GDT: Paris Olympics 2024
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2/3 of a tournament?can’t remember anything this extreme.
Nah, it all comes down to the play on the field. If they bring the goals like the first game it will be fine.
brentashton
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You mean drink Olympia one day, right?
Only place in NA it’s still brewed is here in Saskie. Who knew.
Beer drinking?
Bring Back Bucky
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I’m thinking fried chicken eating or riding an electric bicycle
yukoner88
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Eating fried chicken WHILE riding a electric bike
yukoner88
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Could you imagine if Jan Arden had a child with Rita McNeil?
Eh, I'm a pretty casual soccer fan at the best of times, but I polled the 4 super fans I know across Europe and the one I know from South America and between all 5 of them, none of them even thinks it's worth reading about or making a big deal over.
Even reading about it online, most non-Canadians don't really give a f***. It seems like it's mostly Canadians and Canadian media making a big stink about it.
The euros in particular seem to think it's just part of the game - and all of them referenced most club teams and many national teams getting caught doing it in some fashion or another over the years. The general sentiment across the non-canadians I've talked to is essentially they think everyone is doing it, just maybe not with drones - in the very least with affiliate journalists and well taken notes which gets the players the same information with the same ability to recognize it live from the field but is perhaps impossible to catch unlike a drone.
10 times teams 'spied' on their opposition: Leeds Utd, Chelsea, Man Utd...
James Bond probably shouldn't worry about the competition, but football has a long and proud tradition of subterfuge and chicanery - and it's usually pretty funny.
www.planetfootball.com
Pep Guardiola: Everybody spies in European football - I did it at Bayern Munich but won't at Manchester City
Pep Guardiola has admitted he was complicit in European football’s culture of spying while at Barcelona and Bayern Munich but insisted it was not a practice he would be repeating in England with Manchester City.
www.telegraph.co.uk
The other piece is that almost all of them are skeptical that he actually gives any real advantage - it's mostly just a "well they're doing it, so we need to do it too" kind of thing. It's also 2024 and there's so much scouting data available on every player and coach and system, what you actually get from watching a practice is sketchy. There's also kind of an idea that knowing what they're going to do is only half the battle and doesn't necessarily help when you're talking about the best in the world - for example everyone knows McDavid is going to skate really fast, but stopping it is another matter.
Certainly pro players that have been polled tend to agree;
But I mean - it's against the rules. We cheated, is what it is.
Ritchie Valens
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Remember the time those dudes from Canada got interviewed during an NFL game because they said they were the Canadian Olympic “Hide and Go Seek” team?
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Oh I agree, I meant in terms of general perception it’s going to be tainted. And it’s embarrassing that we were stupid enough to get caught doing it.Eh, I'm a pretty casual soccer fan at the best of times, but I polled the 4 super fans I know across Europe and the one I know from South America and between all 5 of them, none of them even thinks it's worth reading about or making a big deal over.
Even reading about it online, most non-Canadians don't really give a f***. It seems like it's mostly Canadians and Canadian media making a big stink about it.
The euros in particular seem to think it's just part of the game - and all of them referenced most club teams and many national teams getting caught doing it in some fashion or another over the years. The general sentiment across the non-canadians I've talked to is essentially they think everyone is doing it, just maybe not with drones - in the very least with affiliate journalists and well taken notes which gets the players the same information with the same ability to recognize it live from the field but is perhaps impossible to catch unlike a drone.
10 times teams 'spied' on their opposition: Leeds Utd, Chelsea, Man Utd...
James Bond probably shouldn't worry about the competition, but football has a long and proud tradition of subterfuge and chicanery - and it's usually pretty funny.
Pep Guardiola: Everybody spies in European football - I did it at Bayern Munich but won't at Manchester City
Pep Guardiola has admitted he was complicit in European football’s culture of spying while at Barcelona and Bayern Munich but insisted it was not a practice he would be repeating in England with Manchester City.
The other piece is that almost all of them are skeptical that he actually gives any real advantage - it's mostly just a "well they're doing it, so we need to do it too" kind of thing. It's also 2024 and there's so much scouting data available on every player and coach and system, what you actually get from watching a practice is sketchy. There's also kind of an idea that knowing what they're going to do is only half the battle and doesn't necessarily help when you're talking about the best in the world - for example everyone knows McDavid is going to skate really fast, but stopping it is another matter.
Certainly pro players that have been polled tend to agree;
But I mean - it's against the rules. We cheated, is what it is.
rboomercat90
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Anybody know if they stopped testing for pot at the Olympics? I’m watching the women’s skateboarding and there’s no way none of them are high.
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Yes, pot remains on the banned substance list of WADA. One can request a therapeutic exemption. I imagine all the skateboarders have one.
Davo Ikinzom
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Frank the Tank
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I don't know. You can look here:
Marijuana FAQ | U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
Find answers regarding marijuana’s position on the Prohibited List, its adverse effects on athletes, & information on marijuana legislation in the U.S.A.
www.usada.org
Davo Ikinzom
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I don't know. You can look here:
Marijuana FAQ | U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
Find answers regarding marijuana’s position on the Prohibited List, its adverse effects on athletes, & information on marijuana legislation in the U.S.A.
Gotcha, that link is just about cannabis though.
On a different note I found the women's archery pretty entertaining.
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I get using it for “therapeutic” purposes but being high during your event is crazy.
Davo Ikinzom
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These rules are pretty archaic and probably based on legality. Pot's considered performance enhancing but alcohol isn't.
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Frank the Tank
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tardigrade81
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Well boys
For the 5th straight Olympics now they have ignored my hand written note on a sticky note that I mailed them. I asked if I could compete in the Tae Kwon Do competitions
No response
Starting to think I’ll never compete. Sheeesh
For the 5th straight Olympics now they have ignored my hand written note on a sticky note that I mailed them. I asked if I could compete in the Tae Kwon Do competitions
No response
Starting to think I’ll never compete. Sheeesh
Frank the Tank
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MacNeil from 100m fly gold in Tokyo to the 5th in Paris... That sucks!
She was swum down by the Chinese swimmer from 75m onward to lose the bronze.
She was swum down by the Chinese swimmer from 75m onward to lose the bronze.
Frank the Tank
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A surprise bronze by Harvey in fencing is a great response after Mac Neil barely missed the podium.
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Canada beat France in soccer and are still somehow alive.
Barrsy
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and they went 3 minutes past the 13 minutes of extra time
Heavy Dee
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I encourage everyone to find that Vanessa Gills interview she gave after the game.
So moving.
So moving.
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