Here's what I heard on one of the FM channels yesterday:

Japanese proverb:

If someone can do a task, you should be able to do it as well.
If no one has managed to do a task, you should try to be the first one to do it.

Indian version:

If someone can do a task, let him/her do it.
If no one has managed to do a task, it's probably not worth doing it.

Do you think that's what has happened during CWG arrangements?