Does the IOC have any credability left?

[gwano]

I guess the IOC only checks for banned substances and leaves age verification up to the individual countries participating.
thats like leaving the wolves to watch the sheep.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_gym_underage_chinese

[Charon]

Does the IOC have any credability left?

No.

Picking China as the host country is another indication of that. If North Korea promised to pony up the potential revenue they would be in the running.

This just reminds me how FU Athens was last time around, remember that?

The US women's team choked, for sure, but what if the Chinese had to actually run women athletes as well instead of the Hello Kitty set? Might have been a lot closer.

Even makes you start to wonder about that GI bug that hit the US swimmers. Probably just a natural travel thing, but their lack of ethics (the Chinese) opens the door for doubt.

Charon

[gwano]

No.

Picking China as the host country is another indication of that. If North Korea promised to pony up the potential revenue they would be in the running.

This just reminds me how FU Athens was last time around, remember that?

The US women's team choked, for sure, but what if the Chinese had to actually run women athletes as well instead of the Hello Kitty set? Might have been a lot closer.

Even makes you start to wonder about that GI bug that hit the US swimmers. Probably just a natural travel thing, but thier lack of ethics (the Chinese) opens the door for doubt.

Charon

absolutely agree with you. I think the chinese are so desperate for a "World Class Showing" that they will do anything to achieve their goals.
even leaves the door open for the volleyball coaches father and mother knifing maybe being organized.

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You know when I was watching that womens gymnastics match I thought that they looked awfully young, but just chalked it up to the Chinese just being naturally small, but now I don't know, I'm sure that the Chinese government would fake passports to get these girls on the Olympic team. 

[Charon]

even leaves the door open for the volleyball coaches father and mother knifing maybe being organized

I wouldn't put it past them in spirit, but that reflects poorly on their "harmony" pitch so probably not.

What tools though. They're so used to having people not dare question anything, I bet they are surprised this is even an issue. With the IOC that was a safe bet, but the western scandal media is another story. Probably didn't even bother to Google to see what type of digital paper trail was out there on the little ones.

charon

[DYNAMITE]

I don't know what you guys are talking about



 

[lasersailor184]

That picture's hilarious. 



Anyway, the IOC and Noble Prize Committee has lost credibility years ago.  To merely accept an athlete's passport at face value for age is riwhoopeediculous.  And with this wrestling fiasco?

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MSNBC is about to do a story about this issue when they come back from break.

[alskahawk]

 No.

 After Utah? no, After China? No. The Balco investigation didn't start with Bond's. It started with track and field. The IOC is nothing but a bunch of out of work politicians working on a new slush fund. Credibility?

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Anyway, the IOC and Noble Prize Committee has lost credibility years ago.  To merely accept an athlete's passport at face value for age is riwhoopeediculous.  And with this wrestling fiasco?

There was also another refs bad call that cost the Brazil's mens volleyball team a shot at a medal today, they were playing against Russia and a ref had made an extremely bad call about a ball being out of bounds, the announcers just couldn't believe how this ref could have called the ball out when it was about 3ft in, this call cost Brazil a 3pt swing due to the bad call and when a player on Brazils team was issued a yellow card for arguing the call which also gave Russia a point.  Russia ended up winning the match over the favored Brazil team and that call had alot to do with it by costing them that round.  Like I said the announcers where just dumbstruck that a line judge could miss a call by that much, they spent alot of time during the rest of the match talking about it, and how it could end up costing them the match by losing that round due to the bad call, which it did.   

[RedTop]

I haven't watched 1 minute of the olympics. None what so ever...and won't....It's all a joke. China even HAVING the olympics is a joke. All the B.S. cheating and the judges...no. Where are the outcrys and what nots form the oh so PC crowd,,,,why didn't the U.S. boycott he olympics from the moment the world KNEW china was getting them. For all the do gooders in the world....who seem to want to be all over the world prmoting KumBaYa politics....The silence is deafening.

[mg1942]

dude... lighten up.

Swimming, Mens Basketball, and Womens Volleyball are worth it.  Watch these if you really hate the Chinese, you won't see them there racking up Gold

[RedTop]

dude... lighten up.

Swimming, Mens Basketball, and Womens Volleyball are worth it.  Watch these if you really hate the Chinese, you won't see them there racking up Gold

Mens Basketball? NBA stars? Professional athletes. I can watch the NBA for that. Beating up on 6 ft guys that couldnt beat alot of US womens teams isn't exciting.

I see your point....I don't hate the chinese....its not that. I don't think we should even be there. The IOC even letting china be considered much less awarding them the olympics is just imho wrong. The countries rep. and what they do imho doesn't cut the mustard for being the host country for such an event.

There are MANY other places that could do it. And , do it better. It's become a specticle....One I don't care anything about watching.

Sry...for the hijack....Im out.

[DREDIOCK]

absolutely agree with you. I think the chinese are so desperate for a "World Class Showing" that they will do anything to achieve their goals.

I was just talking ot my mother about this
Based on how Rah rah NBC has been with its almost constant pro China rhetoric (propaganda)

It wouldnt surprise me to find out they bought NBC's support.

Has anyone else noticed how Pro China NBC has been?
I mean I can understand them being polite about China. But the way NBC is presenting the country more closely resembles people tripping over themselves trying to kiss someones arse

[gwano]

dude... lighten up.

Swimming, Mens Basketball, and Womens Volleyball are worth it.  Watch these if you really hate the Chinese, you won't see them there racking up Gold

I don't hate the chinese. I dislike the chinese political system.
Per capita, were absolutely trouncing them from a medal count standpoint.
on a Per capita basis they should finish with 4 times our medal count. That wont happen. So the communist olympic machine fails again.