Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Sounds like Boxing is out ......... 
Olympics - Paris 2024
- Thread starter Arthur Wedge
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clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
How to sort a gender problem out !Sounds like Boxing is out .........
Just ban the sport then you don’t have a problem.
That’s a poor decision imo given some of the Mickey Mouse sport in the games.
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Something to do with potential corruption within the Governing body...or something like that....
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
I think Mr Wedge is misunderstanding my point. I know the BBC are limited in what they can show. I know they no longer have blanket access. They only get what they've bought off WBC. And I don't expect them to be paying the ludicrous sums of money involved in getting the full access. So, I think they should accept that fact and stop providing wall-to-wall coverage - as much of what they are providing is just 'talking heads' . They should stop pretending that they are the bees knees - because they no longer are - because they no can be.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Agree !
But if they are going to include golf it should not be professional golfers .
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
And yet football is still in ??
Swango1980
Well-known member
If I look like Tom Cruise when I'm 62, I'll be pretty content
I played Cornhole last night. I think that could make a late run for a US based games. I fancy my chances of making the GB team based on last night's showing. I'm going to keep practicing, see you in LA folks 
Neilds
Assistant Pro
Have as much surgery as he obviously has and you will
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
It makes you wonder why the BBC continue to flatter to deceive that they have full coverage when it is obvious they don't. I know the Olympics was part of the "crown jewels" and had to be free to air but they aren't showing it all and the coverage itself is atrocious especially some of the presenters. Personally I'd love to see Sky get the rights at some point. They know how to do sports and there would be far more coverage with better presenting
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
Funnily enough, the BBC's Olympics coverage reminded me of Sky's golf coverage
Waffle, waffle
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Higher level of expertise with Sky wafflingFunnily enough, the BBC's Olympics coverage reminded me of Sky's golf coverage
Waffle, waffle
sunshine
Well-known member
Is the cycling big? There are certainly a lot of events but they are mainly quite niche.
Gymnastics, football and tennis are surely more popular?
GB72
Money List Winner
You have to guess that Football is a nice money maker foe the organiers though. Plenty of matches, large capacity, most countries have at least one or two suitable stadiums. Great way of taking money off people in the ballot and giving them something to attend.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Don’t count the likes of football and tennis’s within the Olympics
But year cycling is big - and that includes the outdoor stuff as well
rulefan
Tour Winner
Where did they say that?
Ye Olde Boomer
Well-known member
I just saw on Ian Fraser's YouTube channel that BOXING has been deleted from the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Boxing was my PRIMARY interest sport in the Olympics since 1960 with Cassius Clay and Nino Benvenuti being featured.
Didn't know when and where it was on during the past two or three Games, but prior to that, it was my favorite.
Haven't watched Olympics for a while now, I guess.
I've seen at the very least a half-dozen or more former Olympic Gold Medal Winners
on boxing cards that I attended live in Boston, New York, Miami, and Las Vegas.
Boxing was my PRIMARY interest sport in the Olympics since 1960 with Cassius Clay and Nino Benvenuti being featured.
Didn't know when and where it was on during the past two or three Games, but prior to that, it was my favorite.
Haven't watched Olympics for a while now, I guess.
I've seen at the very least a half-dozen or more former Olympic Gold Medal Winners
on boxing cards that I attended live in Boston, New York, Miami, and Las Vegas.
sunshine
Well-known member
Road cycling is big, but isn’t that similar to sports like football and tennis? The biggest event is the Tour de France not the olympics.
Track cycling is extremely niche. There are only 6 velodromes in the UK. How many people do you know who pop down to their local velodrome at the weekend to do a bit of keirin? The sport gained a lot of attention due to British success in recent olympics, but that was down to a clever / visionary / cynical strategy to target weak sports to boost the medal haul.
sunshine
Well-known member
Swimming is exactly the same. Freestyle is the only race that determines who is the fastest. The other strokes are just slower versions of getting from start to finish. Imagine having a backwards running race.
