Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have started accepting applications from those hoping to volunteer at the games a little less from two years from now. As you might suspect, Japan’s online community had plenty to say about the issue from the second it went live.
Many people viewed the attempt to drum up volunteers for the games with cynicism. To be fair, this criticism started long before the organizers started accepting applications online.
When the organizing committee first unveiled its plan, it stated up front that volunteers wouldn’t receive any monetary compensation for their services. The organizers also said they hoped to attract a number of students by offering university credits in exchange for doing specific tasks. Twitter users began to criticize the plan, with some arguing that college kids shouldn’t be put in a position in which they’d have to deal with this.
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