Week 2 of the Olympics is beginning, and there are a few curiosities worth mentioning.
Last weeks Predictions: 1 week into the tournament and I have already lost many of my bets. Thankfully I did not put any money on it!
- 2 of my 3 places in the Tennis podium are gone. Only Rafa(Nadal) is left there
- Same goes for my tennis doubles
- Canada is yet to record a medal… maybe they can get one in rowing or women’s soccer? Tough, but not impossible. The 11 promised medals are impossible. That’s for sure.
- Argentina has 1 medal so far. Soccer, Basketball, Field Hockey and some boating sports may still have some medal hope, but 10 looks like a stretch
The Phelps Legend: The other day I was looking over a forum on the Olympics and came to the realization that if Phelps was a country on its own he would be tied for 4th overall in most Gold Medals and 14th overall in Total Medals!!
This is nuts people! And then I remembered a picture from a couple of years ago (the one you can all see here), where a fan is cheering for an athlete to become the president.
Jokes and technicalities aside (Manu wasn’t born in the US), there is a bigger and more interesting issue here.
Have Sports & Entertainment reached such a prominent status in the everyday life of individuals that professionals in those areas are easily being carried over to other areas such as politics?
All around the World athletes and celebrities are taking over important roles in society: from a former referee as chief of Security in Sporting Events, to celebrities becoming senators overnight, to even the Terminator becoming a puppet (or the Governator, Governor, whatever you wanna call him) of one of the most important states in the US.
Is this the beginning of the end?
Spanish Team Pic: Come on people. Let’s chill-out here for a second. Whoever was taking the picture thought it was funny and went ahead with it. What is strange is that nobody from the 15th people in the picture was able to say something and/or stop it. But as long as they apologize is fine, right? No big deal. What a coincidence though that this is happening on the preview of the Spain-US match-up in Beijing…
Petition: The Raptor (yes, Toronto’s mascot!) is in Beijing. If anyone sees it (or him or her, although that would be kinda wrong) post a comment with a link to it! Would be fun to see which event is lucky enough
Tennis: Nadal will officially appear as #1 on Monday. Big moment for tennis. Roger that?
NFL: the Buffalo Bills played an exhibition game in Toronto last night. The entire deal gives the American Franchise about $10 million per game, while if they were to play those games in Buffalo that would give them no more than $4-5 million. Pretty good deal don’t you think? Is it a threat to the CFL? Who? What?
That’s it for this week, and don’t forget to post your comments, even if you think they are not great! You don’t need to sign up, just select the Name/URL option and just add you name/nickname/signature or whatever you like.
See you back soon!
Last weeks Predictions: 1 week into the tournament and I have already lost many of my bets. Thankfully I did not put any money on it!
- 2 of my 3 places in the Tennis podium are gone. Only Rafa(Nadal) is left there
- Same goes for my tennis doubles
- Canada is yet to record a medal… maybe they can get one in rowing or women’s soccer? Tough, but not impossible. The 11 promised medals are impossible. That’s for sure.
- Argentina has 1 medal so far. Soccer, Basketball, Field Hockey and some boating sports may still have some medal hope, but 10 looks like a stretch
The Phelps Legend: The other day I was looking over a forum on the Olympics and came to the realization that if Phelps was a country on its own he would be tied for 4th overall in most Gold Medals and 14th overall in Total Medals!!
This is nuts people! And then I remembered a picture from a couple of years ago (the one you can all see here), where a fan is cheering for an athlete to become the president.
Jokes and technicalities aside (Manu wasn’t born in the US), there is a bigger and more interesting issue here.
Have Sports & Entertainment reached such a prominent status in the everyday life of individuals that professionals in those areas are easily being carried over to other areas such as politics?
All around the World athletes and celebrities are taking over important roles in society: from a former referee as chief of Security in Sporting Events, to celebrities becoming senators overnight, to even the Terminator becoming a puppet (or the Governator, Governor, whatever you wanna call him) of one of the most important states in the US.
Is this the beginning of the end?
Spanish Team Pic: Come on people. Let’s chill-out here for a second. Whoever was taking the picture thought it was funny and went ahead with it. What is strange is that nobody from the 15th people in the picture was able to say something and/or stop it. But as long as they apologize is fine, right? No big deal. What a coincidence though that this is happening on the preview of the Spain-US match-up in Beijing…
Petition: The Raptor (yes, Toronto’s mascot!) is in Beijing. If anyone sees it (or him or her, although that would be kinda wrong) post a comment with a link to it! Would be fun to see which event is lucky enough
Tennis: Nadal will officially appear as #1 on Monday. Big moment for tennis. Roger that?
NFL: the Buffalo Bills played an exhibition game in Toronto last night. The entire deal gives the American Franchise about $10 million per game, while if they were to play those games in Buffalo that would give them no more than $4-5 million. Pretty good deal don’t you think? Is it a threat to the CFL? Who? What?
That’s it for this week, and don’t forget to post your comments, even if you think they are not great! You don’t need to sign up, just select the Name/URL option and just add you name/nickname/signature or whatever you like.
See you back soon!
3 comments:
To no say that Canada is going to achieve at least one gold is definitely of too conservative manner. Although
we probably aren't going to reach 'Phelp' Status. The olympics have not even crossed the 1/2 way mark, and there are plenty of favoured golds left for us Canadians to sneak up and grab. Rowing, soccer, baseball and the list continues.
The least we can do for the Canadian Olympians is support them! They weren't born yesterday... I’m pretty sure every last Canadian representative in the "Forbidden City" right now are aware that they haven't won any medals. The pressure is on, and they are aware of the situation. There have been multiple "Canadian Records" reached in Beijing and I think it’s an accomplishment... or at least a start for Canada. Jordan's right… even though a week has past in the Olympics; Canada still has plenty of time to catch up to Togo :)
I really hope Canada gets a medal very soon, cuz as time passes, the pressure for every single athlete increases.
Hopefully as late as this weekend we can see a Canadian reaching that honour
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