Team GB - More like Team BigFlop?

[Androcles]

How much money have we spent on a load of Olympic Athletes to get them to their peak and win medals, with home advantage? Have we got it? Usual answer:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/.../0/olympics/19059978, plus see links to day 1,2 and 3 for an even bigger list of losers.

No wonder the French are laughing......

[rsvp]

National pride? supporting the home team? looking forward to further wins? - there are some things more important that pounds per athlete. Lighten up a bit and enjoy the games - if you can't do that keep quiet about it.

[Mick-Talbot]

Laughing at what?

[craft1948]

The French don't laugh............they snigger and curl their lips.

[bibblebub]

perhaps the french are laughing because they've escaped from france for a couple of weeks

[Androcles]

"how much money have we spent'

Does it cost us money?, I thought sponsorship dealt with that."


http://www.uksport.go...ow-the-funding-works/

[sherrardk]

And you are best in the world at what, exactly?

[RATTER15]

Androcles, you really do have a very unpleasant attitude, thankfully the rest of the world see things differently!

[Mick-Talbot]

What is your point ?

[Androcles]

See also:

http://www.guardian.c...n-2012-olympics-money

[rockyracoon]

I can't find where it says the tax payer pays, I may have overlooked it whilst skimming through, could you point me in the right direction. Thanks.

[rsvp]

AB24 - Androcles 0

[rockyracoon]

I can't see from that link either, it just says where the money for the Olympics came from not where money for athletes does.

[Androcles]

Rocky, click on the diagram in the articleand it opens up to show that most of the money is from Public Funding - i.e the tax payer.

Also worth a look is :

http://www.gamesmonit...20City%20Contract.pdf

and
http://www.gamesmonit...al_on_Hospitality.pdf

[Duncer]

I wish I was a loser like Mr Wiggins? I wish I had as little dedication as Victoria Pendleton? I wish I was as useless as our lady rowers? I wish I was as ineffective as the equestrian team? I wish, oh balls, I'm off to bed!

[Mick-Talbot]

No wonder the French are laughing......









They won't be laughing now...

[MoonRocker]

yawn another abao pr1ck! well done!

[Mick-Talbot]

Now I know who you are......

[boxtops]

Glass half empty then - how boring.

[DTCwordfan]

Bronze medal for the dumbest question of the year then?

[MoonRocker]

I was referrijg to the original poster Mick.