Sports

Is The Olympics A Bankrupt Concept?

Thu, 2011-09-08 18:48 — ThistleWeb

Every major sports event is different, but there are many similarities. I'm going to compare the football World Cup to the Olympics as I explore this concept. Both are world events, with the focus of the world on one country for a month or so but both have very different financial back stories.

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Why Are You Drawn To Some Sports & Not Others?

Tue, 2011-09-06 19:14 — ThistleWeb

There are hundreds of sports all competing for supporters, funding and platforms. Why are we drawn to say rugby but not swimming, or hurdling but not baseball? I've been thinking recently that sports essentially fit into two broad categories, in that it may be the category that makes a sport easier to adopt or reject.

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