2016 Summer Olympics - Ready or not, here we come!!

[ticapnews]

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Sitting with a stopwatch and watching every sportscast in America to make sure they don't show too much Olympics footage must suck.

http://www.foxsports.com/watch/garba...d=742002755885

A friend of mine had a tweet showing the start of Aly Raisman's floor routine that went viral with over 30K retweets. She was forced to delete it after her vine account was suspended. Fortunately none of my posts have gone viral so I am still under the radar.

[The Rube]

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Lol ok.

I was actually agreeing with your stance, but apparently not enough. Just saying.

[dxmnkd316]

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Lol ok.

[The Rube]

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Oh stop it. Without the US the IOC would wither and die. The olympics would be viewed like the Paralympics today. Completely irrelevant. Commonwealth games, whatever the Prince Harry games are, etc.

The Olympics are he world's way of allowing the US to bribe them and continue saying "WE'RE #1!"

Keep going on with your bad self. Paralympics aren't dead. They just aren't the Olympics.

[dxmnkd316]

Re: 2016 Summer Olympics - Ready or not, here we come!!

Oh stop it. Without the US the IOC would wither and die. The olympics would be viewed like the Paralympics today. Completely irrelevant. Commonwealth games, whatever the Prince Harry games are, etc.

The Olympics are he world's way of allowing the US to bribe them and continue saying "WE'RE #1!"

[The Rube]

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You actually think any of the Asian stations are paying north of $7 billion for broadcasting rights?

Um, I was kind of saying that. The US drives the Olympics, but for viewership (and therefore dollars) the Olympics wouldn't die. Less prominent? God yes. Dead? No.

[dxmnkd316]

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I'd have to think the Asian market is rather huge for TV. Yes, USA drives the Olympics, but they'd survive with the Asians.

You actually think any of the Asian stations are paying north of $7 billion for broadcasting rights?

[hockeyplayer1015]

It makes sense to me? WTH does the average American viewer care about a swimmer from Kazakhstan? To that point, I think it was their first ever swimming medal period, let alone gold medal.

And further to your point, they didn't entirely ignore him with the camera. He was shown hugging the Ruskie in the lane next to him (also a medalist), panned to the American, then back to the 'Stan.

Not something to make mountains out of mole hills about at all.

[St. Clown]

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Kazakhstan with an upset win, first ever swimming gold.

NBC: *zooms and focuses on USA silver medalist for 20 seconds*

It makes sense to me? WTH does the average American viewer care about a swimmer from Kazakhstan? To that point, I think it was their first ever swimming medal period, let alone gold medal.

[The Rube]

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You and I both know that the olympics are nothing like they were almost 40 years ago.

I'd have to think the Asian market is rather huge for TV. Yes, USA drives the Olympics, but they'd survive with the Asians.

[MissThundercat]

An Armenian weightlifter suffered a very, very bad elbow injury.

[Spartanforlife4]

Re: 2016 Summer Olympics - Ready or not, here we come!!

Kazakhstan with an upset win, first ever swimming gold.

NBC: *zooms and focuses on USA silver medalist for 20 seconds*

[Spartanforlife4]

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I believe if Brazil and Iraq tie their games versus Denmark and South Africa with the same scores, it will go to a drawing of lots to decide who goes thru to the knockout stage.

[MissThundercat]

USA Basketball down to the Aussies at half.

USA wins, 98-88.

[Spartanforlife4]

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USA Basketball down to the Aussies at half.