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you thought it was all over,,,now olympics
look forward to endless tv and all the hype from a country that cant afford to wipe its ass
6th Aug 2016 1:18 am
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I'd rather be on here writing stupid messages than watch any more of that opening ceremony.
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6th Aug 2016 1:32 am
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too much Money in it now. Then the drugs scandal and the IOC screw up. Should never have been held in Brazil. See the Royal Family have done their usual and gone down en mass. Suppose I shouldn't be surprised, they never do a hands turn, so why start now.
6th Aug 2016 5:22 am
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Re: you thought it was all over,,,now olympics
galwaygreen wrote:
look forward to endless tv and all the hype from a country that cant afford to wipe its ass
First football.........
Then tennis..........
Now this.......................
6th Aug 2016 6:06 am
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He's got a point. Personally I feel rescheduling Casualty because of the Olympics is unforgivable.
6th Aug 2016 6:43 am
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Lots available on catchup and NowTV box sets.
6th Aug 2016 7:10 am
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Why do we spend millions on people to train them to run in a circle or throw a spear or a stone? All vital societal skills now that the dinosaurs are gone and we have moved out of the caves.
In my youth, Olympians were to be admired because they were amateurs, not merely state sponsored automata. I miss those days long ago when the Olympics wasn't just a very rich corporation organising a competition which is just a less bloody substitute for global war. For me, it all started to sour in 1972 in Munich, then 1976 with the Russian boycott.There are two rules for success,
1. Never tell everything you know.
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6th Aug 2016 7:39 am
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Why do we spend millions on people to train them to run in a circle or throw a spear or a stone? All vital societal skills now that the dinosaurs are gone and we have moved out of the caves.
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I think their are lots of people who do Olympic sports who don't get paid millions
Like judo - a lot of my friends do judo for a living
Funding is near zero
They do it because it's a vocation
It does amaze me that a sport like golf can make it into the Games or that prof tennis players can do Wimbledon one week and win£2 million yet be in the games he next
Very sad
My sport is a minority and gets little tv coverage
Personally I like it
It's some escapism
And vital publicity for those smaller sportsYes another one...
6th Aug 2016 1:19 pm
Madrilleno
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I didn't say anyone gets paid millions, I asked why we spend millions.There are two rules for success,
1. Never tell everything you know.
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6th Aug 2016 2:25 pm
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"I didn't say anyone gets paid millions, I asked why we spend millions."
Maybe because it saves us more on the NHS. It might inspire more people to get off their fat lazy a s and get fit. Maybe not become Olypiums but fitter and healthier people.
Now where's that second bottle of vino Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
6th Aug 2016 3:09 pm
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judorob2802 wrote:
I think their are lots of people who do Olympic sports who don't get paid millions
Like judo - a lot of my friends do judo for a living
Funding is near zero
They do it because it's a vocation
It does amaze me that a sport like golf can make it into the Games or that prof tennis players can do Wimbledon one week and win£2 million yet be in the games he next
Very sad
My sport is a minority and gets little tv coverage
Personally I like it
It's some escapism
And vital publicity for those smaller sports
Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
6th Aug 2016 3:10 pm
Madrilleno
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Rescue01 wrote:
"I didn't say anyone gets paid millions, I asked why we spend millions."
Maybe because it saves us more on the NHS. It might inspire more people to get off their fat lazy a s and get fit. Maybe not become Olypiums but fitter and healthier people.
Now where's that second bottle of vino
Sport England's own research tells us that less people are actively engaged in sports now than before the 2012 games.
The vino's over here. There are two rules for success,
1. Never tell everything you know.
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6th Aug 2016 8:08 pm
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7th Aug 2016 2:05 pm
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London 2012 was brilliant, I spent 7 weeks transporting the worlds athletes to and from events/training but not been impressed with Rio, perhaps it's different because I ain't there to take in the atmosphere.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
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too much Money in it now. Then the drugs scandal and the IOC screw up. Should never have been held in Brazil. See the Royal Family have done their usual and gone down en mass. Suppose I shouldn't be surprised, they never do a hands turn, so why start now. 
football.........
