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Should we boycott the Olympics?

  • 24-07-2016 06:39PM
    #1
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭


    The IOC's chickened out over WADA's evidence of state wide doping in Russia- should countries boycott the Olympics to show disgust at the IOCs decision?

    I think a huge cloud hangs over Rio now


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  • #2
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    That's just the pollution level


  • #3
    Specialun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    No. They're all at it


  • #4
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,712 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    No. I could be too old in 4 years times. I'm no Bernard Lagat.


  • #5
    1878_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭1878_


    Yeah, but only because they're boring as hell now with all the pro athletes and non-Olympic like sports such as golf.


  • #6
    enzo roco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭enzo roco


    No Irish athlete has ever doped. Fact.


    My dad used to drink with lance armstrong. Fact.


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  • #7
    Burial.
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    If you think the Russians are the only ones at it at a large scale then you're very naive.


  • #8
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Burial. wrote: »
    If you think the Russians are the only ones at it at a large scale then you're very naive.

    I certainly don't but when WADA prove systematic doping IOC just turn a blind eye and pass the buck


  • #9
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,606 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Burial. wrote: »
    If you think the Russians are the only ones at it at a large scale then you're very naive.


    If it's organised by the state they're taking the piss in fairness.
    Disgraceful if they are being allowed in,makes a mockery of the whole thing.Could be the beginning of the end for the Olympics if viewers and sponsers will lose interest.


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Would be very hard on the Irish competitors who have sacrificed so much to get there, plus it would have zero impact, plus it would spark a huge diplomatic rift.


  • #11
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    It's far too late now to do it and anyway the IOC allowing the individual bodies to decide if their competitors can compete is sensible.

    Why should someone who worked all their life to compete in the Olympics have their dream ruined because we as a country have to make a stand and make a stand that would make absolutely no difference.

    It selfishness of the highest order from people who won't be remotely affected by the decision.Of course it's very easy to take a stand when you are not sacrificing anything yourself.


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  • #12
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,025 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    You should boycott every sport and competition if you are worried about doping as I believe every sport has a problem.

    "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others" - Winston Churchill

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #13
    [Deleted User]
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    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    It's far too late now to do it and anyway the IOC allowing the individual bodies to decide if their competitors can compete is sensible.

    Except where there is compelling evidence that that body is itself up to its eyes in corruption. The IOC have completely funked it, I think it's a bad decision. But I don't agree with the idea that Ireland should punish our own athletes to take a stand.


  • #14
    ClovenHoof
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭ClovenHoof


    I have boycotted every ****ing olympics.


  • #15
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Drugs are bad.


  • #16
    Venom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    Your Face wrote: »
    Drugs are bad.

    M'kay.


  • #17
    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,043 ✭✭✭Berserker


    ednwireland wrote: »
    You should boycott every sport and competition if you are worried about doping as I believe every sport has a problem.

    Every sport? What about curling, snooker, chess, sailing and bowls to name but a few.


  • #18
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,946 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Berserker wrote: »
    Every sport? What about curling, snooker, chess, sailing and bowls to name but a few.

    Not to mention Snap, Kerbs and Conkers.


  • #19
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,293 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    enzo roco wrote: »
    No Irish athlete has ever doped. Fact.


    My dad used to drink with lance armstrong. Fact.

    Michelle Smith/ De Bruinne


  • #20
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,293 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Berserker wrote: »
    Every sport? What about curling, snooker, chess, sailing and bowls to name but a few.

    Snooker is not a sport, it's the same as darts, a pub game that got out of hand.


  • #21
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Snooker is not a sport, it's the same as darts, a pub game that got out of hand.

    How do you define a sport.

    Depending on your bias you could argue that pretty much any sport is not a sport.


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Snooker is not a sport, it's the same as darts, a pub game that got out of hand.

    If archery and golf are sports, and other events based on accuracy and perhaps more mental stamina than physical or athletic ability, then so is darts. It's just one measured in millimetres rather than time.


  • #23
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,606 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Is Pokeman a sport?


  • #24
    JRant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,301 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    The simple fact is that they're all at it. I imagine if the testers could actually get into China we'd find the same results. The yanks have been at it since forever and the brits have the mythical "marginal gains"!!!

    I mean some american woman broke a near 30 year record at a 100m hurdle event the other day. The record belonged to a super de duper juiced up Eastern European from an era when they were jacked up on so much testosterone that it ruined them in later life. Like that's not one bit suspicious at all ...

    Our problem is we don't do it often nor good enough to compete and I'm glad we don't.

    The olympics is a freak show and should be enjoyed as such.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



  • #25
    Dice75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 644 ✭✭✭Dice75


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Michelle Smith/ De Bruinne

    Not at the Olympics


  • #26
    jelutong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭jelutong


    1878_ wrote: »
    Yeah, but only because they're boring as hell now with all the pro athletes and non-Olympic like sports such as golf.

    You could throw in Yachting,Showjumping ,Synchronised Swimming ,Tennis etc.
    Anyone what sports were featured when the Modern Olympics started ?


  • #27
    JRant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,301 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Michelle Smith/ De Bruinne

    Cian O'Connor :)

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



  • #28
    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,043 ✭✭✭Berserker


    JRant wrote: »
    Cian O'Connor :)

    His horse you mean.


  • #29
    JRant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,301 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    Berserker wrote: »
    His horse you mean.

    Only their mothers can tell them apart

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



  • #30
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    kneemos wrote: »
    Is Pokeman a sport?

    Sure why not! The amount of young lads I saw today with their smart phones out tearing around the place!


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  • #31
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Would be very hard on the Irish competitors who have sacrificed so much to get there, plus it would have zero impact, plus it would spark a huge diplomatic rift.

    Well if no one makes a stand - does it mean they don't care either, what if an Irish athlete is denied a medal by a Russian one???

    The Olympics is tainted anyway.


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