Rio Olympics - Well Shut My Mouth!

[Ben]

Well, not my mouth, but if you're in any Olympic water related sport, you're being advised to keep your mouth shut because of all the human sewage in the water where your sport is taking place.

Great location choice Olympic committee!

http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2016/07/28/reason-aquatic-olympians-in-rio-are-being-asked-to-do-this-wins-the-gold-for-gross/

As an aside, is there really any point to the Olympics anymore? The whole thing has become worse than an EU committee.  I just read where the Olympic committee will sue any business that mentions the Olympics unless they've been licensed. If your local sports bar has a "go USA in the Olympics" sign up, or has that on their web page, they can be sued.

Seems like something that was supposed to bring people together and be non-political has become one big giant bureaucracy and money making scheme that takes the fun out of what the Olympics are supposed to be.

[lupinus]

Yeah this has been news for awhile. I forget the source but I also remember seeing a LOT had been allocated to getting waste treatment up and running and such. And naturally by waste treatment they really meant some new yachts and maybe a private island or two for the right individuals.

What a kick in the balls though. Spend God knows how much time, blood, sweat, and tears getting to the top of your game to make it to an Olympic team. Annnnnd for all that effort you get there and have to avoid turds, used condoms, and catch God only knows what while you compete in what is essentially the host cities communal septic tank.


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[KD5NRH]

Seems like something that was supposed to bring people together and be non-political has become one big giant bureaucracy and money making scheme that takes the fun out of what the Olympics are supposed to be.

And they used to be naked.  WTF is up with all these unnecessary clothes?  I mean, obviously the dudes need some drawers to keep everything in place, but women in the Olympics don't tend to have floppy racks, so there's no excuse for covering them up.

[MechAg94]

So how long before competitors start dropping out due to getting sick?

[Ben]

So how long before competitors start dropping out due to getting sick?

I think a bunch have already dropped out due to zika.

Not disease or sewage related, but the Ruskies are apparently holding their own Olympics now because of the whole blanket ban for doping.

[Angel Eyes]

What about the drugged-up Russian athletes?  Have they developed gills to filter out the sewage?

[Hawkmoon]

Being the olde pharte that I am, IMHO the Olympics lost all relevance when they opened the doors to professional athletes.

[Perd Hapley]

Being the olde pharte that I am, IMHO the Olympics lost all relevance when they opened the doors to professional athletes.

What was this Olympic relevance of which you speak?

[T.O.M.]

I'm a sports junkie, and enjoy a lot of Olympic events.  Especially when the feature events that you normally can't watch.  Loved watching archery last time.  Love the track and field.  That said, the IOC is really working hard to destroy the games.   Selling the event to cities that are ill prepared to host an international event is dumb.  They don't care.  They're counting their bribe money.  Heard a suggestion on ESPN the other day to choose a handful of cities that are ready (London, L.A., Sydney) and rotate the games.  Eliminte the bribery.  Known quality venues.  Safer.

[HankB]

. . . I also remember seeing a LOT had been allocated to getting waste treatment up and running and such . . .

So the money was allocated . . . that doesn't mean it actually was spent on waste treatment; it's a turd world nation in South America, remember? With corruption that makes New Orleans look like a saintly city.

Being the olde pharte that I am, IMHO the Olympics lost all relevance when they opened the doors to professional athletes.

IMHO the Olympics lost credibility when when subjectively judged events were allowed in alongside objectively scored competitive sports.

[MechAg94]

IMHO the Olympics lost credibility when when subjectively judged events were allowed in alongside objectively scored competitive sports.

When was that exactly?  I thought stuff like figure skating had been in there for quite some time.

[MechAg94]

The sad part is that none of the nations do anything about the corruption of the Olympic committee.

[Scout26]

1)  I was part of the Chicago 2016 team as my club was going to host the shooting sports events (we were looking at getting about $20 million in facilities and the USOC had put it out that if they were going to spend giant piles of money on facilities, they wanted to make sure that there would be follow-on usage.  Not just one and done.  My club was all on board with the "We'll use the the hell out of everything and anything you build for us" plan.    Chicago got bounced in the first round of voting.  It was somewhat bitter-sweet.

2)  Our Liaison to the USOC knew many, many months in advance that Chicago would probably lose to Rio.  As she clearly stated "Rio has better hookers." 

3)  There is an entire cottage industry of folks that go from city to city to work on the Olympic bids, and then once a city is announced, flock to that city to "organize", build, and run the various venues.  Our liaison (shooting sports) was from CA, and she had never been shooting before in her life, until she came out and shot with us (after some training).  She had been "organizing" the shooting sports venue since Atlanta, but had never pulled a trigger until ~2012.

4) Best suggestion I heard was to have it (them) in the same place every time.  Isn't that how the ancient Greeks did it?  Isn't that why it is called "The Olympics" after Olympia, were it was held?

5) I have a bit a schadenfreude for these games.  I really would like to see it as one continuous F-up after another, after another, culminating in an utter collapse.  Simply because, while there would have been some (okay, a lot) of waste and fraud had Chicago won, you can bet your ass TPTB, would have made sure that everything worked and would have gone-off with a hitch.   Capache'?

[lupinus]

So the money was allocated . . . that doesn't mean it actually was spent on waste treatment; it's a turd world nation in South America, remember? With corruption that makes New Orleans look like a saintly city.

Hence the second part of my statement


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[wmenorr67]

And they used to be naked.  WTF is up with all these unnecessary clothes?  I mean, obviously the dudes need some drawers to keep everything in place, but women in the Olympics don't tend to have floppy racks, so there's no excuse for covering them up.

Women didn't participate in the original Olympics...just a bunch of naked dudes wrestling, running, and competing in various other feats of skill and strength.

[T.O.M.]

5) I have a bit a schadenfreude for these games.  I really would like to see it as one continuous F-up after another, after another, culminating in an utter collapse.  Simply because, while there would have been some (okay, a lot) of waste and fraud had Chicago won, you can bet your ass TPTB, would have made sure that everything worked and would have gone-off with a hitch.   Capache'?

And that's why I think Mike Greeberg of ESPN had a good point about choosing a handful of cities that have a proven record of success and making these the rotating home of the Olympics.  The infrastructure is in place.  The people know what to do.  Security has experience with the event, and the crowds.  And, you can spread it around to the different continents without working too hard.  Beijing, London, L.A., and Sydney all hosted successful games, and could do so again.  For that matter, just about any major American city could pull it off.  (Chicago would have been great, and close enough I would have tried to attend an event).  

[makattak]

And that's why I think Mike Greeberg of ESPN had a good point about choosing a handful of cities that have a proven record of success and making these the rotating home of the Olympics.  The infrastructure is in place.  The people know what to do.  Security has experience with the event, and the crowds.  And, you can spread it around to the different continents without working too hard.  Beijing, London, L.A., and Sydney all hosted successful games, and could do so again.  For that matter, just about any major American city could pull it off.  (Chicago would have been great, and close enough I would have tried to attend an event). 

Additionally, it would have the added benefit of re-using the existing Olympic venues rather than building new ones to go to waste every 4 years.

[KD5NRH]

And that's why I think Mike Greeberg of ESPN had a good point about choosing a handful of cities that have a proven record of success and making these the rotating home of the Olympics.

Or, since the pansies already split it up so they won't have to have their precious "Winter Olympics" somewhere hot, just have a few ceremonies in the "host city" and spread the actual events out to wherever is best suited.

[Ben]

And that's why I think Mike Greeberg of ESPN had a good point about choosing a handful of cities that have a proven record of success and making these the rotating home of the Olympics.  The infrastructure is in place.  The people know what to do.  Security has experience with the event, and the crowds.  And, you can spread it around to the different continents without working too hard.  Beijing, London, L.A., and Sydney all hosted successful games, and could do so again.  For that matter, just about any major American city could pull it off.  (Chicago would have been great, and close enough I would have tried to attend an event).  

Of course the whole reason that will never fly, and from all I've seen one of the main reasons Rio was chosen, is diversity.

[roo_ster]

Of course the whole reason that will never fly, and from all I've seen one of the main reasons Rio was chosen, is diversity dysentery.

Public sanitation: Getting your *expletive deleted*it together on a national scale.

[Viking]

Well, not my mouth, but if you're in any Olympic water related sport, you're being advised to keep your mouth shut because of all the human sewage in the water where your sport is taking place.

Great location choice Olympic committee!

http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2016/07/28/reason-aquatic-olympians-in-rio-are-being-asked-to-do-this-wins-the-gold-for-gross/

As an aside, is there really any point to the Olympics anymore? The whole thing has become worse than an EU committee.  I just read where the Olympic committee will sue any business that mentions the Olympics unless they've been licensed. If your local sports bar has a "go USA in the Olympics" sign up, or has that on their web page, they can be sued.

Seems like something that was supposed to bring people together and be non-political has become one big giant bureaucracy and money making scheme that takes the fun out of what the Olympics are supposed to be.

The right people got their bribes + they ensured "diversity", so All Is Well In The World.


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