The £$%^ the Summer Olympics Thread

[UK Redsox]

The Opening Ceremony is one year today, so here's a thread for the miserable gits like me (well.... I suppose that it might be only me), who don't understand why such a random group of sports (and non-sports) get so much money and attention.

[Fergal]

As some gobshyte said on the radio the other day, they are the London olympics...
As far as I am concerned they can shove the olympic flag where the sun don't shine.  I have no interest or desire to watch it, if you do fill ya boots.

[*shellac*]

You don't like donuts?

[Nev]

I love sport, love the Olympics but hate lots of BBC presenters wasting valuable airtime standing around telling me how great it will be and how impressive the facilities are. There's no value in covering fuck all, wait 'till the blasted thing starts.

And I remember 1986, Dennis Howell and all that.

Fuck off London.

[Dave Cooper please]

That Jess Ennis scrubs up well.

[UK Redsox]

From an earlier thread.....................

Current Olympic Sports - Keep or Scrap ?

Diving - Scrap
Swimming - Keep
Synchronized swimming - Scrap
Water polo - Keep
 
Canoe/kayak (sprint) - Keep
Canoe/kayak (slalom) - Keep
 
BMX - Keep
Mountain biking - Keep
Road cycling - Keep
Track cycling - Keep
 
Artistic - Scrap
Rhythmic - Scrap
Trampoline - Scrap
 
Volleyball (beach) - Keep
Volleyball (indoor) - Keep
 
Dressage - Scrap
Eventing - Scrap
Jumping - Scrap
 
Freestyle - Not sure
Greco-Roman - Not sure
 
Archery - Keep
Athletics - Keep
Badminton - Keep (But only if Squash is added. If not, then scrap)
Basketball - Keep
Boxing - Not sure
Fencing - Keep
Field hockey - Keep
Football - Keep
Handball - Keep
Judo - Not sure
Modern pentathlon - Scrap (due to horse content)
Rowing - Keep
Sailing - Keep
Shooting - keep
Table tennis - Keep
Taekwondo - Not sure
Tennis - Keep (But only if Squash is added. If not, then scrap)
Triathlon - Keep
Weightlifting - Keep

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To be added:-

Squash
Netball
Golf
Softball
Baseball
Rugby Sevens (Union only. None of that "Northern Game" nonsense)
Cheese Rolling (Gloucestershire needs a more successful Olympian than Eddie the Eagle)
Tug of War
Lacrosse

[Dave Cooper please]

Get rid of any sport where winning the Olympics isn't the pinnacle of the sport, so tennis goes as does football, therefore I wouldn't add golf either.

I'm with you on sports that require judges to decide the winner, I'd scrap boxing, judo and wrestling on that rule as well.

New sports? Darts and snooker (because we'd win medals!), T20 cricket.

[Damo70]

The only time I've been interested was the hockey in 1988 and when Redgrave was going for his fifth gold in 2000. I might watch the football this time around seeing as there has been so much talk about it. I've heard it's in London this time around and David Beckham will be the official mascot with cuddly toys and branded merchandise in his honour.

[UK Redsox]

The 2012 Olympic Games could overshoot its £9.3bn budget unless "rigorous action" is taken to curb costs

Now there's a shock

[Dave Cooper please]

And yet, didn't I hear a story yesterday about how the government are going to give an extra few million to the games to make the opening ceremonies more spectacular?
Because that's the most important bit isn't it? The opening ceremonies.

[usav]

And yet, didn't I hear a story yesterday about how the government are going to give an extra few million to the games to make the opening ceremonies more spectacular?
Because that's the most important bit isn't it? The opening ceremonies.

Well, it kind of is in terms of TV audience and attracting more people to the country to spend money here.

[cdbearsfan]

Spend more money here? They will all go to London, they're hardly going to pop up to visit Cadbury's World and the Tamworth Snowdome are they? As usual, the rest of the country pays to line London's pockets.

[UK Redsox]

What happens if this country needs its armed forces next summer for an overseas emergency and they're all on security duty guarding synchronised swimmers ?

[cdbearsfan]

Don't worry they'll just get rid of a load more public sector workers to pay for the Olympics and the war. So long as they don't pick on the lovely bankers that's what matters.

[UK Redsox]

Rather than involve the armed forces, why not have volunteers to be personal bodyguards.

I'll take Jessica Ennis