Olympics in Rio

PJ_Soul

lukin2006 said:

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

rgambs said:

unsung said:

Did anyone mention that lady who has medaled at six straight Olympics?

It was mentioned, nobody cares because it's not an athletic sport. A person can shoot well from the age of grade school until they are in their 80's, which makes six straight Olympics just not that impressive.

Or the fact that you loathe anything that has to do with guns.

Pretty sure rgambs isn't the only one who doesn't give a shit.
Shooting? Honestly, I'd forgotten that was even an event, and i am an Olympics junkie. No one cares.

well if you and rgambs don't give a shit then we should probably just get rid of it.

Low ratings, minimal media coverage. That suggests a lot more people than me and rgambs don't give a shit.

So ... not all Olympic sports draw high ratings and most are poorly attended ...

Most aren't poorly attended (except in Rio, the ghost town Games, lol). But yes i know there are several Olympic sports that don't get ratings. Those are the events that most people don't care about, which is my exact point.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

mcgruff10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

rgambs said:

unsung said:

Did anyone mention that lady who has medaled at six straight Olympics?

It was mentioned, nobody cares because it's not an athletic sport. A person can shoot well from the age of grade school until they are in their 80's, which makes six straight Olympics just not that impressive.

Or the fact that you loathe anything that has to do with guns.

Pretty sure rgambs isn't the only one who doesn't give a shit.
Shooting? Honestly, I'd forgotten that was even an event, and i am an Olympics junkie. No one cares.

well if you and rgambs don't give a shit then we should probably just get rid of it.

Lol

One out of seven posts scruffy does a good one.

mcgruff10

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

rgambs said:

unsung said:

Did anyone mention that lady who has medaled at six straight Olympics?

It was mentioned, nobody cares because it's not an athletic sport. A person can shoot well from the age of grade school until they are in their 80's, which makes six straight Olympics just not that impressive.

Or the fact that you loathe anything that has to do with guns.

Pretty sure rgambs isn't the only one who doesn't give a shit.
Shooting? Honestly, I'd forgotten that was even an event, and i am an Olympics junkie. No one cares.

well if you and rgambs don't give a shit then we should probably just get rid of it.

Lol

One out of seven posts scruffy does a good one.

kma dirty.

lukin2006

I'm pretty sure if the 100 metre events weren't going on the same night a Canadian won the high jump, the only people who would have been in attendance were his family and a few other Canadians ... that why this whole ordeal is packaged together under the Olympic umberalla...a few sports bring in the revenue to support these games...most of these sports most people don't care about until the Olympics roll around.

Jason P

Shouldn't basketball be in the winter olympics? They run the same time as the NHL in the same arenas.

jnimhaoileoin

Jason P said:

Shouldn't basketball be in the winter olympics? They run the same time as the NHL in the same arenas.

Haha, I don't think they determine which sport belongs in each Olympics according to the season in which they're played

Degeneratefk

mcgruff10 said:

rgambs said:

unsung said:

Did anyone mention that lady who has medaled at six straight Olympics?

It was mentioned, nobody cares because it's not an athletic sport. A person can shoot well from the age of grade school until they are in their 80's, which makes six straight Olympics just not that impressive.

Or the fact that you loathe anything that has to do with guns.

Really? That was what you got from that? It is 100% accurate.

Degeneratefk

Jason P said:

Shouldn't basketball be in the winter olympics? They run the same time as the NHL in the same arenas.

It would interfere with the NBA season. Can't have that.

mcgruff10

Degeneratefk said:

Jason P said:

Shouldn't basketball be in the winter olympics? They run the same time as the NHL in the same arenas.

It would interfere with the NBA season. Can't have that.

So it doesn't count when the nhl stops for two weeks for the Olympics?

Jason P

Ryan Lochte has lost 4 sponsors. People are acting like he kicked a puppy on live television during the closing ceremony.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Jason P said:

Ryan Lochte has lost 4 sponsors. People are acting like he kicked a puppy on live television during the closing ceremony.

Brands can choose whoever they want to represent them.

Jason P

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Jason P said:

Ryan Lochte has lost 4 sponsors. People are acting like he kicked a puppy on live television during the closing ceremony.

Brands can choose whoever they want to represent them.

True but Mike has several DUI and doesn't seem to have any issue with sponsers.

Ryan peed in a bush and tore down a poster and his post career earnings are fucked.

mace1229

mcgruff10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

rgambs said:

unsung said:

Did anyone mention that lady who has medaled at six straight Olympics?

It was mentioned, nobody cares because it's not an athletic sport. A person can shoot well from the age of grade school until they are in their 80's, which makes six straight Olympics just not that impressive.

Or the fact that you loathe anything that has to do with guns.

Pretty sure rgambs isn't the only one who doesn't give a shit.
Shooting? Honestly, I'd forgotten that was even an event, and i am an Olympics junkie. No one cares.

well if you and rgambs don't give a shit then we should probably just get rid of it.

Low ratings, minimal media coverage. That suggests a lot more people than me and rgambs don't give a shit.

Who would know there are more to the olympics than just gymnastics, track and field and swimming? the coverage has completely sucked and olympic ratings have hit an all time low for nbc. maybe air some new sports.

I was disappointed this summer. Too much coverage of swim qualifying heats, and same with track the last few days. I'd rather watch the gold medal match of archery, badmitton, ping pong or anything random than one of dozens of qualifying heats where the ones expected to win complain if you run/swim your fastest.

Godfather.

my man Conner Fields takes gold in BMX !

Godfather.

PJ_Soul

mace1229 said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

rgambs said:

unsung said:

Did anyone mention that lady who has medaled at six straight Olympics?

It was mentioned, nobody cares because it's not an athletic sport. A person can shoot well from the age of grade school until they are in their 80's, which makes six straight Olympics just not that impressive.

Or the fact that you loathe anything that has to do with guns.

Pretty sure rgambs isn't the only one who doesn't give a shit.
Shooting? Honestly, I'd forgotten that was even an event, and i am an Olympics junkie. No one cares.

well if you and rgambs don't give a shit then we should probably just get rid of it.

Low ratings, minimal media coverage. That suggests a lot more people than me and rgambs don't give a shit.

Who would know there are more to the olympics than just gymnastics, track and field and swimming? the coverage has completely sucked and olympic ratings have hit an all time low for nbc. maybe air some new sports.

I was disappointed this summer. Too much coverage of swim qualifying heats, and same with track the last few days. I'd rather watch the gold medal match of archery, badmitton, ping pong or anything random than one of dozens of qualifying heats where the ones expected to win complain if you run/swim your fastest.

Are you saying there is only one channel that shows the Olympics in the US? Or are you elsewhere? Not sure how it works there, but here they have 5 channels going at the same time, each with different events on. The main network is CBC, and while they show whatever sport (usually the more popular ones, but not always), they also regularly announce which channels to go to for various live events at that time (i.e. Sportsnet1 and 2, TSN, etc), so anyone can pretty much pick and choose which events they get to see, including all the more obscure ones. And of course there is a TV schedule for all of these channels online so you can find when and where to watch what you want.

Degeneratefk

mcgruff10 said:

Degeneratefk said:

Jason P said:

Shouldn't basketball be in the winter olympics? They run the same time as the NHL in the same arenas.

It would interfere with the NBA season. Can't have that.

So it doesn't count when the nhl stops for two weeks for the Olympics?

I didn't say anything about it not counting. But the sarcasm wasn't dripping as much as I thought it was

Degeneratefk

Jason P said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Jason P said:

Ryan Lochte has lost 4 sponsors. People are acting like he kicked a puppy on live television during the closing ceremony.

Brands can choose whoever they want to represent them.

True but Mike has several DUI and doesn't seem to have any issue with sponsers.

Ryan peed in a bush and tore down a poster and his post career earnings are fucked.

That's understanding it a bit. He made up a story to prevent himself from being banned in 2020. Anytime an Olympic athlete gets into trouble with the law during the Olympics in the host city, they are subject to bans during the next Olympiad. He thought that if he could make up this story and get away with it, he'd be clear to compete in 2020.

Jason P

Degeneratefk said:

Jason P said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Jason P said:

Ryan Lochte has lost 4 sponsors. People are acting like he kicked a puppy on live television during the closing ceremony.

Brands can choose whoever they want to represent them.

True but Mike has several DUI and doesn't seem to have any issue with sponsers.

Ryan peed in a bush and tore down a poster and his post career earnings are fucked.

That's understanding it a bit. He made up a story to prevent himself from being banned in 2020. Anytime an Olympic athlete gets into trouble with the law during the Olympics in the host city, they are subject to bans during the next Olympiad. He thought that if he could make up this story and get away with it, he'd be clear to compete in 2020.

He didn't get in trouble with the law, they were private security and they paid for the damage. What did happen is that he over-exaggerated the story to a few people and it turned into a raging twitter dumpster fire.

Twitter caused this story where 10 years ago it would have been water under the bridge. The only reason charges were discussed is because Rio got their feelings hurt because it made their city look ... well, like what it is, crime ridden.

Degeneratefk

Jason P said:

Degeneratefk said:

Jason P said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Jason P said:

Ryan Lochte has lost 4 sponsors. People are acting like he kicked a puppy on live television during the closing ceremony.

Brands can choose whoever they want to represent them.

True but Mike has several DUI and doesn't seem to have any issue with sponsers.

Ryan peed in a bush and tore down a poster and his post career earnings are fucked.

That's understanding it a bit. He made up a story to prevent himself from being banned in 2020. Anytime an Olympic athlete gets into trouble with the law during the Olympics in the host city, they are subject to bans during the next Olympiad. He thought that if he could make up this story and get away with it, he'd be clear to compete in 2020.

He didn't get in trouble with the law, they were private security and they paid for the damage. What did happen is that he over-exaggerated the story to a few people and it turned into a raging twitter dumpster fire.

Twitter caused this story where 10 years ago it would have been water under the bridge. The only reason charges were discussed is because Rio got their feelings hurt because it made their city look ... well, like what it is, crime ridden.

I understand what you're saying. Listening to some talking head when this story first broke, they were saying he could have been subject to investigation from the IOC and been punished. Either way, bone bead thing to do.

PJ_Soul

Jason P said:

Degeneratefk said:

Jason P said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Jason P said:

Ryan Lochte has lost 4 sponsors. People are acting like he kicked a puppy on live television during the closing ceremony.

Brands can choose whoever they want to represent them.

True but Mike has several DUI and doesn't seem to have any issue with sponsers.

Ryan peed in a bush and tore down a poster and his post career earnings are fucked.

That's understanding it a bit. He made up a story to prevent himself from being banned in 2020. Anytime an Olympic athlete gets into trouble with the law during the Olympics in the host city, they are subject to bans during the next Olympiad. He thought that if he could make up this story and get away with it, he'd be clear to compete in 2020.

He didn't get in trouble with the law, they were private security and they paid for the damage. What did happen is that he over-exaggerated the story to a few people and it turned into a raging twitter dumpster fire.

Twitter caused this story where 10 years ago it would have been water under the bridge. The only reason charges were discussed is because Rio got their feelings hurt because it made their city look ... well, like what it is, crime ridden.

Well good point about Rio. The gall taken is a bit of a joke. We all know shit like what Lochte lied about really does happen there (and a lot of worse stuff too), not to mention the general debacle that was the 2016 Olympics, so the idea that this one story might marr Rio's reputation is pretty silly. Rio already marred it's own reputation a million times over.