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Too Much Volleyball, Not Enough Olympics
NBC ^ | FReeplancer

Posted on 08/18/2008 9:08:16 PM PDT by freeplancer

I tried to watch the Olympics but am I the only one that is sick of Beach Volleyball? This makes four nights now that they have shown the same women's duo and I know more about them than all other athletes (except Phelps). I give up and I guess politics is not the only thing NBC can ruin.


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: olympics; overexposed; volleyball
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To: freeplancer

I don’t mind the beach volleyball so much, although I agree that the coverage has been excessive, but for the love of God- can we get some live track and field events?? What is the deal with tape delaying everything 12 hours?


21 posted on 08/18/2008 9:23:00 PM PDT by notfornothing
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To: freeplancer
Anyone check out the women's weightlifting the other night? Frightening.

After that freakshow I was very ready to see some cute American volleyball girls in bikinis kicking butt on the beach.

22 posted on 08/18/2008 9:23:59 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: RKV

Don’t think I said anything personal did I? If I did about you I take it back. Generically speaking, my point is its a free country and change the damn channel if you don’t care for the show (maybe even turn it off and read a book, or play a sport).


23 posted on 08/18/2008 9:24:18 PM PDT by RKV (He who has the guns makes the rules)
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To: politicalwit
Who gives a rat’s a$$ about beach volleyball?

YEAH! Who needs those half-naked gals running around the sand huh!? I'm going back to my treehouse with my pals Spanky and Alfalfa and hang up the ole' NO GIRLZ ALLOWED sign...ROFL

24 posted on 08/18/2008 9:24:24 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (BARACK OBAMA WILL SAVE US! HE HAS RISEN!!)
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To: freeplancer
Look, I like amazonian women in skimpy threads just like the next guy,

You're truthful anyway. lol

25 posted on 08/18/2008 9:24:40 PM PDT by Snurple
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To: freeplancer
****am I the only one that is sick of Beach Volleyball?****

I like the women's beach volleyball. But hey that's just me. I suspect that since NBC shows beach volleyball during their regular season tht might be why they're showing more of it.

26 posted on 08/18/2008 9:25:20 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule (I support the death penalty for people who go to baseball games and talk on their cell phones.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Aiyeeee, my eyes!?


27 posted on 08/18/2008 9:25:44 PM PDT by RKV (He who has the guns makes the rules)
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To: Mr. Mojo

That’s a man baby.


29 posted on 08/18/2008 9:26:35 PM PDT by Snurple
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To: Irish Queen

I believe I read somewhere that the India beach volleyball was going to wear more modest uniforms.


30 posted on 08/18/2008 9:28:02 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule (I support the death penalty for people who go to baseball games and talk on their cell phones.)
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To: freeplancer
but once in a while I want to see some death and destruction (boxing, basketball)

I'm a huge professional boxing fan, but amateur boxing is almost as lame as synchronized swimming. A light jab counts exactly the same as a knockdown on the judges scorecards -- quantity over quality. And political decisions rule the day.

Olympic basketball is another story. I've quite enjoyed watching "The Redeem Team" annihilate the competition.

31 posted on 08/18/2008 9:28:15 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: freeplancer

The boxing is on CNBC every night usually from 5-8PM.


32 posted on 08/18/2008 9:29:17 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule (I support the death penalty for people who go to baseball games and talk on their cell phones.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I agree, but I'm still not getting enough coverage of Alicia Sacramanoe.

Did anyone just see Nastia Luiken get screwed out of a gold medal?
33 posted on 08/18/2008 9:29:49 PM PDT by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: randomhero97

Yep, again. Her routine was clearly superior and she ended up losing the tiebreaker. ....to a Chinese (underage) girl, not surprisingly.


34 posted on 08/18/2008 9:31:24 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: randomhero97
****Alicia Sacramanoe.****

She could kill a man just by looking at him. LOL

35 posted on 08/18/2008 9:32:06 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule (I support the death penalty for people who go to baseball games and talk on their cell phones.)
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To: freeplancer

You only get it on one channel?

Not only have I watched beach volleyball but I’ve watched rowing, boxing, diving, gymnastics, fencing, softball, baseball, basketball, regular volleyball, a game I don’t know the name of, track and field, table tennis, badminton, tennis, wrestling is on tonight, and that Phelps guy.


36 posted on 08/18/2008 9:32:44 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby (I was born with nothing. So far I have most of it left.)
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To: randomhero97
Did anyone just see Nastia Luiken get screwed out of a gold medal?

Yes, I saw that. I think they should have computers and cameras do the judging. Sometimes I just think the judges do some PC-thing and want to be "fair" to everyone. Yuck.

Alicia got cheat as well. If those Chinese girls were 16 years old...I'm Queen Elizabeth.

37 posted on 08/18/2008 9:38:23 PM PDT by madison10
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To: freeplancer

last Olympics I faithfully watched from beginning to end were the 1984 Olympics.


38 posted on 08/18/2008 9:42:05 PM PDT by Ancient Drive
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To: randomhero97
Had I been that young lady, I should have accepted the silver medal, placed a laptop on the silver medal pedestal, hung the medal around the laptop's neck (lid raised, of course), and stepped off to the rear, retaining a respectful posture for the ChiCom national anthem.

The sooner the Olympics rid itself of ''judgment'' sports, the sooner a lot of utterly incompetent ''judges'' will be unemployed, and the sooner the Games will become enjoyable again.

I trust everyone here has noted carefully that, absent the ''judgment'' sports (gymnastics, diving, trampoline, et al.), the ChiComs would be sucking wind, bigtime.

39 posted on 08/18/2008 9:42:48 PM PDT by SAJ (lid)
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To: B-Chan
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40 posted on 08/18/2008 9:42:54 PM PDT by hercuroc
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