Lottery Funding & Olympics

[Deleted member 16999]

Swap London for Portugal and delete 'the weather is great' and I would imagine that's what some foreign investors in the UK would say too!!

Thank you, been banging my head against a brick wall all day😃

 

[Deleted member 1418]

Thank you, been banging my head against a brick wall all day😃

The Qatari royal family own that too!! :whoo:

 

[Liverbirdie]

1 many athletes and sportsmen do nothing to help in communities and just take out and nobody said all of them.

2. I will take your word for it that the very so called top britisg athletes do no longer get funding but the funding massively helped to get them where they are today.

3 the Gravy train is the BBC and ITV and SKY etc where in my opinion they are overpaid for comments that most of us can see for ourselves.

4. Not anywhere near enough lottery and taxpayers money goes to grass roots sport and in many areas there are rubbish facilities for the public and they are expensive to use.
The London Olympics cost the taxpayer a fortune and most of the country got nothing out of it and the facilities (Olympic village and Olympic stadium) have been spirited away.
That is how I see it anyway.

And now in Portuguese........joking,joking.

 

[Deleted member 1418]

The Qatari royal family own that too!! :whoo:

Hold on though - just been told by my sources that the wall wasn't built by British brickies, but by cheap labour from Eastern Europe! Scandalous- better start a Brexit thread.........

 

[Alucard]

The Qatari royal family own that too!! :whoo:

They sure do my friend , lol.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Hold on though - just been told by my sources that the wall wasn't built by British brickies, but by cheap labour from Eastern Europe! Scandalous- better start a Brexit thread.........

Just hope none of them bought a lottery ticket and inadvertently helped our Olympic Team😃

 

[Liverbirdie]

Good luck with that one in deepest Skem.

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[Alucard]

Just hope none of them bought a lottery ticket and inadvertently helped our Olympic Team

What helped our Olympic team more than anything (if you buy into it) was the Russians being banned.

I do hope that Mo can make it to his front door in even twice the time he took to run the 10 thousand meters this Olympics if the Drugs testers turn up to check him out in the USA.

He couldnt manage it before the London Olympics in his UK residence but did not get banned? anyway time will tell. It seems that only the Russians are suspect to some.

 

[Deleted member 1418]

I do hope that Mo can make it to his front door in even twice the time he took to run the 10 thousand meters this Olympics if the Drugs testers turn up to check him out in the USA.

He couldnt manage it before the London Olympics in his UK residence but did not get banned? anyway time will tell. It seems that only the Russians are suspect to some.

How dare you even think something like that against Sir Mo! Shame on you!!

In all seriousness though I think the Russians being banned from a number of events wouldn't have had too much of an impact on our medal winners - certainly not for rowing and cycling. And our main athletic winners were ranked as among the favourites.

 

[bluewolf]

Dan, Dan, Dan...............Dan...............Dan...........................................................................Dan.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Dan.

LOL.. I've spent half the day hoping that no one would notice that little gem....

 

[Hacker Khan]

I know and agree lottery funding has helped all across the UK, my point was I felt the political decision to increase UK Sport funding by 29% was wrong, perhaps facilities that weren't being funded by local councils was because they had their grant budget cut.

I think it was Adam Peatys home city of Shefield that due to cuts they had a real struggle to keep some of there swimming pools open.

Sorry for being pedantic but he lives/ trains in Derby.

 

[Hacker Khan]

What helped our Olympic team more than anything (if you buy into it) was the Russians being banned.

I do hope that Mo can make it to his front door in even twice the time he took to run the 10 thousand meters this Olympics if the Drugs testers turn up to check him out in the USA.

He couldnt manage it before the London Olympics in his UK residence but did not get banned? anyway time will tell. It seems that only the Russians are suspect to some.

With the possible exception of Whitlock's floor routine gold care to name a gold medal team GB won in which the Russians would have put up stiff competition?

Plus although I have no proof, that American sprinter looks a bit dodgy as well...

 

[Oohmeoldbacksknackered]

With the possible exception of Whitlock's floor routine gold care to name a gold medal team GB won in which the Russians would have put up stiff competition?

On TalkSport this afternoon they were talking about the amount of male protection that was handed out - It sounds like there was pretty stiff opposition across the board.

 

[Alucard]

With the possible exception of Whitlock's floor routine gold care to name a gold medal team GB won in which the Russians would have put up stiff competition?

Plus although I have no proof, that American sprinter looks a bit dodgy as well...

[FONT=&quot]Yelena Isinbayeva would possibly have taken Gold, if not then certainly another medal colour in Pole Vault and the full Russian track and field were banned. So your statement is a bit blase, lol Russia missed out on at least 6 medals due to the ban.[/FONT]

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

Yelena Isinbayeva would possibly have taken Gold, if not then certainly another medal colour in Pole Vault and the full Russian track and field were banned. So your statement is a bit blase, lol Russia missed out on at least 6 medals due to the ban.

The Pole Vault.... the discipline GB didn't win a medal in? If anything proving HK's point, that Russia not being there didn't overly impact the GB medal haul?

 

[Alucard]

The Pole Vault.... the discipline GB didn't win a medal in? If anything proving HK's point, that Russia not being there didn't overly impact the GB medal haul?

What about the other 6 medals in track and field that are widely known to have been lost by the Ruskies? anyway if we ban them then whats good for the Goose is good for the gander.
I know that from the past that bans are unfair and there have been cover ups. Flo Jo was a sure fire steroid user and paid for it with her life , Ben Johnson got done for the same thing at the Seoul Olympics in 88 because he was Canadian.
If anyone is not available within one hour of the testers wishes then they should be banned with immediate effect because modern drugs leave the system very quickly.
Ole Linford got away with it for years until the Tester got his man and Dwain Chambers was another and we know there were many more too numerous to name. In fact 1 in 7 in the UK are on the juice but the skill in testing them at the right time lets them off the hook as we do not really want to catch them.

 

[Hacker Khan]

What about the other 6 medals in track and field that are widely known to have been lost by the Ruskies? anyway if we ban them then whats good for the Goose is good for the gander.
I know that from the past that bans are unfair and there have been cover ups. Flo Jo was a sure fire steroid user and paid for it with her life , Ben Johnson got done for the same thing at the Seoul Olympics in 88 because he was Canadian.
If anyone is not available within one hour of the testers wishes then they should be banned with immediate effect because modern drugs leave the system very quickly.
Ole Linford got away with it for years until the Tester got his man and Dwain Chambers was another and we know there were many more too numerous to name. In fact 1 in 7 in the UK are on the juice but the skill in testing them at the right time lets them off the hook as we do not really want to catch them.

As you are living in Portugal do you by any chance get all your news and facts (and I use that word lightly in your case) about what is happening in the Uk from The Daily Mail or Express? Paranoia weekly?

Come on then, name me Russia's premier 5 and 10 thousand meter runner that would have had Mo, given the chance.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

What about the other 6 medals in track and field that are widely known to have been lost by the Ruskies? anyway if we ban them then whats good for the Goose is good for the gander.
I know that from the past that bans are unfair and there have been cover ups. Flo Jo was a sure fire steroid user and paid for it with her life , Ben Johnson got done for the same thing at the Seoul Olympics in 88 because he was Canadian.
If anyone is not available within one hour of the testers wishes then they should be banned with immediate effect because modern drugs leave the system very quickly.
Ole Linford got away with it for years until the Tester got his man and Dwain Chambers was another and we know there were many more too numerous to name. In fact 1 in 7 in the UK are on the juice but the skill in testing them at the right time lets them off the hook as we do not really want to catch them.

Wow, I suppose if you throw enough mud some will stick!

 

[Liverbirdie]

LOL.. I've spent half the day hoping that no one would notice that little gem....

 

[Liverbirdie]

Come on then, name me Russia's premier 5 and 10 thousand meter runner that would have had Mo, given the chance.

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