BBC Gone Olympic Mad?

I do think a lot of the content on the website could be pushed to just Sports section but otherwise I've been really enjoying the coverage.

The immediate notifications from the BBC Sport app are great too.
 
I dont see a problem. Like people have said its only 2 weeks every 4 years, there is a lot of interest in it, and we're not exactly missing much because of it.
 
SPG said:
Each gold medal has cost £5.5m, majority of which is lottery money which John major changed the funding laws after the disaster in Atlanta.

Personally i think athletes should not be funded by lottery money aside from facilities which should be open for everyone outside of working hrs and the weekend.

Rest should be from government or sponsorship.
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The lottery money is targeted on events and people with a real chance of getting medals. Get no realistic results and particularly no medals money goes away.

That has been working and is probably the best way to convert funds into medals which reflects well on the country and encourages sport by creating role models.

This is frequently mentioned by successful athletes, role models and funding.

Generic funding does not promote elite sport and the country not doing well at an elite level gets the sport less coverage.

The more people that get into sport of their own free will and especially using their own money the better, takes more than facilities to get people to train or simply enjoy a sport on a regular basis.
 
shiver said:
I do think a lot of the content on the website could be pushed to just Sports section but otherwise I've been really enjoying the coverage.

The immediate notifications from the BBC Sport app are great too.
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TBH ALL sport should be only on the sports section not the headline news.

F1 when Lewis wins, football when some player gets signed or whatever, its not headline news, and anyone remotely interested would go and get the info anyway.

Used to annoy the hell out of me when I did watch F1, on the lonf haul races I would often watch the replay, but it would be headline news on the BBC before they even ran the replay. Its like there is a total disconnect between the main news team and the sport news. (saying that all outlets are the same from what i can tell)
 
The Olympic coverage is quite magnificent. It justifies the license fee by itself. I think the fee is far too low. I would willingly sell my house and all its contents to help the BBC.
 
Hotwired said:
The lottery money is targeted on events and people with a real chance of getting medals. Get no realistic results and particularly no medals money goes away.

That has been working and is probably the best way to convert funds into medals which reflects well on the country and encourages sport by creating role models.

This is frequently mentioned by successful athletes, role models and funding.

Generic funding does not promote elite sport and the country not doing well at an elite level gets the sport less coverage.

The more people that get into sport of their own free will and especially using their own money the better, takes more than facilities to get people to train or simply enjoy a sport on a regular basis.
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The only role model is hormone enhancement drugs, and how easily you can spoof them from detection.

All that cash is just drug money. :D
 
was superb last night...seeing chris hoy cheering jason kenny round, laura trott being choked up (how they can speak two minutes after coming off the track is beyond me)

my missus was crying cos laura trott was sobbing when her partner won!
 
makes the drab european championships recently held look at bit tedious

lovely to see people doing things in the right spirit, those 2 5000m runners who fell then helpod each other finish even though she could have run off and finished by herself
 
SPG said:
Each gold medal has cost £5.5m, majority of which is lottery money which John major changed the funding laws after the disaster in Atlanta.

Personally i think athletes should not be funded by lottery money aside from facilities which should be open for everyone outside of working hrs and the weekend.

Rest should be from government or sponsorship.
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What you think people are going to appreciate funding from taxpayers? Funding from Lottery fund was one the better ideas government had people don't mind coughing up for their lottery ticket.

People who think sponsorship will pay for everything is living in lala land. Anyone who remembers past Olympic glory when the best we could come up was Eddie the Eagle, yeah, we sure want a return to those days.
 
If you don't like the lottery funding sports, don't do the lottery, donate directly to your preferred charities instead. Lottery funding is a far better alternative than state-sponsored / taxpayer-sponsored systems.

If you don't like the Olympic coverage saturating the BBC, watch something else. It's only for 2 weeks every 4 years and it's not like there's a shortage of other TV channels or streaming services.

Too much sport on the main news? Possibly. But the Olympics is a major world event, one of the few times countries come together in a [mostly] friendly and celebratory atmosphere. And Team GB doing so well *is* newsworthy. The doping scandals have inevitably put a damper on things, but for the most part competitors have been great role models and shown a good Olympic spirit.
 
Blackjack Davy said:
What you think people are going to appreciate funding from taxpayers? Funding from Lottery fund was one the better ideas government had people don't mind coughing up for their lottery ticket.

People who think sponsorship will pay for everything is living in lala land. Anyone who remembers past Olympic glory when the best we could come up was Eddie the Eagle, yeah, we sure want a return to those days.
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I think that in general seeing our athletes do so well does wonders for inspiring people of all ages to get into sports and fitness. That can only be a good thing.

Just remembering how many young kids were turning up to try rugby at my old club after England won the world cup and having the same kind of reaction to things like cycling, rowing and gymnastics is great.
 
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