Commonwealth Games

[Burgey]

This reminds me of that episode of The Games when the Dream Team manager came out and said to John Clarke "If you don't get 5 star hotels for my clients, they won't come to your event".

"Well Al, don't you worry about how my event will go. Here's my opening position for you, though I realize we're still negotiating...

Your clients will stay where they're put, when they're put there. They'll eat what they're given, when they're given it. And if they don't like it they can stick it up their arses".

 

[Burgey]

Some roof collapses now...

This is beginning to sound like the Christchurch earthquake thread tbh.

 

[Craig]

I see that a lot of the British cyclists have pulled out. One of them Geriant Thomas, a Welshman pulled since he lost his spleen in a nasty crash a few years ago and therefore the risk of getting very sick is high.

 

[benchmark00]

Who cares if some English 'athletes' pull out. Not like they were going to win many medals anyway.

 

[Jono]

Who cares if some English 'athletes' pull out. Not like they were going to win many medals anyway.

 

[benchmark00]

Upsized imo.

 

[BoyBrumby]

BBC Sport - Commonwealth Games: Athletes' village photos

I don't think I'd be too keen to head out there.

Jesus wept. You seriously wouldn't house a Scouser in that, would you?

 

[shivfan]

Or maybe you could actually read the reports as to why they've pulled out.

I know why they pulled out....

It was a tongue-in-cheek remark made to another poster about Jamaican athletes pulling out for their 'rest' period. British athletes choose to 'rest' during the CWG too....

The English team is on its way....

BBC Sport - England team set to travel to Commonwealth Games

And the Jamaican squad will be going too....

JA to attend problem-plagued Commonwealth Games | RJR News

 

[James]

What I fail to understand is, why is this suddenly being raised a week out from the tournament?

Shouldn't the Commonwealth Games Committee or whoever they are have been checking on progress from Day 1 and ensuring everything was getting done to standard?

 

[Daemon]

What I fail to understand is, why is this suddenly being raised a week out from the tournament?

Shouldn't the Commonwealth Games Committee or whoever they are have been checking on progress from Day 1 and ensuring everything was getting done to standard?

Live in India for a month or two and you'll understand.

 

[_Ed_]

Even so, the international Commonwealth Games committee should have been piling on the pressure for the last 18 months to two years. There were rumours that construction was well behind schedule back then.

They could have considered moving the Games if construction hadn't picked up by a certain date, say, six or nine months ago.

 

[G.I.Joe]

What I fail to understand is, why is this suddenly being raised a week out from the tournament?

Shouldn't the Commonwealth Games Committee or whoever they are have been checking on progress from Day 1 and ensuring everything was getting done to standard?

Yeah, they're not free of blame here. The ones raising the issue now are the delegations being sent in by the various participating countries too, not the commonwealth officials, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Daemon]

I honestly can't wait for the games to begin. Everyone will be watching not for competitiveness between athletes but rather in anticipation of something going seriously wrong. And when that moment comes, I don't know where a million Indians including me will be burying our faces.

 

[pasag]

I honestly can't wait for the games to begin. Everyone will be watching not for competitiveness between athletes but rather in anticipation of something going seriously wrong. And when that moment comes, I don't know where a million Indians including me will be burying our faces.

Brings back bad memories of things that can go horribly wrong at poorly organised Games:

Maccabiah bridge collapse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Daemon]

On second thought, if it involves death/injury I pray that the games are a success

 

[Goughy]

Maybe not the correct place to post this but I was talking to some British people (I will not mention their jobs) over a beer (and this is just their personal opinion and certainly not any official position) and they said while it is impossible to accurately assess the risk that they both personally think a terrorist attack during the London Olympics is 2012 is more likely that not.

That is a little worrying.

 

[Sanz]

Yeah, they're not free of blame here. The ones raising the issue now are the delegations being sent in by the various participating countries too, not the commonwealth officials, if I'm not mistaken.

Commonwealth officials can do very little except to consistently point out issues. They have been doing so for almost an entire year.

 

[Craig]

Don't you guys have laws against this kind of stuff? Or you do, but they're token, just like North Korea holding elections.

 

[masterblaster]

It's a disgrace. Child labour in India is unfortunately very common. The sentiment is changing but throughout history, children from extremely poor backgrounds have always worked to support their families often because they are able bodied and willing to do just about anything. It's a damn shame that these kids aren't getting an education but are mere puppets for corrupt government officials and dodgy businessses.

 

[Craig]

I read somewhere they earn $1.50 an hour (IIRC), either that, it's $1.50 per day.