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Ice hockey-Sweden could lose gold after Olympic rule violation
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| march 2, 06
Posted on 03/05/2006 7:32:38 AM PST by paudio
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Interesting.
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:32:41 AM PST
by
paudio
To: paudio
Well, that would be a royal load of crap if it happens.
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:34:29 AM PST
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: paudio
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:35:14 AM PST
by
Fintan
(Did you really think I could post such insightful replies if I actually read the article???)
To: paudio
Ahhh the Olympics. Pure armature sport with no tawdry influences from advertisers or money to spoil the game.
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:37:29 AM PST
by
mrexitement
(There's the right way, the wrong way, and my way. My way is also wrong but it's faster.)
To: paudio
This is the height of pettiness if it happens. This would be akin to NASCAR taking a victory away from jeff gordon or Jimmy Johnson because they pushed the Coke products off of thier car in victory lane.
Sure, slap them on the wrist, but to take away the medals for this would be the epitome of hipocracy
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:37:50 AM PST
by
commish
(Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
To: paudio
The Olympic committe risks becoming a laughing stock if they yank a Gold Medal over after the fact financial "concerns".
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:38:19 AM PST
by
G Larry
(Only strict constructionists on the Supreme Court!)
To: paudio
Finland would be laughed at for accepting gold.
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:40:02 AM PST
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: G Larry
The IOC is already a laughingstock. This would make it even more so. A good way to further ruin Olympic Hockey would be to take the medals away.
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:40:51 AM PST
by
alisasny
(Why is SHEEPLE not in the freeper spell check dictionary?)
To: paudio
Remember, Jim Thorpe! Hearing Sweden and losing Gold medal, that is the first thing that comes to mind. Then again, I'm nuts.
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:42:52 AM PST
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: paudio
They could fine them, but taking away their medal would be assinine
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:43:49 AM PST
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: mrexitement
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Sports have become tawdry and dull since the introduction of "Professionalism" and "Sponsors". Want proof? Just watch the Rugby or the Cricket. Or, for that matter, Ice Hockey (my passion).
Olympics? Shyeah, right, mate. Used to mean something to somebody. I care not a fig.
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:46:16 AM PST
by
DieHard the Hunter
(I am the Chieftain of my Clan. I bow to nobody. Get out of my way.)
To: paudio
The Olympics are a bit like the UN or the Belgian "court of justice". A politicized delusional group.
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:46:26 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: commish
So the "federation" violated a rule after the games and they are gonna punish the athletes by taking the gold medal they earned ?.......One more reason IMHO to stick a fork in the Olympics and call in done. Bureaucratic Bean-counter BB Brain BS...... Fine or file suit against the hockey federation for their advertising violation. Don't punish the team members for what they didn't have a say in.
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:48:53 AM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: paudio
I'm happy this is over for another four years. It was boring when it wasn't silly.
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:51:28 AM PST
by
NaughtiusMaximus
(DO NOT read to the end of this tagline . . . Oh, $#@%^, there you went and did it.)
To: paudio
So the Olympics Committee is taking the role modeled NFL/MLB's complete lock on sponsorship one step further? ROFL! Jerks.
To: paudio
I look forward to Court TV outbidding NBC for the rights to the next Winter Olympics.
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:55:12 AM PST
by
hflynn
( Soros wouldn't make any sense even if he spelled his name backwards)
To: paudio
"IOC rules state that only Olympic sponsors are allowed during the Olympic season"
Meaning the Olympics is not about sports but about money.
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posted on
03/05/2006 7:56:25 AM PST
by
CodeToad
To: July 4th
Well, that would be a royal load of crap if it happens. Agreed! Sounds as if fines are in order. No need to punish the players here.
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posted on
03/05/2006 8:00:46 AM PST
by
Fruitbat
To: CodeToad
Meaning the Olympics is not about sports but about money. When I was a kid, we used to be glued to the set to watch them. Now, it's just another program.
Plus, you have guys like Bode Miller showcasing that "true Olympic spirit." /s
With his 'tude, he should have stayed home and given someone else a shot.
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posted on
03/05/2006 8:02:19 AM PST
by
Fruitbat
To: paudio
When I heard that while in Turin, athletes couldn't be seen (even away from the event/venue) drinking or using a non sponsor item, I thought-that was crazy..
If you got caught drinking an RC Cola instead of a coke, you could be kicked out of the Olympics..yowsa.
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