Am I the only one who thinks that these winter olympics

[TNNurse]

are a horrendous mistake???
I fear for the athletes and for the technicians that are there for the broadcasts. Notice NBC and ESPN are willing to sacrifice technicians but not the on-air folks.

[Blues Heron]

1. they died when they switched the winter games to be out of sync

it killed the vibe of it to have olympics every two years instead of every four. These should have been canceled.

[kcr]

15. I agree

I loved watching the Olympics growing up. They definitely lost something when they switched to every 2 years. That and the fact IOC keeps awarding them to countries with horrible human rights abuses.

[dutch777]

2. This is not the only thing stupid going on but you are right.

A relative who does sound production work was sent from home on the east coast to Vegas for a show production gig. Was supposed to be a week. Just as they got set up, he and others on the production team came down with Covid and got quarantined to their hotel room. Production cancelled. Then, after 5 days, even though he was still testing positive, they put him and others on planes back home. Anyone wonder why we can't get this pandemic under control, wonder no more.

[canetoad]

19. Did this happen to be

Adele's gig?

[dutch777]

21. I don't think it was anything that high profile.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

3. The Winter Olympics are great. Bring it on! Skiing, skating, sledding, big downhills, love it all.

[NoRethugFriends]

4. And the hell with any human rights in China, or Hong Kong or Taiwan

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

11. Oh FFS, enjoy life a little, I can't cure all the problems in the word, I demand entertainment

[NoRethugFriends]

12. I do enjoy life

There are other ways to do that than supporting a vicious expansionist China

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

13. ...aaaand fuck politics, I support all the athetes on their lifelong journey...

[NoRethugFriends]

17. Fuck Politics? This is general discussion, not sports

[canetoad]

20. That would fit nicely,

Centred, on a tombstone.

" I demand entertainment"

[Poiuyt]

14. The IOC does seem to seek out trouble spots to host the Olympics.

[Claire Oh Nette]

10. Curling!!!

like shuffleboard, on ice!

[MagickMuffin]

5. When I heard that NBC wasn't sending commentators I thought YES

No Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinsky talking throughout the whole routines. But then I heard they would be doing it remotely I got sad about it.

But I generally hit mute for 30 seconds to stop the constant talking over the musical performances. PET PEEVE of mine!

[maxsolomon]

6. The cat is out of the bag.

Most of the sports involved have been fairly successfully running full slates of competitions this year: skiing, sliding, boarding, skating.

Athletes are vaccinated, they're young and in extraordinary condition. Not many co-morbidities to be found.

It's not a horrendous mistake. The mistake was giving the Winter Olympics to the RCC, just like giving it to Putin in Sochi was. The ICC have no ethics.

[TNNurse]

7. Perhaps I was not clear.

The fact that they are in China is horrendous and scary.

[maxsolomon]

9. There is less Covid there than here.

China has a "Zero-Covid" policy that would make Anti-Mandate nutjobs in Amurka & Yurup lose their minds. More than they already have, if that's possible.

[NoRethugFriends]

18. China lies like crazy about their COVID situation

[RobinA]

8. I Don't Have Problem

We've already had a summer Olympics in this mess. Most of the sports are carrying on. China wasn't the most fortuitous choice, but that decision was made ages ago. We have vaccinations, boosters, etc. Time to start returning to some normalcy. I don't get leaving the on air people at home, but whatever.

[brooklynite]

16. They may not be using their own remote techs...

Just taking the Olympic Committee feed.