stevestojan Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 Our Olympic team, unlike almost every other, is privately funded. If the politicians want them to wear "Made in the USA" they should put the Olympics in the budget and start paying to support them. Since that won't happen, STFU and start working on things that matter, like say Medicare.
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 Our Olympic team, unlike almost every other, is privately funded. If the politicians want them to wear "Made in the USA" they should put the Olympics in the budget and start paying to support them. Since that won't happen, STFU and start working on things that matter, like say Medicare. Wow... I guess you are right. Have we reached an all-time low in gov't faith, bitterness, selfishness and non-accountability... Absolutely nothing unifies us anymore... We are nation lost in our computers and "what's in it for us as an individual." Even the Olympics has become a wedge.
Pete Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 Money is the ruiner of everything. It is killing sports, it is quite evident with the Olympics. I used to love watching Olympics, but now I find the commercialism sickening. And I no longer watch
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 Money is the ruiner of everything. Hey... What is wrong with giving retired pedophile ex-coaches emeritus status? The poor fans just want to watch the game.
UConn James Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) Our Olympic team, unlike almost every other, is privately funded. If the politicians want them to wear "Made in the USA" they should put the Olympics in the budget and start paying to support them. Since that won't happen, STFU and start working on things that matter, like say Medicare. Sure, the pols can STFU about their personal feelings unless they donated. But when dealing with a widespread fraud, it often falls on elected representatives to speak for their constituents. It is what it is. The important thing is that a LOT of people who donated to the USOC --- who tend to be red-meat Americans --- have become very upset about this news. They trusted the organization they gave to, to represent their ideals. It's not that they blame the sport they support or the athletes, who had nothing to do with the decision. But it still makes them less likely to donate or to donate as much in the future. USOC is doing and has to do major damage control here to keep that private funding coming in. My family has donated for a long time to the target shooting sports through the NRA. It's not a huge amount, but it's not nothing and it's part of a collective effort. It's something we support because we want it to remain competitive and to promote the sport. My father read that in the news and the look on his face was a little deflated. It would be like Rockpile raising money for MS, and then discovering that the charity he walks for every year spent most of it properly, but then to discover that 10% of it went to hookers and blow. Edited July 15, 2012 by UConn James
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 Sure, the pols can STFU about their personal feelings unless they donated. But when dealing with a widespread fraud, it often falls on elected representatives to speak for their constituents. It is what it is. The important thing is that a LOT of people who donated to the USOC --- who tend to be red-meat Americans --- have become very upset about this news. They trusted the organization they gave to, to represent their ideals. It's not that they blame the sport they support or the athletes, who had nothing to do with the decision. But it still makes them less likely to donate or to donate as much in the future. USOC is doing and has to do major damage control here to keep that private funding coming in. It would be like Rockpile raising money for MS, and then discovering that the charity he walks for every year spent most of it properly, but then to discover that 10% of it went to hookers and blow. Nicely said.
stevestojan Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 Sure, the pols can STFU about their personal feelings unless they donated. But when dealing with a widespread fraud, it often falls on elected representatives to speak for their constituents. It is what it is. The important thing is that a LOT of people who donated to the USOC --- who tend to be red-meat Americans --- have become very upset about this news. They trusted the organization they gave to, to represent their ideals. It's not that they blame the sport they support or the athletes, who had nothing to do with the decision. But it still makes them less likely to donate or to donate as much in the future. USOC is doing and has to do major damage control here to keep that private funding coming in. My family has donated for a long time to the target shooting sports through the NRA. It's not a huge amount, but it's not nothing and it's part of a collective effort. It's something we support because we want it to remain competitive and to promote the sport. My father read that in the news and the look on his face was a little deflated. It would be like Rockpile raising money for MS, and then discovering that the charity he walks for every year spent most of it properly, but then to discover that 10% of it went to hookers and blow. There is nothing in this post that I can disagree with. Well wriiten, sir. I take back my statement.
BuffaloBill Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 We're not talking about you or I we are talking about the team representing our country. And, while I don't like the fact that they were made overseas...I'm not sweating it either. And...those opening ceremony unis are butt fugly. Yeah yeah... We know you ran out and bought yerself a uni... Your probably standing in front of the mirror admiring yer ugly self in it.
Chef Jim Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 Money is the ruiner of everything. It is killing sports, it is quite evident with the Olympics. I used to love watching Olympics, but now I find the commercialism sickening. And I no longer watch So how many Bills games you planning on watching this year?
Pete Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 So how many Bills games you planning on watching this year? I haven't turned on my TV in over a year. It is very nice. You should try it sometime
meazza Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 So how many Bills games you planning on watching this year? Pete is quite enlightened !@#$ing hippies.
Captain Hindsight Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 The Olympics are about international cooperation and we want to burn uniforms because they werent made here?
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 The Olympics are about international cooperation and we want to burn uniforms because they werent made here? Yes it is. The thing that gets me is not being made in a different country... It is the country it was made in. Had it been Canada, Switzerland, Sweden... Heck, even Poland... I wouldn't be mad... But they were made in China. When I see the US olympians I think of feedom... Now, all I will think of is a girl my daughter's age (10) chained to a sewing machine. The olympians should be held to a higher PR standard.
PushthePile Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 Yes it is. The thing that gets me is not being made in a different country... It is the country it was made in. Had it been Canada, Switzerland, Sweden... Heck, even Poland... I wouldn't be mad... But they were made in China. When I see the US olympians I think of feedom... Now, all I will think of is a girl my daughter's age (10) chained to a sewing machine. The olympians should be held to a higher PR standard. Maybe the chain is American steel?
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 Maybe the chain is American steel? It probably "is!" No doubt the company's rep overseas turning a blind eye is that "steel." Don't even get me started! ;-) Yet, as for the real stuff, I would not bank on it... Most likey Mexican steel. At work, I see millions of tons of Mexican steel pass before my eyes... I wish it was going the other way! Of course, the assembled chain could have been attached here! Something is terribly wrong when 1,600 tons a pop of foreign steel passes right by old, abandoned American steel mills!
UConn James Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 The Olympics are about international cooperation and we want to burn uniforms because they werent made here? The Olympics are ostensibly about each country collecting the best of its country and showcasing their own. I suppose you can chalk this up as akin to the IOC loosening standards of citizenship of the athletes, say, from the US being allowed to compete for another country because their grandparents were born there. There was a girl I went to high school with who played for Greece in the Athens games under these terms. I get that it happens. But that doesn't mean people have to like it. And again, a number of people who have a hand in supporting the US team don't like the symbolism of this. I wasn't under the impression of anyone/very many advocating burning them at this point. That's highly impractical, if not impossible to re-purpose with less than a week until the opening ceremonies. And as much as I'm upset about it (and at how much we import crappy wares and counterfeit materials from China in general), burning them might be quite offensive to the Chinese. The overriding opinions seem to be to wear them for this games b/c the news broke way too late to do anything feasible, but for there to be rules in place for these to be made in the USA for all future Olympics.
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