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Should Brazil be spending 12 Billion pounds hosting such an event like the olympic games ; when it has it's rivers flowing with sewage , amongst other things
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It's not just this Olympics, the decision to allow Russia to field one of the largest teams despite government organised drug taking and faking of test results has made a mockery of the Olympic ideal.
The only way this should have been dealt with was by a total ban on any Russian participation in international sport not just the Olympics.
This has just proved that it is all about money and not on sporting excellence. The rot set in when professional athletes were allowed to compete, it used to be amateurs only.
But then of course the USSR simply enrolled all it's competitors in the army and gave them unlimited time off to compete so they could say they were amateurs.
They will try a new tactic now they have realized they can get away with it! What will it be this time? Nobbling the opposition? Bribing the judges?
The only way this should have been dealt with was by a total ban on any Russian participation in international sport not just the Olympics.
This has just proved that it is all about money and not on sporting excellence. The rot set in when professional athletes were allowed to compete, it used to be amateurs only.
But then of course the USSR simply enrolled all it's competitors in the army and gave them unlimited time off to compete so they could say they were amateurs.
They will try a new tactic now they have realized they can get away with it! What will it be this time? Nobbling the opposition? Bribing the judges?
There has always been doubts about the athletes being clean in the olympics and other sports - remember those big butch East German women with Mr Universe physiques ?
In the past i've watched and enjoyed these sporting events , even though one knew that some of the athletes were not clean .
The difference with this games is the scale of the cheating .
Unfortunately with these games , more than past ones , every time you look at the podium , in the forefront of your mind will be - did he/she win purely on merit ?
This is a shame for those athletes who are standing on the podium , who are clean .
Should be interesting to see what reception the russian team gets in the opening ceremony
In the past i've watched and enjoyed these sporting events , even though one knew that some of the athletes were not clean .
The difference with this games is the scale of the cheating .
Unfortunately with these games , more than past ones , every time you look at the podium , in the forefront of your mind will be - did he/she win purely on merit ?
This is a shame for those athletes who are standing on the podium , who are clean .
Should be interesting to see what reception the russian team gets in the opening ceremony
As with most things sporting - money has completely taken over.
There are so many political and financial vested interests in the nonsense that is the 'purity' of sport that it makes a mockery of itself, and the people who partake, and who pay to watch.
But while the vested interests maintain the power to make the circus carry on - it will.
If the world population were to ignore it, and the associated sponsorships, it would get its house in order in about twenty-four hours!
There are so many political and financial vested interests in the nonsense that is the 'purity' of sport that it makes a mockery of itself, and the people who partake, and who pay to watch.
But while the vested interests maintain the power to make the circus carry on - it will.
If the world population were to ignore it, and the associated sponsorships, it would get its house in order in about twenty-four hours!
ivor - //i think this will be last big one (after russia of course and they cant afford it) //
I think the assumption that any nation cannot afford the Olympics is invalid.
Given the chance to strut and preen on the international stage, as well as trouser millions in the process, any politicians at the top of any country will 'find' the money to stage the event, no matter what state their economy is in, or how much their people are suffering.
I think the assumption that any nation cannot afford the Olympics is invalid.
Given the chance to strut and preen on the international stage, as well as trouser millions in the process, any politicians at the top of any country will 'find' the money to stage the event, no matter what state their economy is in, or how much their people are suffering.
We need things like the Olympics for all the cheating and the politics. It has, I believe, got too big tho.
The same thing happens every 4 years: doom and gloom is predicted, much of it based on wholly justifiable concerns about expense and ethics, but we always end up getting caught up in the positive side of the actual events. And we need that I think. The world won't suddenly become a paradise of virtue if it stopped: and all they money would not ever be spent on anything else anyway.
Just to support what Eddie said though: the presence of Russian competitors shows how feeble the IOC are when it comes to upholding the so called Olympic ideal
At least that arrogant homophobe Isinbaeva won't be there though; that is something to cheer :-)
The same thing happens every 4 years: doom and gloom is predicted, much of it based on wholly justifiable concerns about expense and ethics, but we always end up getting caught up in the positive side of the actual events. And we need that I think. The world won't suddenly become a paradise of virtue if it stopped: and all they money would not ever be spent on anything else anyway.
Just to support what Eddie said though: the presence of Russian competitors shows how feeble the IOC are when it comes to upholding the so called Olympic ideal
At least that arrogant homophobe Isinbaeva won't be there though; that is something to cheer :-)
Years ago, no one wanted to stage the games, and they were riddled by boycotts, claims of cheating, and the fact that they were too expensive to stage.
Then big business got involved and suddenly countries were falling over themselves to stage them. Occasionally they are shamelessly used by an authoritarian power to bolster its image, Berlin 1936, Sochi 2014 for example. Otherwise I say lets play. If the money really would get spent elsewhere then by all means do so but it wouldn't .
Then big business got involved and suddenly countries were falling over themselves to stage them. Occasionally they are shamelessly used by an authoritarian power to bolster its image, Berlin 1936, Sochi 2014 for example. Otherwise I say lets play. If the money really would get spent elsewhere then by all means do so but it wouldn't .
