Olympics anyone ?

[LondonBengal]

Just reading that Roger Goodell has expressed the view that american football could be a possible olympic exhibition sport in the future, and how Usain Bolts' 100m time might project into a sub 4.0 second 40 time, made me wonder if you American guys have enjoyed the London Olympics, and how the games have gone down stateside ?

It's been wonderful being here in London, with a warm glow hanging over the city during otherwise troubled economic times, and they've done a wonderful job of using the fantastic historic cityscapes as backdrops for the events; something Beijing couldn't have done.

Everything appears to have gone well so far apart from a couple of minor snags; (like showing the South Korean flag when the North Korean ladies football (soccer) team was introduced);...ouch !!!!!.

Having worked for some years in London and witnessing that pretty derelict part of town get a full facelift has been excellent, and all achieved at a considerably reduced price tag than what Beijing cost in '08.

We've even had some sunshine.....wow !

You Americans have pretty much dominated sports like swimming. I know its not technically a football post, but any views from across the pond ?
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[futbudds]

I've enjoyed it thoroughly. Our media coverage aside it has been awesome to watch. Women's soccer at old trafford, all of the crew events, Wimbledon, I even watched the coma inducing race-walking event because of where it took place. One thing that I haven't gotten enough of is hearing different accents during the events. Yeah I want a yank to win every event but I wouldn't mind at least a couple interviews from other athletes that can hold up to an interview in English. And 'Jess' is easily the biggest and best story in this games, with the dude from Grenada in second.

Bolt has about as much of a chance of playing football in the NFL as he does Getting playing time for Man U. One doesnt simply fall into either of those sports. It takes almost a decade to develop the touch it takes to play competitive futbol in europe much less for the premier league. And he would have to put on twenty pounds to play in the nfl.

[THE DUKE]

NBC tape delaying everything stole most of the mojo from these Olympics for me. I knew Bolt won the 200 tonight well before it aired. I really didn't care to watch at that point. I understand why they do it for the ratings, but for me i've watched a lot less than in the past.
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[INbengalfan]

The tape delay thing bothered me at first, but I adjusted. I love ther on demand option the day after. Just skip ESPN, see what you can on tape delay, but watch just what you want on demand. As a former distance runner, I had to wait a day to see the whole 10K run. Not that big of a adeal though.

I love the Olympics, BTW
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