Olympic Classes

Edited by Tornado_ALIVE

Originally posted by Bumble Originally posted by Tornado_ALIVE Sailing coaches, sail makers (that work along side team), Sport Nutritionists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Doctors, Team Managers ect.......  These jobs will be lost.  Most of these could move onto working with the new Olympic sport but Coaches and Sail makers will loose work and many may not have a job.....  Yes these are peoples careers on the line.  Jobs created in our sport because of the Olympics. Call me a stinking capitalist but I don't think anyone has the right to a job, just because they have it already, no matter how it is paid for. The worry that sports nutritionists or coaches will have to do a real job is motivation enough for me to axe the whole thing

That is just a dead set tossa's comment.....  What gives you  the right to have your job.....  You work at educating yourself, find employment in your choosen field yet you do not deserve to have the job because some punter does not think it is a worthy job.  And because you do not think they are worthy jobs, you believe that sailing should be dropped from the Olympics on those grounds.  Have a listen to your self.  Do you realise how stupid you are comming accross.

Originally posted by Bumble Originally posted by Tornado_ALIVE Read my comments.....  The format in the Olympics could be better and I believe they should look at the Volvo format......  That was my point.....  What is yours??? My point is really just to sit on the fence and wind you up. I do however side with myself and Stefans last post, the development argument for keeping the Olympics is weak, very weak. When I said 'like its always been' I am identifying non profit, non Olympic campaigners have been driving the development of sailing as a sport for as long as it has been as we know it. The Tornado may be a better boat for it, but boats in general have improved/developed in spite of the Olympics, not because of it. I love the look of the Volvo format, but the Olympics cannot accomodate that level of sponsor satifaction and as mentioned before detracts from truely great events such as by parading as the summit of sporting achievement - which it is cos you say it is.... right?

Yes development will occur out side of the Olympics........  But with the Olympics it will happen a LOT QUICKER.  Just because you do not see it yourself does not mean it does not happen.  It is as I mentioned before, government funded development as apposed to out of the sailors pockets.....  Tell me that is not a good thing and is not a worthy point......  Or you can be a tossa and ignore it.

Yes classes have developed in spite of the Olympics, however the Olympics has also helped them developed also.

As far as the Volvo Series.......  I believe the Olympics can accomodate that level of MEDIA satifaction buy partly or fully adopting the same format as the Volvo Champion Series and some Olympians have been talking about this.  That is guys that have been there and know what they are talking about.

And finaly, if your point is to wind me up......  Then you need serious HELP.

i think trolling is more commonly known as being an idiot. due to a troll suposedly being very dim.

ps if its wrong you didnt hear it from me.

Edited by mike ellis

Originally posted by Bumble The worry that sports nutritionists or coaches will have to do a real job is motivation enough for me to axe the whole thing.

I'm getting a bit reluctant to commnt on your more blatant trolling, butI suspect the whole nutrition thing is one of the biggest things the circus has done for the average sailor. We've learmed that its not a great idea for sailors to spend all day ut on the water with no food and drink, and believe me that used to happen...

Originally posted by Tornado - Alive I tell you Sailing coaches, sail makers (that work along side team), Sport Nutritionists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Doctors, Team Managers ect.......  These jobs will be lost.  Most of these could move onto working with the new Olympic sport but Coaches and Sail makers will loose work and many may not have a job.....  Yes these are peoples careers on the line.  Jobs created in our sport because of the Olympics.

Call me a stinking capitalist but I don't think anyone has the right to a job, just because they have it already, no matter how it is paid for. The worry that sports nutritionists or coaches will have to do a real job is motivation enough for me to axe the whole thing.

Originally posted by Tornado ALIVE Read my comments.....  The format in the Olympics could be better and I believe they should look at the Volvo format......  That was my point.....  What is yours???

My point is really just to sit on the fence and wind you up. I do however side with myself and Stefans last post, the development argument for keeping the Olympics is weak, very weak. When I said 'like its always been' I am identifying non profit, non Olympic campaigners have been driving the development of sailing as a sport for as long as it has been as we know it. The Tornado may be a better boat for it, but boats in general have improved/developed in spite of the Olympics, not because of it.

I love the look of the Volvo format, but the Olympics cannot accomodate that level of sponsor satifaction and as mentioned before detracts from truely great events such as by parading as the summit of sporting achievement - which it is cos you say it is.... right?