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No point what so ever, the get paid by the government to do there hobbie and then get applauded for winning in sports noone cares about.

 

To be fair, a lot of them are amatuers, and have other day jobs. I remember one of the rowers that won gold was a doctor. And someone else was a teacher etc.

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No point what so ever, the get paid by the government to do there hobbie and then get applauded for winning in sports noone cares about.

 

Do you realise the amount of work that goes into winning an Olympic gold medal in any sport? One hell of a lot more than being a footballer, that's for sure. I read somewhere that Adlington will be training morning and evening 7 days a week up to 2012. I think that kind of devotion to any sport deserves some sort of recognition.

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Do you realise the amount of work that goes into winning an Olympic gold medal in any sport? One hell of a lot more than being a footballer, that's for sure. I read somewhere that Adlington will be training morning and evening 7 days a week up to 2012. I think that kind of devotion to any sport deserves some sort of recognition.

 

Gold medal?

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Do you realise the amount of work that goes into winning an Olympic gold medal in any sport? One hell of a lot more than being a footballer, that's for sure. I read somewhere that Adlington will be training morning and evening 7 days a week up to 2012. I think that kind of devotion to any sport deserves some sort of recognition.

 

I don't. Its not entertaining and gives absolutely nothing back to anyone, its her choice to get up at those sorts of times.

 

Though to be fair the ones who win golds are ok. Its the fact that people are celebrating some people who finish third in minority sports.

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I think you'll find it is being billed as the "Parade of the heroes"....

 

I would have thought a hero would need to have done something a little 'heroic' to qualify, but apparently not :(

 

But some of these 'heroes' have come second or third in sports that at least a dozen people in the whole world compete in.

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No point what so ever, the get paid by the government to do there hobbie and then get applauded for winning in sports noone cares about.

 

Er, Pete Waterfield lives near me in Millbrook and his nipper goes to the same school as my youngest, I would hazard that he doesn't benefit from any state handout to assist in his competing in diving....And I would have absolutely no trouble in applauding anybody that competes at any level in the Olympics; they have to work bl00dy hard to get to that peak of achievment.

 

Having said that though, the parade is being staged 2 months after the finish of the Games....if it had been a week afterwards I might have been a little more enthusiastic.

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No point what so ever, the get paid by the government to do there hobbie and then get applauded for winning in sports noone cares about.

 

I suppose it has never occurred to you that football is also a minority interest. It maybe the most popular sport, but most people [not supporters] don't give a toss about it, or even like it. They consider it a waste of time.

 

So I think there should be a little space in your democratic heart to allow for people to follow sport interests that you consider boring. OK..?

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I suppose it has never occurred to you that football is also a minority interest. It maybe the most popular sport, but most people [not supporters] don't give a toss about it, or even like it. They consider it a waste of time.

 

So I think there should be a little space in your democratic heart to allow for people to follow sport interests that you consider boring. OK..?

 

I'm struggling to see how the most popular sport can be in the minority.

 

Surely if it is [in the minority], there must, by definition, be something more popular :rolleyes:

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I suppose it has never occurred to you that football is also a minority interest. It maybe the most popular sport, but most people [not supporters] don't give a toss about it, or even like it. They consider it a waste of time.

 

So I think there should be a little space in your democratic heart to allow for people to follow sport interests that you consider boring. OK..?

 

People can do what they want but we invest way too much into allowing people to do sports which are not entertaining and have hardly any fans. Football may technically be liked by the minority of people but it still is supported by over a billion people and because of that it is worth the money invested in it.

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I'm struggling to see how the most popular sport can be in the minority.

 

Surely if it is [in the minority], there must, by definition, be something more popular :rolleyes:

 

Read the sentence again. He said it is a minority INTEREST (i.e. less than 50% of the population are INTERESTED in it). But, of all the sports that people aren't interested in, football is the most POPULAR.

 

Does that help? :)

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Nope :(

 

Oh get out of here - you're just joshing :D

 

For argument's sake, 52% of the population aren't interested in football. Therefore, 48% are interested in football, but this makes them a minority of the population.

 

In this scenario, football is a minority interest - yes?

 

However, another statement could be that, of all the sports people are interested in in this country, football is the most popular.

 

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I'm struggling to see how the most popular sport can be in the minority.

 

Surely if it is [in the minority], there must, by definition, be something more popular :rolleyes:

 

Yes..! Most people [not football supporters] don't give a toss about football. Ordinary people vastly out number football supporters. Hence it is a minority interest that the majority have to put up with. In the end, it is just a person's opinion of what is entertaining and worthy. A point I was trying to illustrate.

 

EDIT: Thanks for your efforts to educate the football following public, BTF. I understood your explanation straight away. ;)

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Besides, I think you'll find that these minority events come under the Olympic Sport umbrella. So clubbed together, as a minority, they're a pretty fair size. Possibly bigger than Rugby Union or Cricket.

 

Perhaps we should just bring back Jeux Sans Frontieres, and ditch the rest of sport, eh..? :)

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