I tried to watch, just couldn't get into it. Rio is a bad venue, way too dangerous and that is regarding crime, not to mention the water and air pollution.
Too many commercials.
Anyone liking so far?
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I tried to watch, just couldn't get into it. Rio is a bad venue, way too dangerous and that is regarding crime, not to mention the water and air pollution.
Too many commercials.
Anyone liking so far?
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No hockey = bad olymipics.
The good olymipics are in two years time.
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Figures you'd watch hockey. No hockey means EXCELLENT. If they'd get rid of soccer it'd be WAY better.Originally Posted by Noir
Some of this crap is ridiculous. Air rifle shooting is a sport? But you can't ever find real sports like the weightlifting or boxing.
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There are literally boxing and weightlifting events taking place in the next few hours.
If you also agree that an animals suffering should be avoided rather than encouraged, consider what steps you can take.
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Yeah. And what do I have? Women's handball. I'm not paying half my income for the crap NBC likes to separate and charge for.
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It's all too much glitz and sequins, the athletes look like Disney characters. A male gymnast broke his leg doing a vault, that makes things interesting. The Olympics in 1972 was interesting, maybe this year we'll see some athletes wash up in that polluted harbor.
I think they should have a killer virus at every Olympics. This year Zika, in two years for the Winter Games the Spanish Flu, then in 2020 maybe something like the Black Plague. "Bring out you dead! Bring out your dead!"
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I too prefer the Winter Olympics.
I watched Women's Rugby yesterday and it was pretty rough & tumble. Ya know like when you used to play football with girls.
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I'll start a new thread on this topic of gender. This is someone else's thread.I too prefer the Winter Olympics.
I watched Women's Rugby yesterday and it was pretty rough & tumble. Ya know like when you used to play football with girls.
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My wife and daughter will probably turn that nonsense on at some point. I enjoy the Winter Olympics but the Summer Olympics are so boring.
The only sport I watch throughout the year is Hockey. Baseball, basketball, and football are all boring to me. I quit watching baseball and football in the 80's. Never did watch basketball. Started watching hockey after my 1st LA Kings game October 9th, 1993.
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Do we need to change your name to Ms Boycott? I agree with you about Rio, but politics will not allow it to go away. I blame the IOC. Brazil has been a known crap hole for years and years. This is not something new. There has been show after show on the place. It's a political decision.
SInce the sports I watch are mostly indoor sports, it won't affect me watching much. As an athlete? I wouldn't go and not solely because of the sewage. As you pointed out, the crime rate there is horrendous. Life is cheap in 3rd rate countries. The poorer they are, the cheaper life is.
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I like the Swimming, Track and Field, Wrestling, Gymnastics, and Archery.
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Just watch the sport and not the drama.
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Honestly? I'm sick of the commercials. And I don't want 5 minutes of each athlete's backgrounds. I DON'T CARE.
Play the damned game. It's why I rarely watch MMA. They spend more time explaining the athlete and pimping their next show it's ridiculous. Shut up and fight. I don't care where your swimmer learned to swim nor how. Get his/her ass in the pool.
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Yes. You apparently missed the end of the women's road race. :wow:
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What women's road race? I got tennis and soccer. Comcast sucks.
And just to square your and @Noir 's and @sundaydriver 's asses away ... I have no problem with women. You come out to play, come out to play. I had troopies that would get all indignant because I let the girls play ball with us.
I am neither racist nor gender bias. What I am is NOT PC. I treat everyone as equals until they prove themselves not worthy of such respect. I had this one little Cpl who happened to be black who took the aforementioned whiners to school on the court. She tripped when I put my knee up her ass because she tried to back into the paint. I was like play the game or don't. She got a jump shot over my ass.
We all relate to different things. I jut watched a horse roll over his rider.I don't even know how many times a horse has dumped my ass. Mom's got pics of me on a horse when I was 3.
Point is, it ain't about the girls so much as the sport. I'll watch women's gymnastics and swimming (like last night) until the tv goes off. But I's rather watch reruns of Gilligan's Island than tennis or soccer.
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