grammar fail.

also i note that a new volleyball has been released for the Olympics (given that is my sport of interest). they just love to bring out new balls i guess.

old:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3189/2742251561_0627f7b708_o.jpg

new:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3260/2743088566_9a18807dff_o.jpg

They've changed the wieght? That would surprise me - in Basketball, they regulate the diameter, pressure, weight and even the material the ball is made from (right down to the number of dimples per inch).

maybe it wasn't the weight, but he said it was basically different somehow. I thought the pitch was smaller last night because the ball seemed to be going for f***ing miles further than usual (considering that these guys weren't really exactly pro)

Article 15 Footballs
1. The footballs chosen for the Tournaments shall conform with the
provisions of the Laws of the Game and bear one of the following
three designations: the offi cial “FIFA APPROVED” logo, the offi cial
“FIFA INSPECTED” logo or the reference “INTERNATIONAL MATCH
BALL STANDARD”.
2. The FIFA Equipment Regulations in force shall apply to manufacturer
identifi cation on the footballs.
3. The footballs for the preliminary competitions shall be supplied by the
respective host association.
4. The footballs for the fi nal competitions shall be selected and supplied
by FIFA.

Taken from Regulations of the Olympic Football Tournaments

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Okay, so here's something that s***s me: When other organizing bodies get involved in the Olympics. Eg, FIFA for the Olympcs and the UCI for cycling. Utter bulls*** that USA Cycling used UCI points as their only selection criterion for selection for the 2004 and 2008 Olympics (which of course resulted in three straight years of Olympic selection for USA Cycling going to court); though having said that, Australia on the other hand used their own criterion for selection, and in both 2004 and 2008 resulted in Chris Jongeward ended up in court over olympic selection.

MLB seem to be sticking their noses into the Olympics too, by stating that no MLB player can compete in the Olympics (because it means for three weeks every four years some teams are without their star players, and they clash with their All-Stars game, when all the stars are over at the Olympics).

lol, nF your ability to read 0/10. See last sentence? i was making a point with my post. In thread you can do whatever you like, but thread titles are a different story. nF= fail.

I can have my own opinion thanks, bad spelling and deafness /=. I have loads of deaf friends (I know sign in 2 languages). Due to being unable to speak well in many cases, deaf ppl often develop excellent spelling and other forms of communication. I�ve been here 8yrs, how much longer has superboss been here than that? I have nothing against super and I�m loath to have to bring his name into this, but it was used in the explanation for my timeout.

As to the discussion, remember that the Olympics are regarded as an "amateur� event. Meaning, some professional regulations can have liberties taken against them. Hence the small changes to ball sizes, weights etc. It is now more difficult on the participants, as sport is far more a full time job for so many different sports now a days and athletes get used to PRO rules and regs. Sometimes it makes it more interesting; sometimes it makes it look really "amateur" just like the many miss hit kicks and passes from the soccer game last night.

wtf is Olympican? Isn't it Olympian?

i am getting an olympican fever i think.

I�ve been here 8yrs, how much longer has superboss been here than that? I have nothing against super and I�m loath to have to bring his name into this, but it was used in the explanation for my timeout.

If you don't like threads, ignore them and don't post in them. Certainly don't post in them to whine about them sucking, because it's annoying for everyone else that might actually be interested in the thread.

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(man this should be a rule)

Bobble.

I have decided that this Olympics I will be rooting for China. I mean who amongst us does not like rooting for China.

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Hey, that's fine and all, but come on - close them, not delete them.

Has this forum paid the appropriate fees to have the word olympics used ? ...

Has this forum paid the appropriate fees to have the word olympics used ? ...

We are all payed up with the Olympic Committee Licensing Branch for Use of the Word Olympics(tm) or any of the Olympics(tm) trademarks (tm).

Note the last (tm) is not a trademark on the word "trademarks", it's just an abbreviation.

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Back to back page wins! Who can stop this guy?

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I have seen you guys delete interesting threads for smaller spelling mistakes. I am confused why this is still here?

I think 'different story' was fine nf. You're a huge bitch of a school teacher.

I'm going to get detention for this.

I have seen you guys delete interesting threads for smaller spelling mistakes.

cool, thanks for the info

I am confused why this is still here?

I think you're the only person who can truly tell whether or not you're confused

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so when does the opening ceremony start?

You know it hasn't been a good game when your central defender (Spiranovic) makes the best attacking move all game with his beating 3 men then shooting on goal.

We are going to get bitch slapped sideways by argentina on sunday night after that performance.

We are going to get bitch slapped sideways by argentina on sunday night after that performance.

Yeh, sounds like the Argis are going to do aight in the whole comp. Who knows, Australia have pulled crazier s*** in Olympics before and come out on top

that was pretty f***en awsome with the drums at the start

lawl @ coles. wonder how much they paid for that ad.

This is the shiz niz!

i hope 7 cop the backlash they deserve for ruining the whole thing with ads in the middle of it. even their commentators dont know they are breaking. the chick (joanna griggs i think) needs to shut her trap.

Agreed^

But otherwise impressed!

the chick (joanna griggs i think)

sonya kruger


was pretty good, though i still think sydney's was better.

screen was impressive.

wowowow @ the globe that came up out of the floor.
breathtaking stuff

i was too boozed to care about most of it. in fact all i saw was a whole bunch of s***ty puppets. kangaroos on bicycles > puppets anyday.

f*** mandarin though, s*** sounds f***ing terrible.

I too was totally annoyed at channel 7 for putting ads in the middle of the opening ceremony. They were long too, money grabbing tools.

I watched The Phantom Menace

Go china for a spectacular technological event. (screen and s***)
agree with everyone else though. ads were s***, and completely unpredictable.
like they were stuck in at the most random of times. dam 7!

Aussie womens basketball on now

joanna griggs is hawt as

olololol womans sport.

OMFG WOMEN SUCK AT BASKETBALL!

Get the f*** off my TV!

They're playing at a highschool level, some of the "steals" are ridiculous.

get out the aussies are awesome:

id love to see em beat the us

holy s*** did any1 just watch the beach volley ball?

awesome game aus vs russia

I did. It was pretty funny when they showed the Aussie blokes cheering at the start of the natch. I wonder why they were there :/ The womenz were pretty alright though so I can't blame them.

Also Trog,

So apparently Australia are playing Serbia in the soccer. I find it absof***inglutely amazing that I didn't know this game was on until I came home to find it on television currently being played. Did Channel 7 do ANY f***ING PROMOTION for this game at all?

It's called a TV Guide. You can find it in the Sunday Mail or online. Best thing about it is you aren't reliant on a TV Channel for your knowledge about what is on as the info is there for you 24/7.

lol spook. i hears ya!

It's called a TV Guide. You can find it in the Sunday Mail or online. Best thing about it is you aren't reliant on a TV Channel for your knowledge about what is on as the info is there for you 24/7.

ORLY! I realise a TV guide exists; my point was despite all the blah on TV about the olympics, including by the minute updates on the smog conditions in Beijing, they still didn't find time to mention that the soccer was on.

Got Rice? :P

rice, so hawt right now (even with her nose)

amen spook.

bahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahah nF wins yet again

some photos from opening ceremony..

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/2008_olympics_opening_ceremony.html

rice, so hawt right now (even with her nose)

she is smoking hot, cares about the nose.

Aus vs. Argentina now.

Is soocer the most boring sport to watch, ever?

Don't get me wrong I used to play soccer and probably still would if I had time and wasn't lazy, but watching it....

lol dice. i feel old!

whens some awesome sports like shooting or bmx coming on?
i cant beleive that DRESSAGE - horse ballet is considered a sport let alone an olympic one.

Is soocer the most boring sport to watch, ever?

It's definitely in the top three

Is soocer the most boring sport to watch, ever?

nah golf is number one

are these our local times?? (est) cause I was hoping to watch the Australia vs Croatia Bball game which is apparantly 10pm EST:

http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/sports/schedule/-/basketball

wow, did our basketball guys sark

lols, australia is coming second on the adjusted medal tally!

http://www.commbank.com.au/20million/

only losers use the adjusted medal tally

The Adjusted medal tally is more accurate than the way the Americans always show medal tallies - ordered by medals won. Somehow they think a silver or bronze is equal to a gold medal, so having 2 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze is better than South Koreas 3 gold and 2 silver. Idiots.

Typical that our only medals so far have come in the pool though.

http://users4.nofeehost.com/icewyrm/Images/1218353925725.jpg

wow, did our basketball guys sark

How did you watch the game??? :|

bush looking at bush

How did you watch the game??? :|

on my television!

channel 7 didnt broadcast the whole game:

That's gay.. I tuned in at 10pm and waited for like 20minutes flicking between sbs and channel 7 and no bball :(

Aussie tv really sucks, so does Foxtel.. 5 or so f***ing sports channels and not one is broadcasting the olympics from what I've noticed..

blame channel 7 matey

bush looking at bush

LOL

Aussie tv really sucks, so does Foxtel.. 5 or so f***ing sports channels and not one is broadcasting the olympics from what I've noticed..

But Foxtel is showing the Football this weekend. So there'll be no need to switch to SBS.

ok, usually athletics is boring as s*** (just like the swimming)

but i dont mind that aussie bird who got silver in 100m hurdles

my favourite bit of the race is where the american favourite f***s up with 2 hurdles to go

bush looking at bush

as if that wouldn't be polished

http://www.karikuukka.com/peking2008/100m/

this is pretty cool

tghe funniest thing is that is the guy using the mac, also the chinese people hehe

don't u think this time is wonderful~ i'm lucky for i had just moved to China a few months before the Olympics, and i root for our country of course

lol?

what the f*** is going on here?