Either way, this Olympics is no different to any other global event, especially if a non-First World nation is involved.
My preoccupation with Rio is with issues that are beyond the host nation's control.
Yes, the Russia dilemma.
Pending the IOC's ruling based on a 103-page Wada report - I won't be surprised if it's deferred again - accusations of Russia allegedly supporting a systematic state-sponsored doping programme for all its athletes, including 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, since 2011 isn't surprising because Russia isn't its first problematic child.
For the IOC to retain even a shred of integrity it needs to kick Russia in the teeth with a blanket ban to Rio and emphasise the onus is on the culprits to provide proof beyond reasonable doubt that they have cleaned up their act well before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
But underlying all that is the nagging feeling the penalty meted out to Russia is a superficial remedy to more deep-seated problems.
For argument's sake, are there other countries and athletes doing the same but have gone through undetected?
East Germany, the United States, China, to name a few, spring to mind.
But is it fair to impose a blanket ban on all Russian athletes?
One can argue events such as archery, shooting and fencing hardly require muscle mass.
Maybe Russian intelligence has devised brain implants that the above athletes can plug into. It's equally plausible that anti-doping watchdogs are clueless and simply lack the sophistication to detect such trickery.
Kicking out Russia, if found guilty, will be commendable but the credibility of the games, Rio or otherwise, is under scrutiny more than it has ever been.
It is rich, though, for US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) CEO Travis Tygart to advocate a total ban on all Russian athletes, including Paralympians.
"We write on behalf of a community of clean athletes and anti-doping organisations with faith that the IOC can lead the way forward by upholding the principles of Olympics," says Travis via a draft letter he reportedly co-signed.
The Americans are far from squeaky clean when it comes to sport in general.
What should the world make of the inclusion of sprinter Tyson Gay in the US relay team to Rio?
It's ironic that the United States should take the higher ground on doping when it spawned the likes of self-confessed cheats such as Lance Armstrong and sprinter Carl Lewis, to name a few, who clambered on and off countless podiums for decades to the tune of The Star Spangled Banner.
Seven-time Tour de France champion Armstrong, who has been banned from riding again, owns multimillion-dollar properties in Aspen, Colorado, and Austin Texas.
Some of his former US Postal "Blue Train" teammates own and run bike-related businesses throughout the US and some are still cycling professionally.
Nine-time Olympic gold medallist "King Lewis" broke his silence in April 2003 on allegations that he was the beneficiary of a drugs cover up, admitting he had tested positive for banned substances but countering he was just one of "hundreds" of American athletes who were allowed to escape bans.
"There were hundreds of people getting off," he said. "Everyone was treated the same."
Lewis went on to disclose he had failed three tests during the 1988 US Olympic trials, which under international rules at the time should have prevented him from competing in the Seoul games two months later.
It left egg on the face of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) which had initially denied claims 114 positive tests between 1988 and 2000 were covered up.
The USOC had eventually overturned a sanction on Lewis for three banned stimulants after the sprinter said he had ingested them mistakenly in a herbal supplement.
Lewis received only a warning after officials ruled that his positive tests were due to "inadvertent" use.
However, some scientists believed the substances could have been a masking agent for more serious drugs, such as anabolic steroids.
You see, it is a case of the kettle calling the pot black when the US had more than 100 positive tests for athletes, including 19 who won Olympic medals, from 1988 to 2000, and were allowed to carry on competing despite it.
The overriding issue in all the allegations and counter allegations is the hypocrisy of it all. The five interlocking Olympics rings have never looked so fragile.
To find a marquee country with a squeaky clean image is as difficult as finding a safe host nation amid the recent turmoil in America and Europe.
All of a sudden a remedy to the Zika virus must seem more do-able than eradicating Olympics of cheats.
A Brexit of Olympic proportions cannot be ruled out as IOC opts for crowd-pleasing hobbies over traditional codes to sex up its tattered image.
It isn't a wild assertion to predict joystick-toting "gamers" of the Pokemon generation will some day eclipse Olympics at stadia chocker with delirious fans cheering them on while watching animated characters in combat on gigantic screens.
