Olympics

^^^Yeah, I think they've done right to DQ them. You can't reward them for basically trying to cheat. You don't spend years saying "be the best in the Olympics" and then go "play the system instead".


Oh, and well done to GB's rowers, obviously

fantastic performance by the rowers to get the gold medal, totally dominated the race. totally correct decision to dq the badminton players, shocking what they did

(31-07-2012 19:00 )terence Wrote:  ^^ lol! seriously why the fuck is claire balding on t.v? she's a fuckin dose!

Everyone is entitled to there opinion terence, but i think youve gone a bit over the top here mate.

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after what she did on liam treadwell just after the biggest moment of his life i think i hit the nail right on the head.
just my opinion.

(01-08-2012 13:15 )terence Wrote:  after what she did on liam treadwell just after the biggest moment of his life i think i hit the nail right on the head.
just my opinion.

Yeah, she did fuck up their! Remember she was intervied on some show and said she thought had had his teeth kicked out by a horse and didnt realise that it was his natural teeth. Liam got a complete makeover as a result. Everyone makes mistakes, and in this case i think it was genuine.

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(01-08-2012 13:09 )Rammyrascal Wrote:  totally correct decision to dq the badminton players, shocking what they did

No, totally incorrect. The players were doing their best to win medals. Faced with tougher opponents in the next round the players sensibly employed a bit of cunning. They were losing in order to make winning more likely. The players should be congratulated on doing some planning and deciding how best to try and win medals.

Got my sideburns on C'mon wiggins get us another gold.

(01-08-2012 12:46 )Doddle Wrote:  ^^^Yeah, I think they've done right to DQ them. You can't reward them for basically trying to cheat. You don't spend years saying "be the best in the Olympics" and then go "play the system instead".

Trouble is, in legal terms there's a world of difference between "cheating" and "playing the system" .

What they did was against the spirit of the game but they will probably appeal on the grounds that they didn't break any rules and there's a good chance they will be reinstated, and if they aren't LOCOG will quickly be hearing from the players lawyers.

"Well they shouldn't have done it" is not going to succeed in a court of law. The reason so many sports governing bodies have been giving a kicking in the courts over the years is because they have naively tried to make up rules after the event in circumstances such as this and then tried to apply them retrospectively.

Mind you, it would be ironic if the Chinese brought a lawsuit under Human Rights Legislation!!

(01-08-2012 13:49 )Ghost88 Wrote:  Got my sideburns on C'mon wiggins get us another gold.

british hopes for a gold medal are fucked! jack bauer's in the race!

Looking like gold for Wiggo & bronze for Froome.