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Topic started on 30-7-2012 @ 09:38 AM by Ben81

Soldiers fill empty Olympic VIP seats as storm grows


www.cnn.com
British soldiers will be asked to act as temporary placeholders in premium seating at Olympic events, as organizers attempt to avoid the spectacle of empty seats at venues.
(visit the link for the full news article)


reply posted on 30-7-2012 @ 09:58 AM by bluemirage5
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Soldiers and students to fill seats that family including parents of the competitors can't obtain!

How bloody disgusting!


reply posted on 30-7-2012 @ 10:00 AM by getreadyalready
I think part of it is the outrageousness of the Olympics rules, and that isn't London's fault.

The political nanny-police have ruined too many of the sports trying to even the playing fields and cater to the lower-level athletes.

I was watching the gymnastics all-around qualifying last night, and they were going nuts over the fact that the 24 best athletes WON'T compete against each other. There is a "2 per country" rule, that will knock out some great competitors from the US, Russia, China, Romania, etc. You might be the 3rd best in the whole world, but also be the 3rd best from your country, and you won't even qualify for the final event.

Plus, all the BS drug-testing, all the BS about people being sent home for off-the-wall commentary. The games are being ruined by the PC-police. I don't care if an athelete is a racist, a convict, or a meth-head, I watch the games to see the best of the best compete at their chosen profession, but that isn't what we get with the Olympics these days. These days we get the same, rigid, politically correct, cliche interview answer, crocodile tears that you see in every other sport. Manufactured drama, tempered joy, tempered disappointment, no passion, no competitiveness.

I don't want to see someone lose and talk about how happy they are that their competitor had a great day, I want to see them kick over some chairs and choke their coach for making them pick a terrible routine, LOL!

Also, as to the Romney comments, and all the criticism of London this Olympics season..... are people forgetting the US had a bomb go off at our Atlanta Olympics? How about the Tonya Harding incident?
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reply posted on 30-7-2012 @ 10:04 AM by Ben81
Originally posted by bluemirage5
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Soldiers and students to fill seats that family including parents of the competitors can't obtain!

How bloody disgusting!


I agree
i would move in the front seat
except if there is soldiers with guns that watch people from stealing seats lol
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reply posted on 30-7-2012 @ 10:09 AM by MrRobertson
Originally posted by Ben81

Soldiers fill empty Olympic VIP seats as storm grows


www.cnn.com
British soldiers will be asked to act as temporary placeholders in premium seating at Olympic events, as organizers attempt to avoid the spectacle of empty seats at venues.
(visit the link for the full news article)


Sky news have been making big noises about the empty seats, and important figures saying things like use your seat or loose it, we should make it so if there are empty seats people should be aloud use them, first come first served basis or sold for charity.
But now we see soldiers in these seats, and not all of em are full, what is going on they where desperate to fill these seats BBC olympic coverage have been banging on about how there isnt an empty seat in the house during the swimming


reply posted on 30-7-2012 @ 10:10 AM by Blackmarketeer
What's the big deal?

Every single Olympics has this same headline and same "outrage".

From the Guardian, circa 2008:
Olympics: Empty seats a concern for Games
(guardian.co.uk)• Olympic organisers use volunteers to bolster attendances
• Sponsors angry at deserted exhibition pavilions


From Beijing 2008:
Seats filled with mystery
Organizers say the Games are sold out, but the stands at many events are half empty. 'Where have all the tickets gone?'


From the Athens 2004 Olympics:
Empty stands, small crowds worry IOC



It's like this for EVERY Olympics. The stands are NEVER full. Face it, the games are boring, the only people who show up for most of the events are the friends and families of the competitors, with a few fans... then the host city fills out the stadiums with plants and soldiers.

Even a tyrannical government like China's couldn't fill out all the empty seats. The games are boring. Most people just want to tune in for the highlights.
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