Yeah, I opposed the Frankfurt bid on those grounds. Of course, I then was still offended when the NOK decided to go with Leipzig. Hamburg had the obvious best bid among the Germans, Frankfurt the only other non-total-joke one. The IOC's not even allowing Leipzig into the vote was not so much a disaster waiting to happen, it was inevitable. It was, in fact, known to the NOK beforehand that of the five German bids only Hamburg and Frankfurt met the IOC's minimum requirements.
Perhaps they purposely did that to avoid having to host the games.
Nah, but with Paris, New York and London in the mix they probably knew the Olympics wouldn't end up going to Germany anyways, so members were free to vote based on national "politics"/brownnosing grounds. I do suppose Leipzig, Stuttgart and Düsseldorf (I think it was) assumed they'd gain prestige just by being Germany's candidate, not lose as they ended up doing. (I misspoke in the first sentence actually. I opposed the Frankfurt bid mostly because of the money we'd needlessly waste over the next two years or however long it would have been - not going to check - until the IOC vote.)
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