My mum's cousins (so her aunts) are a bit crazy (in a nice way), they'll be going absolutely mental I'd imagine.
and rightfully so lol, the Olympics are cheering everyone up, we're doing so good its unreal and we should celebrate whilst we can. This time next week some of the doom and gloom will be back. Although we do have the new season to look forward to
I think sports like Football and Cricket get crowds in but I do agree they do not fit with tradition, neither does tennis or golf. If the IOC don't want to add too many more than fair enough, I do believe the Olympics has to stay with tradition to a certain extent, athletics,swimming etc are the main focus.
Football has been in all Olympics bar two. Surely that fits in with tradition? It's also arguably the World's number one sport. I've enjoyed every game I have watched at the Olympics.
just because its the number 1 sport doesn't mean it should be in there though. Boxing is ok but it is amateur, if names like Mayweather and Klitschko were there then it wouldn't be right. I don't think Tennis, golf or football should be there. Like boxing, football could be done by amateurs, the England C team or whatever. I like the Olympics to be the lesser sports, and with big names there it means the Olympics gets slightly ruined IMO
One of the reasons they changed the football to allow pros was because of the difficulty in defining amateur. People in Ryman league two get paid, people moaning about how poor the football is with international u23s playing are going to love watching Sunday league footballers at Wembley...
As for the big names, you don't want Bolt, Wiggins and the like taking part then?
bolt and wiggins are big names mostly because of their success in the Olympics though which is fine. I am talking about premier league players on 100k a week, arguably the best tennis player ever in Federer and Tiger Woods in the Olympics? I don't think it fits in with the tradition of the Olympics. The tradition is that it is an amateur sport. I realise no sports are as amateur as they used to be, but for many sportsman in the Olympics, they get funding, sponsorships etc, but not many strictly get paid to perform
There is no logic to your argument though. Highly paid best sprinter - ok, highly paid best golfer - no, highly paid cyclist - yes, highly paid tennis payer - no... As you say the tradition is amateur, but that went years ago, there is no such thing as some sports being not "as amateur as they used to be" there is no grey area here, you either allow pros - whether they earn £15,000 a year or £1.5m - or you don't. All the athletes are pros now
I do understand what you're saying, but most of Bolt's and Wiggins achievements have come in the Olympics. Whereas the tennis players and golfers are world famous for major tournaments such as the majors and the slams. Although then you do have Wiggins in the TDF. Not all the athletes are pros though, thats completely wrong. I think its a tough one because obviously the olympics is no longer an amateur competition. But I like the Olympics being the pinnacle for the athletes, its much better to watch people who you don't really see for 4 years and the Olympics means so much to them. As I said, it doesn't to the likes of the footballers and probably won't to the golfers.
By athletes, I meant the track and field people mate, but I take your point too.
I heard that almost £1 billion of the Olympic budget has gone on royalties for that sodding Vangelis music. That just cant be right can it? ;-)
I can't believe that we had to hear it at every single medal ceremony, couldn't they have given us a bit of variety? I was wondering what people from other countries made of it. Was Chariots of Fire big all over the world or just here in Puttnamland?
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I've got about 40 of them so I didn't know!!
DId amazingly well, knocking out the two favourites.
Compounded by the us knocking them off top spot
Anthony Joshua wins the last boxing medal - huge effort
Italians appealing.
Well, some of them
That just cant be right can it?
;-)
Love the ending
Might even keep the 'corporate sponsorship' whiners quiet for a minute!
my good god Jess Ennis is so hot
Still no Jess though.
VG
And you think other people are strange !