Will Sochi Olympics be a disaster?

spring_mountain_high · Jan 27, 2014

AZ gets a mention about 1/2 of the way down!

http://www.theprovince.com/sports/V...rking+snowboarding+courses/9432123/story.html

gmcunni · Jan 27, 2014

spring_mountain_high said:
AZ gets a mention about 1/2 of the way down!

http://www.theprovince.com/sports/V...rking+snowboarding+courses/9432123/story.html

ha, now the russians will be looking for Nick to make that text disappear. ..

bvibert · Jan 27, 2014

spring_mountain_high said:
AZ gets a mention about 1/2 of the way down!

http://www.theprovince.com/sports/V...rking+snowboarding+courses/9432123/story.html

Cool!

A link would have been nice though.. :roll:

twinplanx · Jan 27, 2014

Umm, so this guy flew to Russia on his own dime? I don't get it, if I was flying halfway around the world for work I would demand a large payment upfront.

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from_the_NEK · Jan 27, 2014

spring_mountain_high said:
AZ gets a mention about 1/2 of the way down!

http://www.theprovince.com/sports/V...rking+snowboarding+courses/9432123/story.html

Uggh. I reposted that text from the text that somebody else "captured" and posted on the TGR forum. I TAKE NO CREDIT for it!

BenedictGomez · Jan 27, 2014

Good lord, is that what's called "journalism" these days?

She sees a friggin' post on an internet message board and then frames 80% of her "article" on it.

twinplanx · Jan 27, 2014

BenedictGomez said:
Good lord, is that what's called "journalism" these days?

She sees a friggin' post on an internet message board and then frames 80% of her "article" on it.

I know right, she could of at least introduced herself in the new members thread. Sheeesh ;-)

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ScottySkis · Jan 27, 2014

NHL is talking about pulling out if terrorism happens. Hopefully this stupid terrorism stopped soon. Give Peace a chance. End of political rant.

BenedictGomez · Jan 27, 2014

Scotty said:
NHL is talking about pulling out if terrorism happens.

Huh?

I'm assuming this is another "lost in translation" Scotty post? That's like pulling out if pregnancy happens.

deadheadskier · Jan 27, 2014

BenedictGomez said:
Huh?

I'm assuming this is another "lost in translation" Scotty post? That's like pulling out if pregnancy happens.

I think what Scotty is trying to say is that the NHL reserves the right to call back NHL players if there's legitimate terrorism concerns.

If I'm Gary Bettman and so much as a legitimate bomb scare happens early in the games, I'm calling the players back. The NHl is a multi billion dollar business. A severe terrorist attack on its players in Sochi could have severe financial ramifications on the league.

ScottySkis · Jan 28, 2014

deadheadskier said:
I think what Scotty is trying to say is that the NHL reserves the right to call back NHL players if there's legitimate terrorism concerns.

If I'm Gary Bettman and so much as a legitimate bomb scare happens early in the games, I'm calling the players back. The NHl is a multi billion dollar business. A severe terrorist attack on its players in Sochi could have severe financial ramifications on the league.

Up that is what the NHL said yesterday.

Bene288 · Jan 28, 2014

The NHL isn't even going to the next Winter Olympics because they're in S. Korea. The only reason they're involved with this one if because a select group Russians in the league that threatened to void their contracts to go to Sochi.

BenedictGomez · Jan 28, 2014

Bene288 said:
The NHL isn't even going to the next Winter Olympics because they're in S. Korea. The only reason they're involved with this one if because a select group Russians in the league that threatened to void their contracts to go to Sochi.

That's more or less a rumor. And the 2nd biggest Russian name voided his contract anyway!

silver rider · Jan 28, 2014

Rio does not have the intelligence/police structure like the Russians. I hope they can deter any attacks during the Olympics! Rio should learn from this but they do not have the money to spend to equal that effort.

silver rider · Jan 28, 2014

I think the media has a responsibility to broadcast all of the sports. All of these competitors have worked hard to qualify and compete. NBC will only show what they want!

silver rider · Jan 28, 2014

I imagine the host nation will have control of the media at least in the ability to shut down what they don't like

BenedictGomez · Jan 28, 2014

silver rider said:
I think the media has a responsibility to broadcast all of the sports. All of these competitors have worked hard to qualify and compete. NBC will only show what they want!

All? You realize that's just not (even remotely) possible.

soposkier · Jan 28, 2014

NBC is streaming everything online live for free if you have a cable subscription.

johnnyari · Jan 28, 2014

soposkier said:
NBC is streaming everything online live for free if you have a cable subscription.

Any level of cable? Or do you need to have access to NBCSN already?

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