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re: Poll: Do you support the Olympics? would you support if your state made a bid?
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:54 am to tduecen
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:54 am to tduecen
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So do you support the Olympics?
Sure, why not?
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would you support if your state made a bid and you had to fund?
Absolutely not. Olympics are a boondoggle.
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Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:03 am to tduecen
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, in America we all tune in for 4am curling during the winter Olympics and 5am swim meets in the summer.
really? Where is this? I mean I might watch it, but I ain't going out of my way to watch crap like this and ratings saying you are wrong to say "we all tune in" cause we don't.
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Do you support the Olympics
what does this mean exactly? To I watch some som sports I'm interested in and root for the US? Sure.
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would you support if your state made a bid?
Hell no, I root for all US cities to lose so they don't screwed by the giant boondoggle of international sports
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:04 am to tduecen
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, in America we all tune in for 4am curling during the winter Olympics and 5am swim meets in the summer.
really? Where is this? I mean I might watch it, but I ain't going out of my way to watch crap like this and ratings saying you are wrong to say "we all tune in" for any of it, let alone odd sports at odd hours cause we don't tune in for mainstream sports at prime time hours as much as in the past.
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Do you support the Olympics
what does this mean exactly? To I watch some som sports I'm interested in and root for the US? Sure.
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would you support if your state made a bid?
Hell no, I root for all US cities to lose so they don't screwed by the giant boondoggle of international sports
This post was edited on 7/29/15 at 9:06 am
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:06 am to maine82
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Biggest problem for a Louisiana Summer Olympiad is the date.
The biggest problem for a Louisiana Summer Olympiad is that it would be in Louisiana.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:09 am to tduecen
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So do you support the Olympics?
My undergrad capstone was studying the economic effect of hosting an olympics...and for America, I can say Yes. Assuming of course we host it in a city that already has infrastructure and most of the facilities in place.
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would you support if your state made a bid and you had to fund?
If Missouri and kansas teamed up for a Kansas City bid, I would.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 11:31 am to 5thTiger
I enjoy watching the Olympics and I attended several events when they were in Atlanta. I love the idea of the Olympics and think they are on the whole a good thing.
In theory they could be good for a city, but I think it is really difficult to pull it off efficiently, and the difficulty is increased by the IOC's demands. Atlanta actually did a decent job of spending money wisely, but was largely criticized by the media and even the IOC (and now Atlanta is, IMO wasting a lot of that good work by building unnecessary sports facilities). My understanding is that Barcelona also leveraged the opportunity well. Doing it the way China did it was a huge waste.
New Orleans/LA is not a good place for them, but I would support a major American city with the facilities largely in place making a bid, as long as the bid was a responsible one (which would probably mean that it would not be accepted).
In theory they could be good for a city, but I think it is really difficult to pull it off efficiently, and the difficulty is increased by the IOC's demands. Atlanta actually did a decent job of spending money wisely, but was largely criticized by the media and even the IOC (and now Atlanta is, IMO wasting a lot of that good work by building unnecessary sports facilities). My understanding is that Barcelona also leveraged the opportunity well. Doing it the way China did it was a huge waste.
New Orleans/LA is not a good place for them, but I would support a major American city with the facilities largely in place making a bid, as long as the bid was a responsible one (which would probably mean that it would not be accepted).
Posted on 7/29/15 at 11:34 am to H-Town Tiger
Ratings say the Olympics had 21 viewers and that is down actually. That is a lot of people tuning into the Olympics.
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