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CubanMissile posted:I'm kinda surprised Olympic cricket isn't a thing. There's a lot of manpower required for every event, even if nobody shows up. A few months ago Rio claimed it needed 70k volunteers to operate smoothly. After day 1 they were down to 50k volunteers, and now they're reportedly down to 35k volunteers. As the holdouts are required to work more frequently, stay longer, and transfer between venues on their own dime (not to mention eat food which is supposedly not being provided adequately), they will drop out too. They can't possible introduce any new sports without eliminating some of the bloat, because the venues will be ghost-town hellholes with nobody to clean them up or help people get around. e; three page snipes in a row get me to the loving olympics
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Could they get each sporting federation to pay for their own staff for each event to cut costs? I'm sure organizations like FIFA, FIBA, etc. have enough money to give some people meager salaries to work an event.
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It's not for lack of money. IOC doesn't want to pay people because each country has their own labor laws that then come into play. In many countries IOC is then considered an employer, and any abuses to workers or by workers, injuries, or illegal hiring practices can be actionable. It's much easier to exploit people when you call them "volunteers."
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The people in charge of cricket don't want it to be in the olympics. It would "weaken the game", by which I of course mean "endanger the stranglehold they have over the world game and their ability to funnel money out of a billion people on the subcontinent". I think they'd mostly just get offended by having to let someone else embezzle some of the money.
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Didn't FIBA want to pull basketball out because they wanted their own world cup to matter more? That strikes me as flawed thinking considering Olympic basketball has done a lot to raise the profile of the game internationally. If they're thinking doing that will make them anything like the football world cup they are deluded.
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CubanMissile posted:I'm kinda surprised Olympic cricket isn't a thing. I'd love for 3 gun to happen as well, but I'll be content I live somewhere I can at least participate instead. I can't wait for Germany to stomp Brazil tomorrow and the ensuing riots/dumpster fires/etc.
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Aug 19, 2016 22:43
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PathAsc posted:I can't wait for Germany to stomp Brazil tomorrow and the ensuing riots/dumpster fires/etc. And murders
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PathAsc posted:I can't wait for Germany to stomp Brazil tomorrow and the ensuing riots/dumpster fires/etc. The referees will be so bought off every German goal will be disallowed and red cards if they complain. Germany still win on penalties.
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Aug 19, 2016 23:10
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I would like to see a brazillian team fail to win a trophy in a half empty stadium
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Aug 19, 2016 23:11
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"How can the seats be empty? This is Brazil playing football in Brazil!" "Well, we dedicated those seats to our political guests who didn't show, those seats to our sponsors who couldn't find clients who would be impressed with attending, those seats to members of the olympic federation who've been trying to sell them, those seats to some school children who live a hundred miles away and couldn't get here..."
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Aug 19, 2016 23:16
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And those other empty seats are paying ticket holders... who are stuck somewhere in our labyrinthine and kafkaesque concessions queues.
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Aug 19, 2016 23:27
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i'm watching rhymthic gymnanist at one am; what is happening to me
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do you think race walking was originally made to be a nice sport for older people and those less physically fit but then a bunch of loving weirdos turned up and started jogging and making GBS threads themselves?
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Aug 19, 2016 23:34
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seems like it was popular in the 19th century and somewhere along the line someone invented the funny walk technique
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Aug 19, 2016 23:36
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The saga of the race-walker, in 2 parts, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgJpT1Hyeuw THE END http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/race-walk-leader-appears-to-be-having-poop-problems-1785499773 
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hemale in pain posted:do you think race walking was originally made to be a nice sport for older people and those less physically fit but then a bunch of loving weirdos turned up and started jogging and making GBS threads themselves? The pants-making GBS threads would be exta entertaining then.
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This Is The Most Intense Racewalking Clip You'll See All Day
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Lime Tonics posted:The saga of the race-walker, in 2 parts, he did got up and finished 8th.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUx3h63Xbpk
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Aug 19, 2016 23:52
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Lol that dude basically drops dead and everyone is like 'welp, later loser" and turbowalk rigt past him, then one dude walks up and takes a photo or something.
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Kent Farrington is the most on the nose name I can imagine for a guy that jumps horses competitively.
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:Lol that dude basically drops dead and everyone is like 'welp, later loser" and turbowalk rigt past him, then one dude walks up and takes a photo or something. I bet it was Selfie Guy from when the motorcycles wrecked during the torch relay.
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So here's more depth on marathon pants making GBS threads than anyone probably wanted: http://www.businessinsider.com/olympics-runner-yohann-diniz-poop-problems-why-marathons-are-bad-2016-8 Edit: pretty sure the vodka is for health reasons. REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Aug 20, 2016 |
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B!G_$W@NG@ posted:So here's more depth on marathon pants making GBS threads than anyone probably wanted: http://www.businessinsider.com/olympics-runner-yohann-diniz-poop-problems-why-marathons-are-bad-2016-8 Safer than the water down there, at least.
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Lime Tonics posted:The saga of the race-walker, in 2 parts, Both feet visibly left the ground, yellow card.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Safer than the water down there, at least. You can see through it, at least.
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tater_salad posted:Both feet visibly left the ground, yellow card. I'm on the motorcycle behind to keep up with the walking.
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U.S. swimmer Gunnar Bentz tells his story of Rio gas station incident “After attending an event with several swimmers from different nations, I left in a taxicab along with U.S. swimmers Jack Conger, Jimmy Feigen and Ryan Lochte around 6 a.m. On the way back to the Olympic Village, we pulled into a convenience store to use the restroom. There was no restroom inside, so we foolishly relieved ourselves on the backside of the building behind some bushes. There was a locked door out back and I did not witness anyone breaking it open. I am unsure why, but while we were in that area, Ryan pulled to the ground a framed metal advertisement that was loosely anchored to the brick wall. I then suggested to everyone that we needed to leave the area and we returned to the taxi. “Two men, whom I believe to have been security guards, then instructed us to exit the vehicle. No guns were drawn during this exchange, but we did see a gun tucked into one of the guard’s waistband. As Jimmy and Jack were walking away from the vehicle, the first security guard held up a badge to me and drew his handgun. I yelled to them to come back toward us and they complied. Then the second guard drew his weapon and both guards pointed their guns at us and yelled at us to sit on a nearby sidewalk. “Again, I cannot speak to his actions, but Ryan stood up and began to yell at the guards. After Jack and I both tugged at him in an attempt to get him to sit back down, Ryan and the security guards had a heated verbal exchange, but no physical contact was made. “A man that I believe to be a customer approached us and offered to help as he spoke both English and Portuguese. Understandably, we were frightened and confused during this time. Through the interpreter, one of the guards said that we needed to pay them in order to leave. I gave them what I had in my wallet, which was a $20 bill, and Jimmy gave them 100 Reals, which is about $50 in total. They lowered the guns and I used hand gestures to ask if it was okay to leave and they said yes. We walked about a block down the street and hailed another taxi to return to the Village. “Videos of this situation have been emerging the last several days. However, I am confident that some video angles have not been shown that would further substantiate my account. I also believe some scenes have been skipped over. Additionally, I would like to stress that our original taxi was not pulled over; the only occupants of the taxi were the four of us and the driver; and to my knowledge, there was no damage done to the door or the inside of the restroom. http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/us-swimmer-gunnar-bentz-tells-his-story-rio-gas-station-incident
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Sounds like a fun guy to hang out with!
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So basically a total non-story blown up to an international incident. Hilarious.
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Pleads posted:So basically a total non-story blown up to an international incident. except they actually were shaken down by guards with guns (aka armed robbery) and lol they wizzed in some bushes behind the building and never even went in the restroom. Brazillian authorities literally looked at a typically trashed gas station restroom and blamed them for it.
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Nill posted:And those other empty seats are paying ticket holders... who are stuck somewhere in our labyrinthine and kafkaesque
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Even after all the twists and turns, we are back to the beginning. Those guys got robbed by men with guns and badges. Will all the people crying about white privilege please apologize to Lochte
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now I'm waiting for the good samaritan translator to pop up and give his version of the story
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nerdz posted:now I'm waiting for the good samaritan translator to pop up and give his version of the story "It was a typical Tuesday night"
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WhyteRyce posted:Will all the people crying about white privilege please apologize to Lochte While we're making impossible suggestions, lady Olympians - please get on my dick. Yes, even you, super-heavyweight weightlifters, trap shooters, and racewalkers.
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935 posted:Apparently this happened last olympics too! A race walker fell over, passed out and poo poo himself. Can someone explain to me the appeal of this sport? Like if every single olympics if during the 300m butterfly it was guaranteed that an athlete would pass out and poo poo would you recommend continuing to hold that event? At some point won't the IOC put an end to this joke of a sport? Judging on the amount of interest in racewalking vs. pretty much any other event, right now I'd imagine that the IOC and NBC are workshopping how they can make more athletes pass out and poo poo themselves live on air. I'd wager someone on an elite athlete's diet making GBS threads themselves during the marathon swim would have technically improved the water quality of the bay.
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