London 2012, Olympics — Page 7

I like cheese, bacon, ketchup, and mustard. Not much else really.

CP3S said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

 

walkingdork said:

Also, there's such a thing as too much ass. Just saying.

what? I mean there certainly is, but THOSE aren't it. The assess at Walmart, that's too much, but these chicks? They're just fine.



Perhaps you're nervous you can't reach from the backside? :P

Maybe if you like freakishly distended rear ends, sure, but for the rest of us ...

 

DurecellEnergizer can't reach from the back ...

Gaffer Tape said:

Squeaky.

Wow, still?

DominicCobb said:

I like cheese, bacon, ketchup, and mustard. Not much else really.

GORMALLY LAUGHS AT THE PATHETIC HUMAN ATTEMPTS AT SPORT.

*sigh*

btw, NBC sucks at covering the Olympics.   Multiple times in the gymnastics competitions, including the last score of the Ladies' team and Ladies' all around final,  they failed to show the scores the gymnasts received.   And on tuesday(I think) they showed an advertisement that revealed who one the gold medal in a swimming event, before they showed the event. 

^I need a 3D TV.

To bad NBC's coverage is complete bullocks.

^My thoughts exactly. 

http://1045theteam.com/american-tv-neglected-the-saddest-story-in-the-olympics/

ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous.   Yet another Olympic controversy, in the long line of many.    How the hell could they be using a 15 year old for time keeping duties?!?   And why in hell didn't NBC cover this at all.   If it weren't for none's link,  I would have no idea about this.    I miss the days of ABC having the Olympics, more and more.    I swear this is  worse job of  covering  the Olympics I have ever seen.   NBC sucks.  

NBC, I believe, has all events in individual feeds.  You chose what to watch, you can't show everything in prime time hours or introduce everyone to everything.  That technology wasn't around when ABC had the coverage.

Elsewhere: http://summergames.ap.org/article/8-years-later-athens-olympic-venues-decay

These are two stories which show that the system fails periodically.  How you convince future organizations to correct these matter is now taking recommendations.

As to whether or not the appeal should have been granted, depends upon how the rules of the sport or written.   Not being a fencing expert,  I do not know.    But there are lots of cases in all kinds of different sports where it was clear that a ref or official made the wrong decision or something weird or wrong happened, and the result wasn't reversed.   The point is, the situation should not have happened in the first place, the timekeeper needs to start the clock correctly.  And Gaffer you are wrong, a 15 year old has no place being any part of the officiating crew of an Olympic event.    

Also I can understand the need to keep Shim on the playing surface, if the decision making process in the protest,  was only going to take 5 minutes or so.  But why the hell did she have to stay out there for over 30 minutes? 

none said:

NBC, I believe, has all events in individual feeds.  You chose what to watch,

I can't watch everything.   NBC should have at least said a few words about it in prime time. 

none said:

 That technology wasn't around when ABC had the coverage.

yet ABC still did a better job than NBC does now.  

none said:

Elsewhere: http://summergames.ap.org/article/8-years-later-athens-olympic-venues-decay

These are two stories which show that the system fails periodically.  How you convince future organizations to correct these matter is now taking recommendations.

as I have said before it isn't always the case that Olympic venues go unused after the games.   The Atlanta Braves use the Olympic stadium from the 1996 games.   The Expos had for years used the stadium from the Montreal games.   UCLA uses the stadium from both Los Angles games.    Also there was talk that a soccer team might use this year's Olympic stadium.    I can't say that what happens to these venues after the Olympics isn't a problem.   But the Olympics have been done the same way for over 100 years.   They have moved from city to city for over 100 years.  It is not like the Olympics are forced on host city,  they all bid for the Olympics.  

Gaffer Tape said:

Warbler said:

And Gaffer you are wrong, a 15 year old has no place being any part of the officiating crew of an Olympic event.    

Really, Warb?  My opinion is wrong?  I did not think the definition allowed for that to be possible.  I guess I learn something every day.

if you think 15 year old kid should be doing the time keeping at an Olympic event, you are wrong.   I go to my high school's football games, 15 year olds are not allowed to do the timekeeping there, at a high school sporting event.  It is ridiculous to be using a 15 year old to keep time at an Olympic event.   

Gaffer Tape said:

As for the ruling, I don't think you have to be an expert in the subject to realize that if it's a sport centered around a time limit, and the timing is compromised, then the results cannot be allowed to be kept. 

one would think that, but sports work in funny ways. 

Gaffer Tape said:

Imagine if this happened in basketball.  There's five seconds left in the game.  Fifteen seconds later, someone makes a basket because the clock broke.  Should those points be counted, just because the broken clock still read :05, and therefore the buzzer never sounded?  Again, common sense needs to prevail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwZuPi4cbyg

Gaffer Tape said:

Warbler said:

And Gaffer you are wrong, a 15 year old has no place being any part of the officiating crew of an Olympic event.    

Really, Warb?  My opinion is wrong?  I did not think the definition allowed for that to be possible.  I guess I learn something every day.

As for the ruling, I don't think you have to be an expert in the subject to realize that if it's a sport centered around a time limit, and the timing is compromised, then the results cannot be allowed to be kept.  Imagine if this happened in basketball.  There's five seconds left in the game.  Fifteen seconds later, someone makes a basket because the clock broke.  Should those points be counted, just because the broken clock still read :05, and therefore the buzzer never sounded?  Or if in a swimming competition, the swimmer made it to the other side in 28.5 seconds, but the clock never stopped, so she has an official time of 1 hour and 16 minutes?  That shouldn't be overturned?  Again, common sense needs to prevail.  Yet you seem more focused on whether a teenager can operate a clock than actually fixing the real injustice that did happen. 

I would love to fix what happened, but the rules a protocols of the sport in question also have to be followed.   Rules and protocols are there for a reason, and shouldn't just be forgotten about and/or ignored just because we think that would be common sense.  I would have to believe timing issues have happened before in the history of the sport of fencing. I'd be interested in knowing what the response to other timing issues in the sport.

another thing I am focused on is trying to prevent this from happening again.  It would seem to me, if you had better requirements for time keepers, this kind of thing would be less likely to occur.

Gaffer Tape said:  The problem is that the IOC isn't admitting there was a problem.

if the IOC isn't admitting there was a problem, that is indeed a problem.