The 2012 London Summer Olympics Thread

I agree with you in regards to the badminton players. You gotta send the message that if it ever happens again, you're tossed no question asked. Their sport is going to lose a lot of fans over this, and deservedly so.

On your secondary note, retards = ratings. Say something outlandish and people will pay attention, and discuss it whether they like it or not. That's how retards like that get jobs.

Badminton has alot of fans? I'm guessing if you one of 10 you will keep watching.

Ouch.

Weightlifter Sa Jae-hyouk dislocates elbow in London Olympics’ most gruesome injury (VIDEO/PHOTOS) | Fourth-Place Medal - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/weightlifter-sa-jae-hyouk-dislocates-elbow-london-olympics-083825819--oly.html)

This seems to happen every year during the snatch portion of weightlifting. In 2008 a Hungarian lifter completely broke his arm. That was a scary video to watch.

First badminton and now this. How can they kick the badminton teams out and not this team is surprising.

IOC clears British cyclist Philip Hindes of deliberate crash (http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/cycling/story/ioc-international-olympic-committee-clears-british-cyclist-philip-hindes-of-deliberate-crash-080312)

^^ First, the IOC didn't DQ the badminton competitiors - the World Federation of Badminton (or whatever the umbrella organization for badminton is) did. The IOC "took note" of the Federation's actions and did not contest them. (Sorry, can't find the link but just remember the quote as the IOC's response seemed rather tepid and did not seem to independently condemn the actions).

In the cycling, the cycling umbrella organization said: "It's okay. It's all part of the game." The teams competing against Britain seemed to shrug their shoulders at the tactic and accepted it as part of the cycling rules. The IOC again, did not dispute the findings of the umbrella organization.

It's a tough call to make any distinction and I'm certainly not going to try. Manipulation fo the rules has been around since the beginning of organized competitions. Sometimes it gets called out sometimes not. To me, at these high levels, it's more about the politics w/in the group than an objective application of standards. It's why MJ got the calls in the NBA, why tackling Tom Brady in a game is a suspendable offense, etc. etc.

Again, while I love, admire and am awed by the athleticism on display at the Olympics, I hate the cliquish/subject application of rules to so many of the competitions.

Let me understand...they kick badminton players out of the Games for not trying hard enough, but when our basketball team wins by 83, they get attacked for scoring too many points?

:doh:

And my boy Dong Dong (http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/athletes/_/id/22048/dong-dong) takes the gold in trampoline!!! Sorry for the spoiler, I'm just that excited!!!

Badminton has alot of fans? I'm guessing if you one of 10 you will keep watching.

Hey don't you diss badminton, badminton fans are more hooliganish than European soccer fans.

Actually I'm not one of the 10, I'm just saying. For the record, I can't even remember if badminton is the sport where they toss the little birdie hoopajoop over the net with a tennis racket.

Let me understand...they kick badminton players out of the Games for not trying hard enough, but when our basketball team wins by 83, they get attacked for scoring too many points?

:doh:

That happened? What are you supposed to do; give the other team the ball? Its not like football where you can just switch to thground game

That happened? What are you supposed to do; give the other team the ball? Its not like football where you can just switch to thground game

Yes, and Coach K is mad. He said he WAS trying to take it easy on Nigeria...benching starters, no fast breaks in the 4th quarter and trying to pass the ball around and use up the shot clock. He said "we used up the 24 seconds of the shot clock and took one shot, but those shots were just going in."

Carmelo Anthony scored 37 points...in 16 minutes!

Nigeria was just THAT bad.

This...doesn't seem right

Sprinter banned from 100 meters -- for sleeping with his wife - CBSSports (http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/blog/eye-on-olympics/19725772/sprinter-banned-from-100-meters----for-sleeping-with-his-wife)