Commonwealth Games

[Trung]

8 days to go and I'm not excited... why?

anyone else feel the same way as me?

[connico]

ahh because its ****ty?? boring and unexciting?

[3oneday]

Apparently they budgeted for 90,000 tourists, at current count they will have 14,000 !!! Pretty underwhelmed to be honest, cricket is on, footy is starting, who really cares about games that mean so much to so few ??? My opinion anyway.

Pete

[jimandr]

8 days to go and I'm not excited... why?

anyone else feel the same way as me?

Can I be the first to say I wouldn't want to feel the same way as you, particularly after one of your 6.00am finishes before a 6.30 tee time. I'm disappointed Pete didn't come up with something clever in response to that open door.

The sad fact is that the Comms aren't a big deal any more. Once upon a time, back in the 70's, athletes never got to go overseas, hardly ever repped for their country, and the Commonwealth was pretty strong. None of those things are true any more.

The Olympics are going the same way in many sports. It used to be the de facto world championships, now its just another event, albeit the one with the best endorsement opportunities for the winners.

I think I heard or read somewhere that Asafa Powell, the 100m record holder, was getting half a mill in appearance money. Did anyone else hear that? If its true, how could it happen?

[3oneday]

I think I heard or read somewhere that Asafa Powell, the 100m record holder, was getting half a mill in appearance money. Did anyone else hear that? If its true, how could it happen?

I would suggest that if it is true, Melbourne have paid him to come once they realised the whole thing was gunna be a white elephant. There was an initial rumour he wasn't coming, obviously cash has changed that !!!

Now no Thorpe as well, someone will neck themselves when they work out the losses on this I reckon !!!

Pete

[Trung]

Pete, please explain..

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Rare-Yellow-G...QQcmdZViewItem

[3oneday]

It's the bosses (not the wife, the boss), you want ??? dunno whether I can negotiate it down though

[Trung]

I thought you are the boss there.... hehe

[3oneday]

I thought you are the boss there.... hehe

there's always someone signing the cheques mate !!!!!

If the boss says sell this on your ebay thingy, what can I say ????

[Grunt]

I would suggest that if it is true, Melbourne have paid him to come once they realised the whole thing was gunna be a white elephant. There was an initial rumour he wasn't coming, obviously cash has changed that !!!

Now no Thorpe as well, someone will neck themselves when they work out the losses on this I reckon !!!

Pete

Don't Victoria buy everything when they host something, they have prior record of buying event from other states, F1, motoGP, Heinekin Classic etc. And some of them do go broke while they are there too.

[Flowergirl]

Going to the hockey, squash and athletics. John and Stacey ( daughter) are going to a few others. Stacey lives about a five min walk from the MCG. Very handy indeed. I'm looking forward to it.....But will be glad when all the hype has gone.

[Fishman Dan]

I'm on board. These things don't come around often, i think we get complacent when we become good at things. It's not about us winning (everything).

And it's true - BARASSI WALKS ON WATER!

[Bruce]

WTF was the crap with the duck??! But at least they showed some sense in having John Landy be the last with the baton. A genuine athlete/statesman.

I saw the Queen today. She waved at me as I walked down La Trobe St. I decided I should wave back. Lots of athletes wandering around town as well. Finally made me feel a bit excited.

I will be avoiding public transport as much as I can for the next week or so though.

[Matt 3 Jab]

i cant get excited, were going to win, who's worried ???
just not as good as the olympics at all!

[Grunt]

did not even realise they started last night

[Jarro]

i'm not really that interested in it at all

sorry :-\"

[Ona]

not real interested but was shouted a seat to the opening. never cared to watch these things on the box but was alright being there on the night. twas a great light show and the music weren't bad, didn't make any effort to understand the significance behind any of it. got a little excited shouting the names of previous host cities, sang the anthem like my life depended on it and despite being no fan of the monarchy i made the effort to lean over the people infront and chatch a glimps of the queen

biggests dissapointments.. Howard, sth africa and new zealand all got a good cheer oh and the poms turned up

[Jarro]

Ona, what did you think of Delta's song ...... sound OK in the flesh ??

[Ona]

gotta say, most of my attention was on either the fireworks/sparks in the middle or the indian sportswoman at the end of my.. binoculars. nah, she sounded good, surprising because she was unsighted much of the time

[AndyP]

Because of these crappy games, regular viewing on other channels has been changed.

Just great.

[Courty]

I'm really sick of everyone trying to out-do each others opening ceremony.
What the hell was it all about? It seemed so abstract and just didn't flow, especially when they keep cutting from the stadium to the rowers, to the train of fish and back. If it requires commentators to explain what's going on, they shouldn't bother. The Sydney opening ceremony shat all over this one.

[Fishman Dan]

Go channel 9. Women's basketball..

"Progress score. We can't go to this game in country Victoria (Traralgon) because there are no TV camera's".

And because it was played about 8 hours ago, and their 'Progress Score' was half way to Australia's 146-46 win.

[goughy]

Because of these crappy games, regular viewing on other channels has been changed.

Just great.

Channel 7 programming exec said they were gonna go after channel 9 by not changing their programs and playing their strong stuff against the commonwealth games.

Channel 10 program exec said he hadn't yet worked out which of the two he was gonna watch..........

[AndyP]

Channel 7 programming exec said they were gonna go after channel 9 by not changing their programs and playing their strong stuff against the commonwealth games.

Channel 10 program exec said he hadn't yet worked out which of the two he was gonna watch..........

Well, Channel 7 pulled out a B-grade mini-series to replace Prison Break on Wednesday and Lost/Amazing race on Thursday. Strong stuff?

Channel 10 have resorted to repeats of their regular shows.

Have the Games finished yet?

[Jarro]

damn glad i have Foxtel