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Post by holidayhusker on Aug 13, 2012 23:23:51 GMT -5
The less popular sports in America, you mean. There's a big, wide world out there who think track & field, volleyball, gymnastics etc are a much bigger deal than, say, the NFL. Dude, I've been to France, been to Switzerland, etc. Most people I've met there are like "volleywhat?" I only know one French guy who admits to ever having watched a volleyball match, and he went to Penn State as a grad student. Ask them about soccer, though, and it's a completely different story. Or hockey. Or car racing. Who gives a rats A$$ what the french think? ;D
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Post by holidayhusker on Aug 13, 2012 23:26:07 GMT -5
So many of you are jaded. It was an amazing 17 days. I wouldn't have traded it for anything.
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 13, 2012 23:30:09 GMT -5
I wouldn't cry if the whole "playing for your country" aspect of it disappeared and they just let the top athletes from any country play for their own glory. But then most of the funding would dry up, which the IOC would never stand for! their own glory? So are you proposing team Microsoft, Team Coke, Team Samsung, etc? Or just let Lebron and friends pick a team, let Clay Stanley and friends pick a team, Bolt, Phelps, etc? Isn't that basically pro sports? We have those already.
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Post by gobruins on Aug 14, 2012 2:05:44 GMT -5
No cricket. No rugby. No American football. No golf. No baseball or softball (anymore). Men's soccer is "U-23" in the Olympics. Basketball is considering going that way. I still say that for any sport where the Olympics are the greatest venue for that sport, it is a sign that the sport hasn't really broken through in popularity. Otherwise, like the Superbowl, like the World Cup, like the tennis and golf Grand Slams, it would have its own championships which would be more important than the Olympic championships. Golf and Rugby (Sevens) will be joining the Olympics in 2016. Thanks to IOC President "Jack Rug".
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Post by azvb on Aug 14, 2012 18:23:12 GMT -5
Unlike the opening, the closing was close to perfect. I enjoyed the closing ceremonies. Can't figure out why Sir Elton John was no involved!?
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Post by volleyballhawk on Aug 16, 2012 18:25:34 GMT -5
Which is why volleyball players make more money than NBA stars, NHL stars, Formula 1 drivers, Soccer stars, MLB stars ... oh wait, they don't. And in the sports where you win prize money rather than play for a salary, I bet there are golfers and tennis players who make more just in endorsements than any volleyball player in the world makes overall. Number 2 sport in the world? You are delusional. I'm delusional? Funny. You can't just respond to the actual points? Anyway, just because there is less money in pro leagues does not mean that a sport itself is less popular. Do you really think American football is a more popular sport than volleyball? That's pretty funny. Peyton Manning makes more money than Giba. But do you really think more people around the world know his name? Of course not. Your logic doesn't stand up. Ha, you think Giba is more popular on the world stage than Peyton Manning.
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Post by Sbilo on Aug 16, 2012 19:19:36 GMT -5
Has to be one of my most favorite Olympics in recent times. Indeed, well done UK!
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Post by Phaedrus on Aug 17, 2012 5:48:54 GMT -5
I'm delusional? Funny. You can't just respond to the actual points? Anyway, just because there is less money in pro leagues does not mean that a sport itself is less popular. Do you really think American football is a more popular sport than volleyball? That's pretty funny. Peyton Manning makes more money than Giba. But do you really think more people around the world know his name? Of course not. Your logic doesn't stand up. Ha, you think Giba is more popular on the world stage than Peyton Manning. Ah, the ever present North America centric world view. Sent from my iPad using ProBoards app
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