of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games (OCOG) have just issued a press release announcing that, because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the OCOG has decided to change the dates of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games to 2023. The IOC was never consulted on this. Moreover, the press release states that following the President of the USA‘s false claims that the COVID-19 was created by Chinese scientists to destroy the US economy, the OCOG has decided that no American athletes will be allowed to participate in the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games. On top of that, the OGOC sent an invoice of 10 000 000 USD to the IOC with an accompanying email saying this was to cover the additional health measures that the OCOG would have to implement during the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games. The President is furious. He does not want the dates of the Games to be changed and he is strongly against the ban of American athletes. He also feels that the invoice related to the additional health measures should be paid by the OCOG and not the IOC. He wants to take the 2022 Olympic Games away from Beijing if they don’t rectify the situation soon. Knowing that you are the one who drafted and negotiated the Host City Contract with the OCOG and that you know the Olympic Charter by heart, he asks you to provide your legal opinion on this situation in a memorandum of maximum 2000 words. Your memorandum should clarify whether the recent actions of the OCOG were legal (according to the Host City Contract and the Olympic Charter) and it should propose a solution to make sure the OCOG rectifies the situation. If any communication is to be addressed to the OCOG, you should draft it for the President and include it in your memorandum. Formalities: – Maximum 2000 words – References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount – Font: Arial 12 pts – Text alignment: Justified – The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in APA’s citation style It assesses the following learning outcomes: – Analyse, synthesise and evaluate the Host City Contract of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Charter and apply them to solve problems affecting sports and the law pragmatically. – Show a detailed knowledge of the legal and regulatory framework affecting sports and the law and an awareness of a variety of ideas, contexts and frameworks.