Fretwired has it. It should be amature, but yesterday we heard Venus Williams saying how she's looking forward to taking part, and David Beckham. Now I know they don't need the money or the publicity so why are they taking part at our expense so that those dedicated up and coming future professionals get less TV time. Maybe because it's all going to be so boring that more is needed to releive the tedium.Still about 8 weeks and it's all over and we can start the repayments.
They've had to promise to provide famous people to convince the sponsors to pay up. I can vaguely understand them, at least if they're top sportsmen, or famous people from the UK, but Will dot I dot Am? Give me strength...
Also, there were WAY MORE than 2 police outriders when I saw it!
Do you think the IOC has lost touch since dealing with China and Greece?
The solution is simple - we all bung some cash in a fund and rebuilt Greece's 2004 Olympic stadium and village [the project that virtually bankrupted the country]. The Olympics is then held in Greece every four years and is only open to amateur sports people. There's no need to keep building expensive white elephants around the world or funding expensive celebrity-led opening ceremonies. We can simply find out who can run the fastest .. simples.
ticks all my boxes (in a platonic way).Originally Posted by Fretwired
I especially like the use of the word "White Elephant"
Is that a euphemism for O2 arena?
I especially like the use of the word "White Elephant"
Actually, the O2 makes a buttload of money. I quite like it as it's a 5 minute bus journey to get home afterwards. Makes a change from queuing for a tube for an hour after a Wembley gig. It's also the only London venue I've ever been to where the beer and bog queues are less than 5 minutes, which is brilliant
The Olympic Stadium is a difficult one. It'll be years before they sort out the disputes between football clubs for its use, as Leyton Orient & West Ham are both too close, so one or other will always have a valid complaint based on the League rules.
And trying to force them to keep the track is commercially insane. The UK already has a bunch of athletics venues, and they're never full. Forcing anyone to keep operating another huge one is just ridiculous
It's going past my road too - we've been warned that parking "may be a problem". I may stroll up and have a shufty, seeing as it's all of 100 yards...
That O2 is kinda like the White Elephant you'd see used instead of "Jumble Sale" .. where as Fret's use of the word is like the old Siamese ruler "gifting" a member of court who'd pissed him off, with an Elephant that has to be pampered and will eventually bankrupt the courtier.
if we have to have a tournament of hairdressers and estate agents seeing how far they can throw a discus are we allowed to have a different competition where actual sportspeople compete against each other? of course you could take the name "olympics" - the new tournament would have to be called something like "the sporting competition that is actually good"
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