[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

No worse than the cost of footballers…

You may as well said brain surgeons or rocket scientists.. simply not comparable imho

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Zizu

You may as well said brain surgeons or rocket scientists.. simply not comparable imho

It really is.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

It really is.

We’ll footballers are an investment on many levels

How are we to get anything back on our £6 million investment ( 10 members)

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Zizu

We’ll footballers are an investment on many levels

How are we to get anything back on our £6 million investment ( 10 members)

Mainly an investment for the club/owner. But whist they may bring in some revenue to the country, they drain other resources like police/ambulance etc for match days on a constant basis.

So I have no issue with money being spent on athletes for the winter olympics, when the tax I pay also goes to football (which I have no care for).

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Mainly an investment for the club/owner. But whist they may bring in some revenue to the country, they drain other resources like police/ambulance etc for match days on a constant basis.

So I have no issue with money being spent on athletes for the winter olympics, when the tax I pay also goes to football (which I have no care for).

Fair enough ..

[MTVN]

Another gold for Matt Weston!! Incredible final run

[Niamh.]

What's the scoop with the Canadian Curling team cheating?

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

What's the scoop with the Canadian Curling team cheating?

I actually think all that brushing is a form of cheating …


Why on earth don’t they all just push the thing down the ice and see where they land .. like crown green bowls ??


Curling is like moving the archery target around when the arrow is flying towards it .

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

What's the scoop with the Canadian Curling team cheating?

He was seen pushing the stone with his finger after release which is an offense but then got very mad when Sweden called him out for it. They've had to bring in additional judges now to watch out for it and the Canadian women had a stone taken away because one of their players was then seen doing it

Seems to be mixed opinions though on whether it actually makes a difference if they give it another nudge with their finger and whether players would be doing it intentionally or if it's just an accident or something done out of habit without actually trying to cheat

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Zizu

I actually think all that brushing is a form of cheating …


Why on earth don’t they all just push the thing down the ice and see where they land .. like crown green bowls ??


Curling is like moving the archery target around when the arrow is flying towards it .

No idea, looks like a boring sport anyway

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

He was seen pushing the stone with his finger after release which is an offense but then got very mad when Sweden called him out for it. They've had to bring in additional judges now to watch out for it and the Canadian women had a stone taken away because one of their players was then seen doing it



Seems to be mixed opinions though on whether it actually makes a difference if they give it another nudge with their finger and whether players would be doing it intentionally or if it's just an accident or something done out of habit without actually trying to cheat

Thanks Matt

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

No idea, looks like a boring sport anyway

Same ..

Plus why on earth does it cost £600,000 to get each curler to Olympic level ??

Where’s the real skill I wonder .. the pushing or the brushing

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Same ..

Plus why on earth does it cost £600,000 to get each curler to Olympic level ??

Where’s the real skill I wonder .. the pushing or the brushing

It's not that surprising that it would cost a lot of money in facilities, coaching, equipment, technology etc for a team to become one of the best in the world and compete for Olympic medals. A lot of it is funded by the lottery

[MTVN]

Our men's game just now against Switzerland was fantastic, it can genuinely be a very exciting sport and it's very strategic but it's also a nice calm watch much of the time

[Crimson Dynamo]

First ever medal on the snow

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

I’ve watched none of the olympics, but we stopped at Mr Wales’ parents house on way back and was on and I saw them race to get the gold. Nice work from them.

…nice end to the weekend, eh…

[Ammi]

Olympics curling controversy escalates as Britain accused of infraction…

A cheating controversy is engulfing curling at the Winter Olympics, centring on the formidable Canadian team. Both their men's and women's squads have been accused of the same infraction: double-touching the curling stone after its release.

The dispute widened on Sunday when increased surveillance led to a stone thrown by the British men's team being removed for the same alleged violation that affected the Canadians over the past two days.

This comes as the historic curling powerhouse finds its reputation bruised. Their mixed doubles team failed to medal, and the women's team cannot afford further losses if they hope to advance.

Here's a look at the whole controversy and why it has exploded:

What happened at the curling center in Cortina

In the ninth end of Britain's round-robin game against Germany on Sunday, officials said Scottish curler Bobby Lammie had touched a stone after releasing it down the ice. Such “double-touching” is against the rules. Britain won the match 9-4.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/olympics-c...183706955.html