no it didn't, heck wouldn't surprise me if burrow was in the olympics at this point..
just felt I should correct my mistake.
Olympics
- Thread starter Charlie Marlow_rivals363743
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just felt I should correct my mistake.
Olympics are ridiculously expensive. Most countries ask "is this worth it?" The right answer is no.
Was at a bar Saturday night and they had on a couples curling event. USA Vs Somebody. I was locked in. We left before it was over. That is all I will watch.
too many subjectively judged events. Give me some track and field and I'll watch. Maybe some downhill timed skiing events or ski jumping. Bobsledding maybe.
The bids for the 2022 winter games were Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan. And that's it. A few decades ago there were a dozen countries all vying for the games. They were considered a money-making opportunity and a chance to show off to the world. Then we had Greece bankrupting itself and leaving behind derelict venues, China and Russia spending 50 billion each for the games, terrorist attacks in London before the 2012 games, and Rio barely able to get its venues done on time and way over budget. Sooner or later the realization is that the games are more of a massive expense and headache for the citizens than they are worth. There is more interest in the summer games than the winter games, but both need to be scaled back substantially.
I think the last time the U.S. hosted the games it was a money loser as a stand alone event but it has to be tough to judge the economic impact accurately of having the games in your country. IF you make it stand alone on sponsorships, TV rights and admission fees then it has no chance of turning a profit. China is using it for propaganda purposes.
Another overlooked impact is a lot of the places that host, end up with delipidated, unused Olympic campuses that just sit and rot.
This. China doesn't create much but they sure copy and steal a lot.
Maybe if we got more manufacturing in the America's we'd have less immigration problems. But you also need natural resources
Utah did quite well hosting the Olympics, but that was due in large part to a big infusion of federal money. As a taxpayer, Mitt Romney's plan to finance a no-debt Olympics pissed me off. But as an economist, I had to admire it. The guy sure knew what he was doing.
Your solutions are idiotic. Curling is the fastest growing winter sport. A large part of the growth in events in the Olympics is adding a substantial number of women's events to roughly equal the men's events. China is the fastest growing country for interest in winter sports.
Not watching except it is on the TVs at the gym. Curling was on this morning. I used to ski at Mammoth Mountain in the Sierras. Once in awhile they would have a downhill event. Started at a saddle at the top of the mountain ridge and went down what was black diamonds all the way. Watching the skiers go by so fast on that steep run was truly amazing. I couldn't figure out if they were extremely brave or just plain crazy.
maybe they should just have the summer ones in greece every 4 years.
and the winter switch between the alps and rockies. old world/new world
(I'm not sure tif ancient greece had winter olympics.
It's obvious a lot of people posting here don't know the first thing about these sports. So let's just propose that we get rid of them. Yeah that's always the solution when you have an incredibly narrow world view.
Yeah let's continue to antagonize China and get into a war with them. That's smart.
Lmao.
We are antagonizing China?
So kiss their *** while they take over the world?
You clearly must not know anything about China
If there was just a way for the US and the world to kiss the bully’s ring and they would start to play nice and not do what the leaders of the nation want to do and have done since the nation was restructured by Mao. 
The Chinese are all about the end game and that is world domination.
And that my friend does not include freedom and liberty
If that's the case, they're going to do it anyway. Antagonizing them will only speed that process up, I can guarantee you that. Every advantage the US had in the 20th century to become the preeminent world power, China now has in the 21st century. Only idiots who are too stupid to see this are in favor of antagonizing China.
I bailed on the Olympics years ago. NBC which stands for Nothing But Crying is horrible. They cover it like a silly reality TV show instead of a sporting event. ABC did a much better job with Olympic coverage.
Ok. You might be right. But I'm going down swinging rather than dropping my draws and bending over. When the doc puts on rubber gloves I will to. Makes them take a step back!!!!
Really poor taste in your opening line. Maybe try something like, "Your solutions are debatable", that's alittle more user friendly.
He’s got Tourette’s or something… whenever he sees something he doesn’t agree with he drops the ‘idiot’ moniker.
And now that I’ve posted this, I’m now in his sights.
I never called him an idiot. I said his specific ideas that were listed in his post were idiotic, likely because he doesn't have much experience in this area. I don't think you're an idiot either, just a snake.