zenica Posted January 31, 2006 Author Report Posted January 31, 2006 Maybe there is a candidate from South America to host the Games. I think this would be only democratic
Sir Rols Posted January 31, 2006 Report Posted January 31, 2006 Maybe there is a candidate from South America to host the Games. I think this would be only democratic I'd really love to see a South American candidate do it _ Santiago is the standoput _ and I really believe it could be done. If you look at some of the opast threads on the issue though, the jury is still out here on how realistic it really is.
arwebb Posted January 31, 2006 Report Posted January 31, 2006 We'll only know if they're given a chance.
zenica Posted February 1, 2006 Author Report Posted February 1, 2006 It would be necessary not to exclude South America from the bid race. Then we will see a strong bid from there. This also would be in the meaning of the Olympic movement.
arwebb Posted February 1, 2006 Report Posted February 1, 2006 It does get a tad boring to see the Winter Olympics following a similar rotation all the time, but the problem is where else can it go? Can Santiago and other southern hemisphere cities prove they can host the event? For the good of the event, I hope so.
Sir Rols Posted February 1, 2006 Report Posted February 1, 2006 It does get a tad boring to see the Winter Olympics following a similar rotation all the time, but the problem is where else can it go? Can Santiago and other southern hemisphere cities prove they can host the event? For the good of the event, I hope so. When it comes to the southern hemisphere, there are really only three viable candidates: NZ (Christchurch/Queenstown), Chile (Santiago) and Argentina (Bariloche). Physically, they all would be able to host _ no worries there. The only problem is that the southern contenders face two main problems: *Timing _ they would have to be held in the northern winter sports off-season and not in the usual northern winter games TV slots. Not that I think that's an insuperable issue. * Sports tradition _ none can point to any great legacy of success in the winter games (NZ is the best of three, with one silver, I think. Australia's the only southern country to have cracked gold at the WOGs, but it can't physically host a WOG).
zenica Posted February 2, 2006 Author Report Posted February 2, 2006 Maybe (in farer future) we should try it with a candidate from New Zealand. Or maybe someone find another possibility to host games in the south...
zenica Posted February 3, 2006 Author Report Posted February 3, 2006 Europe´s big sport organisations have to start generally reforms this year and work close together
zenica Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Posted February 5, 2006 IOC has to work together with EU when there are events in Europe. This could prevent problems like in Athens or Torino. Support and fast help to cover shortterm problems.
Westfale Posted February 5, 2006 Report Posted February 5, 2006 IOC has to work together with EU when there are events in Europe. This could prevent problems like in Athens or Torino. Support and fast help to cover shortterm problems. Pure nonsense
Sir Rols Posted February 5, 2006 Report Posted February 5, 2006 The EU sticking their meddling noses in would only make things worse and more difficult to organise. Who needs another level of beaurocracy to need to satisfy when you've already got a difficult organising task ahead of you.
zenica Posted February 6, 2006 Author Report Posted February 6, 2006 German government came to the decision that everything is perfect with the stadiums for WorldCup 2006. All objections regarding safety problems were denied. Let´s hope that they are right.
arwebb Posted February 6, 2006 Report Posted February 6, 2006 Indeed. I reckon things will be fine, though.
zenica Posted March 25, 2006 Author Report Posted March 25, 2006 as in other areas like politics, culture etc there will be reglementations soon also for sports.
arwebb Posted March 26, 2006 Report Posted March 26, 2006 What? The EU meddles far too much as it is.
zenica Posted April 1, 2006 Author Report Posted April 1, 2006 But all of the European countries have given the rights to do so to the EU. That´s why EU is doing so.
arwebb Posted April 1, 2006 Report Posted April 1, 2006 The governments have, not the peoples of the nations. If it were up to us, you'd see a very different state of affairs, preferably no EU at all.
zenica Posted April 1, 2006 Author Report Posted April 1, 2006 Again, people have elected their governments..
arwebb Posted April 2, 2006 Report Posted April 2, 2006 A proportion of the people (by no means a majority in our case) may have elected governments, but you must surely realise that that does mean everything they do is for the benefit of its people.
arwebb Posted April 14, 2006 Report Posted April 14, 2006 And that's why you can understand people not being interested.
zenica Posted April 16, 2006 Author Report Posted April 16, 2006 Ok, that´s your opinion. But the fingers of politics are in every area of life also in sports
arwebb Posted April 16, 2006 Report Posted April 16, 2006 And your opinion is that the EU should reach further into our lives. I profoundly disagree. Instead of preaching at us all, why not have a proper debate about the issue?
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