Meath_Villan Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 This Olympics is a farce ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 17, 2016 Moderator Share Posted August 17, 2016 4 minutes ago, Meath_Villan said: This Olympics is a farce ... It's brilliant isn't it? The sheer amount of corruption. The terrible venues, including the Brucey-bonus of the fart-filled diving arena. The horrible crowds. All the controversy. I must admit I like watching stuff like this burn. Hopefully there's a massive fallout from it all for the various culpable organisations. I think it has largely met my pre-Olympic hopes for it all. The worst Olympics ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 10 minutes ago, BOF said: The worst Olympics ever. The massacre in Munich? The Atlanta bombing? Hitler's games? I doubt it's even in the bottom half dozen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 17, 2016 Moderator Share Posted August 17, 2016 3 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: The massacre in Munich? The Atlanta bombing? Hitler's games? I doubt it's even in the bottom half dozen. I meant in terms of what they could control i.e. it reflecting on the organisers, facilities etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted August 17, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2016 42 minutes ago, BOF said: Irish Olympic president arrested in Rio of all the Olympics to be passing tickets to touts, he's chosen the one with thousands of empty seats at every venue of all the things an old bloke in a blazer could be arrested for in Rio, he's managed the most mundane thing possible, utter lack of imagination he needs to get back out there and get filmed snorting special K off the arse of a trans gender dancing horse, in a little boat, in an empty dive pool 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Mixed 800m heats on now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 37 minutes ago, snowychap said: Mixed 800m heats on now. It took me a minute, I was thinking what possible sport has mixed 800m... then I loled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 For jingoists GB's medal haul looks impressive but the success actually promotes the idea that a country should channel resources to the talented and privileged at the expense of the poor (Lottery funding). For those who think that inequality is a problem in our society, the Olympics, or at least the way it is funded, represents exactly what is undesirable - a feather-bedded elite created and paid for by the poorest. It seems likely that the reason every medal won has to be accompanied by some tragic or heroic back-story, is to distract the public from the actual ugly reality, that it mirrors the structure and priorities of our society. The message is that if winners can dedicate themselves and make sacrifices for the sake of national prestige, perhaps the rest of us can be inspired to be prepared to do the same, serving capitalism. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 4 hours ago, BOF said: I meant in terms of what they could control i.e. it reflecting on the organisers, facilities etc. agree, this is because of the IOC and Rio, these games have failed for various reasons but pretty much all of them are internal factors which should have an impact on deciding the host in the future some of the other games listed are because of external factors, atlanta being considered a bad games because of the bombing for example, im sure atlanta, the state of georgia the US and the IOC will tell you otherwise...in terms of tourism, the way the games are marketed, actual redevelopment of the host city rather than being a white elephant and of course that great IOC measuring stick of revenue atlanta was a hugely succesful games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoof hearted Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37111345 Neymar scores fastest Olympic goal ever and then proceeds to time waste straight after, these games are a shambles!! >:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Sooooo the judges at the conlan fight have been "stood down" ......and a review of fights only point out a handful of scoring errors .......what a load of shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Honduras management team getting selfies with Neymar, and getting their hats signed after getting spanked 6-0. Get in the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 12 minutes ago, dAVe80 said: Get in the sea. Catch botulism and die. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Crap day for sports today. I'm looking forward to the triathlon tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 average salary in brazil for most menial work is about £600 per month once converted to GBP. Bearing in mind that there are an awful lot of people in brazil that will get nowhere near that. Ticket prices for the athletics on a quiet day (no bolt or major finals) are between £65-£215 per session (morning, afternoon & evening. different ticket required for each session). Evening tickets with a big final are between £85 - £290. There are a few nosebleed tickets for some of the morning sessions (9.30 - 13.00) available for between £25 - £85 and they wonder why the stadiums are empty.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heffoman Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 The Russian who beat Conlan has now withdrawn from tomorrow's fight due to injuries sustained in the fight. His opponent gets a walkover. Makes his victory look even dodgier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 17, 2016 Moderator Share Posted August 17, 2016 1 hour ago, darrenm said: Crap day for sports today. I'm looking forward to the triathlon tomorrow. What you talking about Willis? I'm watching GB v NZ women's hockey, aside from the fact its a decent game there is the snigger value. First of all you have a player called Cocks on the NZ side then there are the commentary highlights.... "Kayla Whitelock complains she got smashed from behind" followed by "She did, she definitely got smashed from behind" and a few minutes later "left a bitter sweet taste in her mouth". All quite amusing, but then I've been drinking most of the evening... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 17, 2016 Moderator Share Posted August 17, 2016 "She was the meat in a black stick sandwich"- you couldn't make this stuff up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 17, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2016 Sounds like the commentators have got one of those dare bets going on. Something very similar happened in some of the 2012 commentaries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Just nothing really piqued my interest. Womens hockey is good though, didn't spot that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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