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The Olympic Games is supposed to be the best sporting show on Earth... so why are there so many empt
Daily Mail ^ | 10 Aug 2016 | Anthony Hay

Posted on 08/10/2016 5:31:52 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Olympic organisers insist they have sold 84 per cent of the 7.5million tickets they were hoping to sell to the public but images from this summer's Games tell a different story...

Another major factor is the fact that Brazilians have simply not taken a fancy to the likes of hockey and rugby sevens as they are not traditional South American sports.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: RightGeek

‘O’ face or pain face!....


41 posted on 08/10/2016 6:58:11 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I think that more people are watching the unsanctioned purse snatching and apple picking events:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0ztLtpuwkM

Look at the view count!!


42 posted on 08/10/2016 7:16:21 PM PDT by bakeneko
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To: Billthedrill

Well, to be fair to the Rio state residents, their state does average
500 homicides per month so the Dead Body Olympics can be
viewed cheaply.


43 posted on 08/10/2016 7:19:18 PM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: tomkat
I assume that was the point -- or else whoever did it was a fiercely inept censor!

The Iranians did a much "better" job, although that patch of butt and scandalous ponytail sticking out call for a few dozen fatwahs.


44 posted on 08/10/2016 7:20:18 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Police Lives Matter)
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To: ez

“I haven’t watched a single event this year because I don’t wish to hear his smarmy voice telling me I need to have my gun controlled.”

This year, Costas is all about identify politics, focusing on the number of Muslims,women Muslims, women, black women, brown women. Every time I’ve walked by a TV set with the Olympics, Costas is blathering on about the RECORD number of female athletes for the U.S., a none too subtle hint that we ALSO need a female President.


45 posted on 08/10/2016 8:36:01 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: catnipman

Blech. Glad I missed it. Thanks for the info.


46 posted on 08/10/2016 8:39:22 PM PDT by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is..." - Milton)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Maybe because of American dominance?


47 posted on 08/10/2016 9:31:34 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: bakeneko

For the bus riders with an open window.

A Conibear #120-2 concealed in a wig and a fake hand holding the Iphone.

May lose some dexterity.


48 posted on 08/11/2016 6:50:34 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I thought that I would do a poll at some point:

Who is more corrupt?

FIFA

IOC


49 posted on 08/11/2016 6:55:42 AM PDT by alarm rider (Basically, we are toast.)
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To: alarm rider

That appears to be a Hobson’s choice!


50 posted on 08/11/2016 8:04:17 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

It’s not supposed to be the best, it’s supposed to be the biggest. It’s bringing all these mostly marginal sports together to do them all at once, often times in a slightly modified format to make time for all the other sports.


51 posted on 08/11/2016 8:06:10 AM PDT by discostu (If you need to load or unload go to the white zone, you'll love it, it's a way of life)
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