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zekekelso

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  1. Wait, other person wanting to put the games in Louisiana? It's like that BR guy left a cancer behind.
  2. Fun to think about. But while Glencoe may have the vertical drop, but lacks (badly!) everything else you would need - difficulty, snow, access, infrastructure, etc. We are talking about a place with only tow-ropes to the top of the "mountain".
  3. Tennis = few athletes + lots of tickets to sell + good TV ratings + often existing venue. Exactly the kind of thing the Olympics want. I don't see tennis (or golf for that matter) going anywhere.
  4. You could put together a bid from Stockholm and even LA. But a WOG in London would be tough.
  5. Sounds good to me. I think Munich will be hard to beat. IF they bid. if not, it's a wide open field. As an Olympic tourist, I'll probably be skipping Pyeongchang. But I'd love to go to Poland.
  6. They won't get rid of football - it's worth far too much money. But they could keep it and add the beach version (similar to volleyball). None of the 8-9 sports that were seriously considered are worth adding. Unless something better comes along (maybe beach football) the IOC should leave well enough alone.
  7. Agreed. But at least wrestling has tradition going for it. If it hadn't always been an Olympic sport, it would have no chance of being added. Personally, I wouldn't add any new sports to the Olympics now. If you don't have a "beach volleyball" don't add anything. If the IOC wants to drop a sport like wrestling to force them to reform, then let them back in that seems like a good route to take.
  8. So, it's an old sport nobody cares much about.Meh.
  9. Special boxing only version of the above:
  10. We could start posting pictures of Penelope Cruz. She's from Madrid, right?
  11. Good news for Toronto? Montreal's Interim Mayor Michael Applebaum was arrested by Quebec province's anti-corruption squad Monday morning, according to the Montreal Gazette. Investigators said in a press conference that the mayor faces 14 charges of fraud, conspiracy, breach of trust, collusion and corruption in municipal affairs connected to two real estate deals dating back to 2006. Suddenly a little crack smoking doesn't seem so bad.
  12. Things change. The Olympics change. If "amaturism" can be abandoned, nothing is sacred. The WOGs have outgrown their historical home in ski villages. We've grown to accept (embrace even) the new model of holding half the games in a big city, with the other half off in the the mountains an hour or two away. How is it impossible for the games to grow to a point where the city and mountain are four or six hours away. I don't think it will happen by 2022. And I'm not 100% sure it will ever happen. But if I had to bet, I expect to see it in my lifetime... if for no other reason than to allow cities to host that don't want to build a new sledding track.
  13. I don't think anyone (other than a few squash players) *want* to see squash included. Oh, sure, given a choice between squash and badminton, squash might win. But a sport should have something going for it other than "better than badminton." Whether we want to admit it or not, the Olympics are about attracting spectators. (Practically) nobody watches squash.
  14. If a sport needs the Olmypics to exist, is it really a sport that deserves to be in the Olypmics? Baseball and softball are played on fields with a modest number of stands. As such, venues can be easily transformed to other uses, or simply and cheaply dismantled. None of the previous baseball venues become burdonsome white elephants. There are many knocks against baseball in the Olympics. But this isn't one of them.
  15. We've removed many events from Track and Field / Athletics. Are the Olympics worse for not having a standing broadjump? We've ditched many "original" Olympic events. Do you want to add chariott races and running in heavy armor? The quesion I have for anyone who insists wrestling must be included: Have you ever bought a ticket to an Olmypic wrestling match? Ever spend an afternoon watching wrestling? Ever even watched one single match in its entirety?
  16. Hmm, hasn't been a lot of Olympic talk coming out of Toronto this week. Must be preoccupied with some other issue.
  17. Dave - so nobody in Toronto speaks French? You'd like it would at least appear on the list... somewhere above Gajari.
  18. I'm officially jumping on the Toronto 2024 bandwagon. After last night, the city needs something.
  19. But lots of cool towers to climb - Aspire, Dubai Towers Doha, etc.
  20. Oh please. I can't image anyone seriously doubting that Canada and Toronto can host (if they want to). That's a no brainer. The only question is whether anyone wants Toronto to host. They are capable, efficient, but kinda blah.
  21. Interesting. Pro Wrestling as an Olympic sport. Be a lot more entertaining than Greco-Roman, but not sure it fits within the Olympic spirit.
  22. So what? No matter what cities get picked, there will be something we will point to that says this country/region/continent is over/under represented. Why not Canada. People like them.
  23. How Rob Ford is portrayed in American media (actually, he's pretty much ignored in the mainstream media, but here's something form the muckraking online media): http://gawker.com/5978975/the-best-of-torontos-insane-terrible-mayor-rob-ford-an-introduction-for-americans
  24. If you can fly teams over 1,000 miles (as was done for '96), you can fly them 3,000. You keep the groups local, so you just need to fly them once. I don't see that as a logistical problem.
  25. Do you honestly not understand the point (and the differences in geography between the UK and Canada) or are you just being arguementative?
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