Olympics Thread
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@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:
Well I for one can't fucking wait
There have been some serious
performancesimprovement in shoes on the track in the lead up.Yup
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@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel OK well we can agree to disagree. I think it's one of the few genuinely global events, it's clearly not going to be as good this year but it still resonates across a large part of the world.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the Olympics and it’s one of the few sporting events I genuinely get excited about (much more so than the RWC) but it just doesn’t feel right having it now, with no crowds and constant reminders of a pandemic. The opening ceremony will probably be masks and social distancing galore. I’ll take it because I don’t want to wait another 3 years, but I really don’t think most of the world even cares.
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@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:
I feel like the Olympics peaked in London 2012
Probably helps that you were in or around London in 2012, right? I've been reminded recently with Euros of how cool it was to be in London when sports were going right. It's a bloody fun country to be in when that happens.
Unless it's rugby.
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Interesting article. We already know that the IOC needs the Tokyo Olympics to proceed as this is their cash cow. But they aren't taking any of the risk or accepting responsibility if something goes wrong.
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@bones said in Olympics Thread:
@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:
I feel like the Olympics peaked in London 2012
Probably helps that you were in or around London in 2012, right? I've been reminded recently with Euros of how cool it was to be in London when sports were going right. It's a bloody fun country to be in when that happens.
Unless it's rugby.
Yeah definitely I am 100% biased, but feels like they pulled off a "managable" sized games without the insane level of bloat, and the legacy stuff has all gone well, no white elephants
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@raznomore said in Olympics Thread:
Nigeria beat the USA Basketball team lol.
WTF. 90 to 87.
That US team is pretty well paid so how much cash from Nigerians Princes does it take to get that win?
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@snowy said in Olympics Thread:
@raznomore said in Olympics Thread:
Nigeria beat the USA Basketball team lol.
WTF. 90 to 87.
That US team is pretty well paid so how much cash from Nigerians Princes does it take to get that win?
Nigeria has 7 current NBA players.
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@raznomore said in Olympics Thread:
@frye apologies for the double negative, this isn't "not" true. But it's the equivalent of a bunch of super rugby bench warmers beating the all blacks.
Of the 7, I've heard of exactly 0 of them
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This article is charging around my LinkedIn.
I’m not much of a Huffpost fan, but it probably sums up the feelings of - well - almost everyone I know here in Japan.
Key quote:
The Tokyo Games will further expose the essential truth of the Olympic movement, which is that it is not about sports at all. The games are a grift meant to further enrich an already wealthy few. Everyone else ― the poor people whose homes are in the wrong place, the Indigenous forests and the people who inhabit them, the Japanese nurse who has to treat an Olympic executive or athlete at the expense of a COVID-19 patient, the hotel worker who gets infected because thousands of people who should not be in Japan nevertheless are ― is entirely expendable.The Tokyo Olympics Are A Moral Disaster
Even by the Olympics’ horrible standards, holding the games during a pandemic is abhorrent.
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@gt12 said in Olympics Thread:
This article is charging around my LinkedIn.
I’m not much of a Huffpost fan, but it probably sums up the feelings of - well - almost everyone I know here in Japan.
Key quote:
The Tokyo Games will further expose the essential truth of the Olympic movement, which is that it is not about sports at all. The games are a grift meant to further enrich an already wealthy few. Everyone else ― the poor people whose homes are in the wrong place, the Indigenous forests and the people who inhabit them, the Japanese nurse who has to treat an Olympic executive or athlete at the expense of a COVID-19 patient, the hotel worker who gets infected because thousands of people who should not be in Japan nevertheless are ― is entirely expendable.
Even by the Olympics’ horrible standards, holding the games during a pandemic is abhorrent.
Going to need fucking long stirrups to get on that high horse.
Let's just all stay in our homes instead.
Have the Japanese people marched against how shit their government has been in administering the vaccine?
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Did you see the video of the lady who shot the water gun at the torch bearer?
The comment made by one of my ex-students on Facebook wasn't one of disgust, rather it was 'that was a good shot'.
Kyodo reports that 86% of people in a poll are against the Olympics.
To respond to your question about the vaccine - that's the reason, the government is too worried about the fucking games rather than putting jabs in people's arms. That's the point of the argument against the Olympics.
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@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:
@gt12 said in Olympics Thread:
This article is charging around my LinkedIn.
I’m not much of a Huffpost fan, but it probably sums up the feelings of - well - almost everyone I know here in Japan.
Key quote:
The Tokyo Games will further expose the essential truth of the Olympic movement, which is that it is not about sports at all. The games are a grift meant to further enrich an already wealthy few. Everyone else ― the poor people whose homes are in the wrong place, the Indigenous forests and the people who inhabit them, the Japanese nurse who has to treat an Olympic executive or athlete at the expense of a COVID-19 patient, the hotel worker who gets infected because thousands of people who should not be in Japan nevertheless are ― is entirely expendable.
Even by the Olympics’ horrible standards, holding the games during a pandemic is abhorrent.
Going to need fucking long stirrups to get on that high horse.
Let's just all stay in our homes instead.
Have the Japanese people marched against how shit their government has been in administering the vaccine?
They're Japanese, not French.
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@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:
@raznomore said in Olympics Thread:
@frye apologies for the double negative, this isn't "not" true. But it's the equivalent of a bunch of super rugby bench warmers beating the all blacks.
Of the 7, I've heard of exactly 0 of them
Precious Achiuwa - rookie that plays for the Heat. Got about 12-13 minutes a game which wasn’t too bad for a rookie on the Heat roster.
Kezie Okpala - another Heat player. Played hardly anything as a rookie last season, but got a bit of time this year.
Miye Oni - was on the main Jazz roster as a second year player.
Josh Okogie - has been a regular part of the rotation for the Timberwolves over the past 3 seasons. Mainly as the backup 2 guard, but has started a fair few games as well.
Jordan Nwora - plays for the Bucks. Got minutes in the regular season but has really only played garbage time in the playoffs.
Chimezie Metu - actually had a few decent games for the Sacramento Kings this season. Can hit the 3.
Jahlil Okafor - well known player especially when he started out in Philly. Currently playing for the Pistons.
Gabe Vincent - another player on the Heat roster.
They’ve also got Ekpe Udoh who is no longer in the NBA but bounced around the league for a number of years.
