Olympics. Sport or Entertainment?

xoxoxoBruce · 02-05-2014, 12:41 PM

I don't know if it's sport or entertainment, but leaning toward the latter. Some could argue it's politics, too.
Anyway, I'll stick this here.

slang · 02-05-2014, 10:05 PM

I'm not sure if it's sport or entertainment but I didn't know the medals were not solid.

That's enough to boycott in itself.

Cheap bastards. Plated? WTF.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-05-2014, 11:09 PM

I think it was done for the athlete's safety, so they and their house wouldn't be a target for crooks.

Griff · 02-06-2014, 05:41 AM

I guess my short-hand would be the judged events are entertainment and races, timed, and physical scoring events are sport.

Spexxvet · 02-06-2014, 08:25 AM

For spectators, it's entertainment.
For participants, it's sports.

IMHO

Happy Monkey · 02-06-2014, 12:34 PM

Its a massive front for voyeur style porn:

Quote:

While defending Sochi's ability to accommodate guests for the Winter Olympics this week, a Russian official on Thursday revealed that some of the city's hotels are apparently equipped with surveillance cameras in the bathrooms.
"We have surveillance video from the hotels that shows people turn on the shower, direct the nozzle at the wall and then leave the room for the whole day," said Dmitry Kozak, the deputy prime minister in charge of Olympic preparation, claiming that Western guests have been trying to sabotage the event.

monster · 02-07-2014, 04:42 PM

Either way, this is hilarious....

http://nextimpulsesports.com/2014/02...ic-commercial/

Clodfobble · 02-07-2014, 04:55 PM

That was hysterical.

monster · 02-07-2014, 05:19 PM

Here it is on youtube

monster · 02-08-2014, 11:44 AM

bizarre

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/rus...tx=top-moments

Griff · 02-15-2014, 09:44 AM

Got up early on a Saturday to watch Merica take down the Russians in one of the best hockey games ever. Oshie already has his meme.

monster · 03-01-2014, 06:17 PM

Sport becomes entertainment -The Olympic pools from 2012 just opened to the public. Impressive facility and a flipping bargain at 4 and a half quid a go.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-26401970

xoxoxoBruce · 03-01-2014, 10:28 PM

Everyone has to help pay for the pools, but how many want to use them plus live close enough to be able to? And who's paying for the lifeguards, janitors and maintenance, the admission fees?

monster · 03-03-2014, 09:41 AM

did you read the article?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-03-2014, 04:32 PM

Quote:

The centre on the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, will host a series of events including the 2014 Diving World Series and public swimming sessions.
It has two 50m pools, a diving pool and a newly installed gym.
Visitor ticket prices for the Aquatics Centre start at £4.50.
The centre has two 50m pools, a diving pool and a newly installed gym
The centre, with its wave-like roof which became famous in the Games, was designed by architect Zaha Hadid.
The London Legacy Development Corporation plans to reopen the southern section of the Olympic Park on 5 April.

I don't see no stinkin' answers to my questions.

02-05-2014, 12:41 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Olympics. Sport or Entertainment? I don't know if it's sport or entertainment, but leaning toward the latter. Some could argue it's politics, too. Anyway, I'll stick this here. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-05-2014, 11:09 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think it was done for the athlete's safety, so they and their house wouldn't be a target for crooks. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-06-2014, 05:41 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I guess my short-hand would be the judged events are entertainment and races, timed, and physical scoring events are sport. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-06-2014, 08:25 AM	#5
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	For spectators, it's entertainment. For participants, it's sports. IMHO __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

02-07-2014, 04:42 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Either way, this is hilarious.... http://nextimpulsesports.com/2014/02...ic-commercial/ __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-05-2014, 10:05 PM	#2
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	I'm not sure if it's sport or entertainment but I didn't know the medals were not solid. That's enough to boycott in itself. Cheap bastards. Plated? WTF.

02-07-2014, 04:55 PM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	That was hysterical. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

02-07-2014, 05:19 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Here it is on youtube __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-08-2014, 11:44 AM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	bizarre http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/rus...tx=top-moments __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-15-2014, 09:44 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Got up early on a Saturday to watch Merica take down the Russians in one of the best hockey games ever. Oshie already has his meme. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-01-2014, 06:17 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Sport becomes entertainment -The Olympic pools from 2012 just opened to the public. Impressive facility and a flipping bargain at 4 and a half quid a go. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-26401970 __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-01-2014, 10:28 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Everyone has to help pay for the pools, but how many want to use them plus live close enough to be able to? And who's paying for the lifeguards, janitors and maintenance, the admission fees? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-03-2014, 09:41 AM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	did you read the article? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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