Why are The Olympic Games dirty, corrupt, wildly expensive, and absolutely irresistible?

It's the greatest show on earth—a world sport spectacle that truly is spectacular. But it comes with a taint of corruption, cheating and excess. Why are The Olympic Games so compelling? With host Duncan McCue.

The budget required to host them would drain the treasuries of most nations. These Games in Brazil have been tarnished by doping scandals, allegations of bribery, toxic water, and the Zika virus.

Are those messy troubles dampening your enthusiasm for the dramas unfolding on fields and tracks and pools? Are you watching?

If you are a fan, you've been treated to incredible performances by Canadian athletes: the ascendance of teenage swimming phenomenon Penny Oleksiak, and trampoline gymnast Rosie McLennnan did it again… winning her second consecutive Olympic gold. What do you think has been the defining moment in Rio so far? And what events are you looking forward to? Is this spectacle of amateur sports sullied by commercialism and corporate sponsors… or is the Olympic spirit alive and well… thanks to athletes who give it their all?

Our question: "Why are the Olympics, dirty, corrupt, wildly expensive ...and absolutely irresistible?​