Thread: Get that torch - new challenge

Originally Posted by momo8

Zip you could also denationalize rugby teams as they promote violence

What a crock of shit!

Have you ever been to a rugby match? The fans are great and all support their teams standing (or sitting) alongside each other. I'm not saying there has never been violence at a rugby match, but I know of none.

^ True. I've never seen a fight in the stands at an American football or hockey game, either (we do continue to allow hockey players to fight, but only if they take their gloves and helmets off).
I won't have to recommend banning the Beijing Olympics. China will decimate protesting Tibetans and many athletes will withdraw in protest. Their countries won't because they need China's trade. I bet nobody in the west even knows how to make a pot or a shirt anymore.

NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES
The National Olympic Committees (NOCs) propagate the fundamental principles of Olympism at a national level within the framework of sports activity


ORGANISATION OF THE NOCs

There are currently 205 National Olympic Committees over five continents.

INDEX OF ALL NOCs




ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES

The NOCs come together at least once every two years in the form of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) to exchange information and experiences in order to consolidate their role within the Olympic Movement. In this way the ANOC helps the NOCs to prepare for their meetings with the IOC Executive Board and Olympic Congresses.

The ANOC also makes recommendations to the IOC regarding the use of funds deriving from the television rights intended for the NOCs. These recommendations focus on the implementation of the Olympic Solidarity programmes in particular.

The ANOC is currently made up of the 205 NOCs and is split among five continental associations:

AFRICA: ANOCA (Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa)

AMERICA: PASO (Pan American Sports Organisation)

ASIA: OCA (Olympic Council of Asia)

EUROPE: EOC (European Olympic Committees)

OCEANIA: ONOC (Oceania National Olympic Committees)


MISSIONS OF THE NOCs

The National Olympic Committees (NOCs) promote the fundamental principles of Olympism at a national level within the framework of sports. NOCs are committed to the development of athletes and support the development of sport for all programs and high performance sport in their countries. They also participate in the training of sports administrators by organising educational programs.

Another objective of the National Olympic Committees is to ensure that athletes from their respective nations attend the Olympic Games. Only a NOC is able to select and send teams and competitors for participation in the Olympic Games.

National Olympic Committees also supervise the preliminary selection of potential bid cities. Before a candidate city can compete against those in other countries, it first must win the selection process by the NOC in its own country. The National Olympic Committee can then name that city to the IOC as a candidate to host the Olympic Games.

Although most NOCs are from nations, the IOC also recognises independent territories, commonwealths, protectorates and geographical areas. There are currently 205 NOCs, ranging from Albania to Zimbabwe.

olympic.org


Tell IOC No Torch in Tibet! Please contact your country's National Olympic Committee


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The Games are an huge buisness,million of dollars running.

Farang phuut maak and all Farang mai phuut.You live in a democratic country,or?

afraid to get kick out of this (for you) cheap country?
What kind of men yr are? Nisai mai dii

Bhaichung pulls out of Torch relay
Hindustan Times
Tuesday, April 01, 2008



When the Olympic Torch’s worldwide relay reaches New Delhi next month, Bhaichung Bhutia will not be there. That’s because the India football captain is teaming with those who think China’s isn’t handling the Tibet issue right.

Bhutia didn’t tell the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as much. Replying to a faxed invitation sent by president Suresh Kalmadi ‘in the first week of March’, Bhutia told the IOA on Monday that he is pulling out of the run from Red Fort to India Gate due to “personal reasons.”

But when HT asked him to elaborate, Bhutia did. “Being invited by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is an honour but at the moment I sympathise with the Tibetan cause,” he said.

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phayul.com



I'm betting that the flame is extinguished somewhere , BEFORE it returns to China .

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Originally Posted by momo8

China has a very big face to slap.Politics and sports should not mix.

How naive can you be? China uses sports in every conceivable way to further its causes, whatever that maye be - Taiwan, Spratlys, Tibet etc . . .

It is a murderous regime whose political party is responsible for tens of millions of dead in the last 60 years.

India's soccer captain refuses to join in Beijing Olympic torch run in Indian capital
India's soccer captain Bhaichung Bhutia will refuse to carry the Beijing Olympic torch during its run through the Indian capital later this month in protest over the Chinese authorities' crackdown on recent protests in Tibet, a sports official said Tuesday.

Thought I'd pe-paste.

Love it, well done!

Something to think about indeed !