2022 Winter olympics.

[Skybird]

I'm in complete boycott mode, not helping to rise their viewer numbers. If all TV quotas would have collapsed the IOC and the broadcasters maybe would get the message.

[mapuc]

I'm a sport freak watch as much as I can. Happy that the Danish ishockey team manage to qualify for the quarter final by beating Letland 3-2.

There they shall up against Russia(ROC)

Right now I'm watching two men bobsleigh.

Markus

[Rockstar]

Only way I’d watch the Winter Olympics is if they held ice fishing competition in my home town of Washburn, WI. Followed up with 12 oz curls and stories of who had biggest fish that got away at Patsy’s Bar.

[Jimbuna]

I pretty much agree with Sky but mainly because of which country is hosting the event.

[Platapus]

I am not happy with the coverage from US sources. All they seem to focus on are the events where Americans are expected to win medals.


I understand that bias, but I would like to see other events once in a while.


Many of the US coverage wastes a lot time with endless repeating of the athlete's back story. Put that stuff on a webpage and free up some time to cover the less trendy events!

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I pretty much agree with Sky but mainly because of which country is hosting the event.

Why "but"? The hosting country is my reason to stay away, too. Else I maybe would have watched figure skating and hockey a bit.


A bit.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I pretty much agree with Sky but mainly because of which country is hosting the event.

I agree with you but I wanted to see the Olympics Hockey games so, what can you do ? Shrugs.

Originally Posted by Platapus

I am not happy with the coverage from US sources. All they seem to focus on are the events where Americans are expected to win medals.


I understand that bias, but I would like to see other events once in a while.

Many of the US coverage wastes a lot time with endless repeating of the athlete's back story. Put that stuff on a webpage and free up some time to cover the less trendy events!

That's the worst part is the coverage on what so and so had for breakfast and the mindless chatter droning on. Pro football is just as bad. I would rather see the Olympics in it's entirety without the mindless commentary.

Originally Posted by August

I haven't really gotten to watch much TV in general recently but I understand that our kids stacked up pretty well against the ChiCom hordes. We beat them soundly in Womens Curling which which of course is a huge loss of face for them.

Thanks for the update August as I haven't really been able to keep up with all the events. My lady has followed more of it than I have. I watched some figure skating competitions with her and some skiing events and bobsledding. Figure skating amazes me as I know how hard it can be to balance on skates. The stresses on the ankles and leg muscles is rough too

The U.S Men's Olympic Hockey team plays tonight. The team to beat as always is Canada for both the men and women's U.S teams. Hockey is practically a religion in Canada so their standing in Hockey is hardly a surprise. What surprises me is how well the German Hockey teams have played. When one thinks of Hockey, countries like Sweden, Norway, Finland, Czechoslovakia and Russia come to mind, aside from the U.S and Canada. They have placed some great players in the NHL.

By the way August, whats the deal with Massachusetts and how many professional and Olympic hockey players come from your state or have played in college there. Many from your area are playing in the NHL and Olympics. The only other place like that that I know of is Minnesota that has produced some great players as well. I believe that Aktung lived there and perhaps has some insight as well.

[August]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

By the way August, whats the deal with Massachusetts and how many professional and Olympic hockey players come from your state or have played in college there. Many from your area are playing in the NHL and Olympics. The only other place like that that I know of is Minnesota that has produced some great players as well. I believe that Aktung lived there and perhaps has some insight as well.

Hockey has always been huge around here. Kids learn to skate and play at a very young age. We got youth leagues, semi-pro, street hockey and The Bruins who are as popular, (if not more popular to some folks from Southie), than the Red Sox, Celtics or even the Patriots.

[nikimcbee]

I've watched a minute of luge on youtube. The thing that struck me, nobody cheering, just the guards monitoring the event.
I usually love hockey, bobsled and luge. Not this year.


Then there's women's hockey. They should just have the US play Canada in a best of 7 series and let them just beat the crap out of each other.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by August

Hockey has always been huge around here. Kids learn to skate and play at a very young age. We got youth leagues, semi-pro, street hockey and The Bruins who are as popular, (if not more popular to some folks from Southie), than the Red Sox, Celtics or even the Patriots.

That makes a lot of sense. I'm guessing it's a regional thing as I know that kids in Canada, not all that far from you, are in some cases I know of, on skates at 2 and before. Literally. Hockey isn't as big in the southern states as it is in the Northern states and for the obvious reasons. The cold climate in the winter and freezing in the northern states and regions there makes for great in prompto skating rinks and Hockey games.


A friends dad made us a makeshift ice skating rink on property they had and I well remember the hard fought hockey games we played on it on cold, snowy and frigid Saturday Mornings / afternoons. Sometimes, we even got his dad to play too. We won a lot of Stanley Cup finals and Olympic games on that ice but I must have missed out on the medals ceremony and hoisting the Stanley Cup. My friends dad, who is a great guy and had an equally great sense of humor, gave us one his favorite coffee mugs with tape around it and lettering that said " Stanley's cup. " Somehow, it just wasn't the same.


Well, it's official. The U.S women's Olympic Hockey team lost to Canada in the Gold Medal game 3-2. I stayed up tonight to watch it. I wouldn't have missed it. I expected it to be an uphill battle against the Canadian team. While disappointed for the U.S team, I am happy for the Women's Canadian team. Well done ladies.

The Women's Canadian team played behind an incredibly stingy defense and great goal tending. They deserved to win. The Men's U.S Olympic Hockey team also lost to Slovakia last night, letting them tie the game with 30 seconds left on the clock. They played a scoreless overtime only to lose in the shootout. All in all, if you love Hockey, there were great games to be seen in the Olympics this year.

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Then there's women's hockey. They should just have the US play Canada in a best of 7 series and let them just beat the crap out of each other.

I thought that the format used by the NHL in the Stanley cup playoffs best of seven as you mentioned, would be great as well. Unfortunately, I think the time constraints of the Olympics would not make that format feasible. It would be great Hockey to see though, no doubt.

[Moonlight]

Originally Posted by Skybird

I'm in complete boycott mode, not helping to rise their viewer numbers. If all TV quotas would have collapsed the IOC and the broadcasters maybe would get the message.

I am too, I haven't watched a single minute of it and have no intention to either, as for that doping scandal, I will be boycotting everything to do with any Olympic and World championships from now on. A farcical decision which has given the under 15's a free license to carry on doping.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Moonlight

I am too, I haven't watched a single minute of it and have no intention to either, as for that doping scandal, I will be boycotting everything to do with any Olympic and World championships from now on. A farcical decision which has given the under 15's a free license to carry on doping.

Heck, she's 15, more a victim of her corrupt and cynical environment than an intentional violator herself.



I would have not allowed Russian teams to participate under any alibi fake name alltogether in the loast years. Shows how deeply corrupted and criminal the whole IOC et.al. is


Its all political hypocrisy and corruption: IOC, FIFA... them all.



It stinks, from top to bottom.