2012 Olympic games.
08-03-2012 | 12:55 PM
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I must say, the international impact of the badminton scandal no doubt kept the world in tight suspense.
My question is this, how can badminton be an olympic sport and not bullfighting?
Real sport involves something that may seperate your head from your torso, everything else is just a silly little trifle.
My question is this, how can badminton be an olympic sport and not bullfighting?
Real sport involves something that may seperate your head from your torso, everything else is just a silly little trifle.
08-03-2012 | 01:07 PM
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necessary, but not sufficient
I must say, the international impact of the badminton scandal no doubt kept the world in tight suspense.
My question is this, how can badminton be an olympic sport and not bullfighting?
Real sport involves something that may seperate your head from your torso, everything else is just a silly little trifle.
My question is this, how can badminton be an olympic sport and not bullfighting?
Real sport involves something that may seperate your head from your torso, everything else is just a silly little trifle.
08-03-2012 | 01:24 PM
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Revolutions and civil wars have always been great sport, and they require no expensive special venues or corporate sponsorship, they take place in-situ.
Sport: Jousting with Sam and Charlie Tom Wolfe - Air War Over Vitnam December
I am sure our readers can imagine many more examples. But badminton? Please.
Girls on a trampoline may prove to be an exception.
Sport: Jousting with Sam and Charlie Tom Wolfe - Air War Over Vitnam December
I am sure our readers can imagine many more examples. But badminton? Please.
Girls on a trampoline may prove to be an exception.
08-03-2012 | 07:10 PM
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I might have missed it somewhere but I have always been curious about how these people go about getting trained and what kind of investment they are looking at .
Do they get any money from the sponsors that advertise ?
Do they get any money from the sponsors that advertise ?
08-04-2012 | 04:14 AM
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According to my cousin the family pays all initial training fees. These kids usually start at a very early age and their training continues in college. My little cousin got a scholarship to Stanford. Sponsors come out of the woodwork when you show signs of potential and money starts when you win. I went to her wedding - very expensive affair which her father said was mostly paid for herself with plenty leftovers to spare.
Because anything can happen to shut off the sponsorship flow of money they better have a backup plan. Hers was a masters degree also from Stanford. Not unlike being a pilot in more ways than one. Our family has always believed in education.
Because anything can happen to shut off the sponsorship flow of money they better have a backup plan. Hers was a masters degree also from Stanford. Not unlike being a pilot in more ways than one. Our family has always believed in education.
08-05-2012 | 04:28 AM
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According to my cousin the family pays all initial training fees. These kids usually start at a very early age and their training continues in college. My little cousin got a scholarship to Stanford. Sponsors come out of the woodwork when you show signs of potential and money starts when you win. I went to her wedding - very expensive affair which her father said was mostly paid for herself with plenty leftovers to spare.
Because anything can happen to shut off the sponsorship flow of money they better have a backup plan. Hers was a masters degree also from Stanford. Not unlike being a pilot in more ways than one. Our family has always believed in education.
Because anything can happen to shut off the sponsorship flow of money they better have a backup plan. Hers was a masters degree also from Stanford. Not unlike being a pilot in more ways than one. Our family has always believed in education.
Always wanted to go to the games and might as well do it while we can.
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08-05-2012 | 08:06 AM
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Alternative Olympics
Urban sportsmen relax during a lull in the revolution in Syria, taking time to chug a two liter Pepsi and have a few smokes while checking their computer for APC posts and getting the latest intel sent from CENTCOM. Sponsored by FN, makers of the FAL-still the right arm of the Free World.
08-09-2012 | 04:58 AM
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Ouch !
Looks like the action is'nt only at the venues
Unauthorized condoms in Olympic Village draw ire of games officials - News | FOX Sports on MSN
Ally
Looks like the action is'nt only at the venues
Unauthorized condoms in Olympic Village draw ire of games officials - News | FOX Sports on MSN
Ally
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