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[Other Sport] Basketball v Skeleton Bobsleigh
- Thread starter ManOfSussex
- Start date
We thought you were the one!Fair enough. I would say though that these obscure sports do benefit the nation - seeing Team GB win medals encourages people to get out and have a go at sport. And it's also good entertainment for us.
For something like basketball I'd like to see local councils providing a place for kids to play. We don't need to try and create a decent national team, just provide a space for people.
Yes. We'll presumably finish miles lower than that, but better the odd medal than none.
The people watching the Winter Olympics?
Why would you think watching bobsleigh would encourage someone to go out and have a go at 'sport'?
There are plenty of multi use courts and random hoops in parks across the country, but very little incentive to use them.
As already said, you can draw a straight line between Olympic success in cycling and the current boom in all cycling.
I find it hard to believe funding for bobsleigh will have any impact of the health and wellbeing of Great Britain.
Because kids see Brits winning medals and think 'I want to win a medal, what do I need to do'?
I thought the incentive was simply that these kids are bored with nothing to do, but some would like to play basketball? Are we supposed to pay the kids to play or something?
GB winning medals encourages kids to get into sport. Our sleighing athletes will have done other sport first.
I think you're very wrong, but that's ok.
studio150
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I think it is certain that in a few years if you asked the British public what is the skeleton 99.99% won't say an Olympic winter sport and apart from the bloke who got the bronze and his family no one will be able to name any British skeleton competitor.
As for medals don't most just watch the winter Olympics to see people crash and fall over on the ice and snow.
- Jul 10, 2003
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Since when has knowing anything about anything been a pre-requisite for a rant on NSC ?
Butch Willykins
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Geestar
New member
Wouldn't happen in Germany
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BIG. FAT. THIS.
Not quite skeleton, but I have been down the Olympic run in Turin in a 4 man bob, and can say without fear of contradiction, it is the most exhilarating and at the same time shit-scarrying thing I have ever done in my life. Running around a basketball court in afore mentioned squeaky trainers is neither of those things.
Agreed. Dom Parsons used to be a 400m runner I think.
So was Amy Williams. Good for athletes if they know success is still an option if they're not quite right for athletics.
Raleigh Chopper
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It's all opinions, did not mean to come over all arsey with Easy 10, I don't get figure skating as a sport, it's dancing, but look at how well we have done at it over the years, but for me it is not sport.
I think where Easy fell down on his dislike of Basketball is that if he heared sqeaky trainers on a polished floor then he has only watched a game in a sports centre or school gym, you can't hear trainers over the noise of crowd and the loud music during play.
Also if it was piss easy to score every game would be 300-300, it is extremely skilful to shoot 3 points consistently.
Close games within 2 or 3 points right up to the end are exciting especially last second baskets to win.
Wow that was brilliant, I now really want to play basketball. 
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The skeleton bobsleigh didn't get funding until the first sign of success. Badminton has had its funding dropped because of a lack of medals.
Sussex Nomad
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What's with this 'Skeleton' shit? Used to be toboggan in my day. I remember John Noakes and Blue Peter.