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16/04/18
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Originally posted by nickyjames
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I have a lot of mates on the coast and many of them went and those that have kids took them. They LOVED it!!!
I feel for these athlete with our attitude in that a lot of their opposition is inferior to most on the world stage. These are our BEST, usually out top 2 or 3 in their chosen sport. They get zero recognition, zero profile on the whole and a few of them might get 15 min of fame when the Olympus roll around every 4 years.
I love the Commonwealth games because it is that one time in four years where I get to watch sports I never usually watch. I get to see Aissies fulfilling dreams who have worked for years usually sacrificing pay to dedicate themselves daily to a sport where they will earn nothing and it will cost them plenty .
Of course the olympics is great and far superior in competition. But my feeling is that if I can sit down watch Our football codes with the players who might have teams with players who might be the 100th best NRL or AFL players in Aus or the A League teams who would get trounced by just mediocre club sides in many world comps, then I am only too happy and LOVE seeing what the best of Australia can produce in a variety of sports and some are world ranked.
The cycling, swimming , athletics are always favs. But I just loved a day like today when I watched a lot of the marathon, then some rugby 7’s and then a thriller in the netball all on the one day . It’s also the only time I will ever watch lawn bowls and to be honest, I think it is quite entertaining,
I don’t watch every bit, but I love just switching over and checking out the menu of sports and our BEST competing in their chosen sport. Maybe I am in the minority but considering we get the Olympics/com games on 2 year rotations, I look forward to it every time.
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Even Peter Beattie has admitted they got the whole games wrong, see ABC OnLine and paywall courier mail.
Nothing from Palaszszuk but given the bailey ETU, the public will have to demand she resigns. At the moment, only Peter Beattie is taking the blame for long rambling speeches and Palaszszuk is blame shifting.
IMHO Queensland ALP is destroying the reef, energy policy and now the Commonwealth Games. Thank the federal system, they cannot do much else. Even the sand on the Gold Coast is eroding due to urban overdevelopment. That is not good for sport.