condemned its government and asked nations not to

honor its passports, and the Mexican government,

set to host the Olympics later that year, complied
with the ban. The IOC initially believed that sports
facilities in the breakaway colony were not
segregated, despite its government's policies. The
proposed 16-member Olympic team included two
black athletes. Because of this, Brundage supported
Rhodesian participation at Mexico City, but he was
overruled by the IOC; according to the head of the
Rhodesian Olympic Committee, Douglas Downing,
"His voice cries in a wilderness of spite."[112] For
Munich in 1972, the IOC decided to allow the
Rhodesians to compete as British subjects, which by
international law they were. African nations again
threatened to boycott if the Rhodesians were
allowed to participate, and, at its Munich session in
1972 just before the Games, the IOC narrowly voted
to exclude the Rhodesians. Brundage was livid at
the decision, believing that the IOC had yielded to
blackmail.[113] In 1974, after Brundage left office, the
IOC found evidence of segregated facilities in
Rhodesia, and it subsequently withdrew recognition
from its NOC. Rhodesia returned to the Olympics in
1980 as recognized independent Zimbabwe.[114]
Olympic administration; challenges
to leadership[edit]
The Maison de Mon-Repos, in the Parc de Mon-Repos,
was the home of the IOC between 1922 and 1967.
Unpaid as IOC president, even for his expenses,
Brundage sometimes spent $50,000 per year to
finance his role.[115] In 1960, the IOC had almost no
funds. Brundage and the IOC had considered the
potential of television revenue as early as the
Melbourne Games of 1956, but had been slow to
address the issue, with the result that television
rights for the 1960 Games w