Star back in?

Is it in the olympics charter that two countries can have a joint bid.

Originally posted by kingdacks GRF your comment is one of the stupidest i have seen on this forum.

Agreed. Why does GRF bother even sailing if he hates it so much? I don't really like golf so I don't play it. grrrrrrrrr

Olympic sailing doesn't have to be on the sea. In 1900 it was on a river. So if the Swiss bid, no probs, it can be on a lake. I can't think of any lanlocked countries with cities big enough to bid where there isn't a big lake nearby.

Originally posted by pondmonkey [recycled argument] who gives a f**k about the TV viewers... that won't watch any sailing regardless.  If the Olympics is ONLY about the TV, then screw it.... sailing's buggered whatever class 'they' happen to vote in, including kiteboard racing, which is also sh*t to participate in, as well as watch as they use even less accessible kit than the windyplankers.

I know I'm a bit late in this conversation, but I agree completely.  Actually, I'd go further.  We've had this carrot of 'improving sailing's profile as a sport through TV coverage' hung in front of our noses for the past couple of decades, and I guess we all fell for it at some stage and it sounds as through iGRF is still a believer, but  you know what?  I think it's a con.  Whatever sport is shown on TV, it will gain some viewers, perhaps lots, perhaps not so many.  The number of those who will then get their backsides off the sofa and take steps to actually have a go is, in my estimation, a fraction of a fraction of a percent.  The overwhelming majority just want to sit there with a can of lager and watch.

Edited by Sheetpuller - 25 Mar 13 at 6:21pm

Originally posted by Sheetpuller I guess we all fell for it at some stage and it sounds as through iGRF is still a believer, but  you know what?  I think it's a con.

Personally I agree, it is a con, but as far as the longevity of the sport is concerned and despite having the One Design Class I helped create, totally destroyed by it, I still believe if only in that proud parents push little johnny and jessica into the melting pot in bigger numbers than they might otherwise if it were just what it has always been, a little elitist pastime for the better off.

Knowing what happens as I do, I loath and despise everything about the way the kids are churned through the system, having lost not only the class, but my own offsprings enthusiasm at the hands of those tasked with the training and selection, it is a shame the gift is squandered, but, still better we have it than not, so when 'they' the powers that be make ludicrous decisions that jeopardise the future of sailing in the Olympics, I tend to become annoyed.