Re: Olympic Torch Farce : Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:28 am  

I agree wholeheartedly re-Olympics and the Schools Seth unfortunately once it's all over the usual funding and facillites been pulled will rear it's ugly head becasue 1st and foremost it's the ££££££ made from it will be for the south that will be the priority hence all the regeneration down there etc etc.

Re: Olympic Torch Farce : Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:41 am  

rhinoms wrote:

I agree wholeheartedly re-Olympics and the Schools Seth unfortunately once it's all over the usual funding and facillites been pulled will rear it's ugly head becasue 1st and foremost it's the ££££££ made from it will be for the south that will be the priority hence all the regeneration down there etc etc.

It's a challenging time but speaking for our partnership of 57 schools where I work we are going from strength to strength with the belief in our programmes and the support of schools valuing our work we're confident they'll continue to buy into our services. School Games funding has been extended to 2015 which is a small fraction of the funding we've had under labour, but it shows value and as an organisation it's our intention that our services are so indispensable that schools build it into their yearly budgets in the long term.

Re: Olympic Torch Farce : Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:53 am  

ohh come see it, it's once in a lifetime! unless you went out today, drove a bit to where it's going to be and see it then.

Re: Olympic Torch Farce : Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:22 am  

I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Straight to pub after the game, no queuing at the bar, no ankle biters around, no traffic. As soon as it was over the hoards arrived so I went home and didn't have to suffer the footie. Good night apart from the SUBLIME rugby.........not!

Re: Olympic Torch Farce : Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:43 pm  

McLaren_Field wrote:

Its a gold stick with a flame on the end of it in case you missed it and wanted to know, you haven't missed much.

Its a marvellous example of how good media bullshitting can create an event out of a non-event, its got bugger-all to do with the Olympics at all, the idea of parading a symbolic flame around the country for several weeks is a wonderful PR concoction that is supposed to gell the population into forgetting that nearly ten billion quid has been spent on two and a half weeks of sporting events, some of which you actually wouldn't go to the end of your street to watch or would switch the TV off if they were shown individually - how many have actually sat through an archery competition on TV, no, not many, and do you know which league your local badminton club play in ?

Great PR to get so many people out onto the streets - non event though, and they'd better not delay my journey to work in the morning either.

Quite agree. Totally over hyped non event which is perhaps a fitting way to promote the Games themselves. It is difficult to think of a more over hyped, over budget, corruptly run event, that has lost its way and original purpose, organised for the benefit of politicians. (.....well I suppose the EU would get the 'gold medal' now I think about it!)

These same organisers use the word 'legacy' as some giant brush to sweep the wasted tax payers money under the carpet to fool the foolish.

But I may just watch the ladies beach volley ball

Re: Olympic Torch Farce : Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:56 pm  

I love the Olympics, but I can't say having it here has ended up meaning a lot to me. Perhaps if I worked for one of the corporate sponsors who got all the decent tickets I'd feel different. Apart from the giant novelty cigarette lighter (which will pass within 200 yards of my house next Sunday wothout me going to see it) it makes no impact whatsoever outside London for most people. I'll watch the sports I'm interested in (athletics, cycling and swimming mostly) on TV, much as I have done every other Olympics that haven't been in this country. Meh.

Re: Olympic Torch Farce : Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:03 pm  

What a bunch of miserable fekkers we have on here.

As a person who pays quite a wedge in tax I can tell you that I am much happier that my hard earned is going to the Olympics and all that surrounds it than many other avenues it's frittered away on.

That said, i couldn't be arrised hanging about an hour for the torch.

Re: Olympic Torch Farce : Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:10 pm  

G1 wrote:

What a bunch of miserable fekkers we have on here.

As a person who pays quite a wedge in tax I can tell you that I am much happier that my hard earned is going to the Olympics and all that surrounds it than many other avenues it's frittered away on.

That said, i couldn't be arrised hanging about an hour for the torch.

Re: Olympic Torch Farce : Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:18 pm  

Olympic torch goes around country - everyone has great time. Torch goes to a rugbyleague ground, every fekker moans. Priceless

Re: Olympic Torch Farce : Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:22 pm  

El Diablo wrote:

I love the Olympics, but I can't say having it here has ended up meaning a lot to me. Perhaps if I worked for one of the corporate sponsors who got all the decent tickets I'd feel different. Apart from the giant novelty cigarette lighter (which will pass within 200 yards of my house next Sunday wothout me going to see it) it makes no impact whatsoever outside London for most people. I'll watch the sports I'm interested in (athletics, cycling and swimming mostly) on TV, much as I have done every other Olympics that haven't been in this country. Meh.

Go to your local schools to see what they're doing in preparation for the Games and you'll start to see it a little differently. The Get Set Network website has lots of case studies of what's going on accross the country too.