Quoting David Mann <[email protected]>:
On Aug 3, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Brian Walters wrote:
As for the Olympics - I lost interest years ago. The amount of
public money that gets sunk into over-pampered 'elite' sportspeople
in search of 'gold' is sickening, especially when they don't have
to repay it (unlike university students who do). Of course, I'm
talking from an Australian perspective. It may be different
elsewhere.
I bet you're feeling a lot worse after the performances this time
around. I'm not poking fun as we've had a few of our own too. I'm
actually a little jealous of the Aussies for putting so much into
their sports.
To be perfectly honest I couldn't give a rat's arse about the
performances, except for the 200m butterfly where Nick D'Arcy failed
to make the final. There is some justice in the world.
Australia has no right to expect to be in the top half doz or so
nations (as it has been in the past few Olympics) given our modest
population. Our spending priorities are absurd. After the Olympics,
there's going to be all sorts of enquiries about where it all went
wrong and our Olympic officials will be screaming for more money from
the Government (who will undoubtedly give it to them).
Sorry - didn't mean that to become a rant :-)>
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
From a sporting perspective I love the Olympics. It's the top of
the top competitions, and it's about the only chance I get to see
coverage of sports that aren't rugby. From a commercial and
political perspective the Olympics are a complete dogs breakfast.
We don't have a lot of public money being spent on sports, except
for the rugby. Mostly athletes have to succeed before they get any
funding which seems a bit backwards to me. The athletes themselves
don't seem to get much of a financial return, although gold
medallists find it a lot easier to get sponsorship/endorsement deals.
What annoys me about the Olympics at the moment is that the
broadcaster who owns the rights here is Sky TV. I think the rules
say you have to broadcast at least some of it free-to-air so they
have one token FTA channel to go with about 8 channels on the pay
service. To their credit they're showing a very good selection on
the free channel but they jump around a lot.
Cheers,
Dave
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Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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