ST Alpha - "Paralympic events should be held through other Olympic events." (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 160

Paralympic events should be held through other Olympic events.

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Aug 3 '21, 15:38

The two events should be merged. Paralympians should walk with Olympians at the opening and closing ceremonies. Events should be held concurrently. That is all.

Responses:

a lot of the paralympians don't want that, because they think they'd just get subsumed and erased. actually doing it is mostly a logistics issue. - mafic Aug 3, 18:10
They get lots of promotion and coverage here and ultimately not many watch. - Reagen Aug 3, 17:06 3
- It’s because they’re the not-Olympics. - Mop Aug 3, 17:11 2
  - And if it's during the main run of the Olympics, the networks tune away for something else. -- nm* - Reagen Aug 3, 17:14 1
    - We’re going to cut away from the paralympians. No one wants to see that. -- nm - NBC Aug 3, 17:25
Make the Olympics 20 days if you need to -- nm - rollo Aug 3, 16:46 1
- Officer thinking! -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 17:21
Signed, - The NCAA Aug 3, 15:54
Could the facilities handle it all simultaneously? -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 15:54 10
- I'm not sure that they could exactly concurrently but it should be possible to use things like track and pool for the entire two+ weeks -- (edited) - JD Aug 3, 16:01 9
  - You also have to house the athletes and I wonder if the coverage they would get would be less, or more, if they were simultaneous. -- nm - pmb Aug 3, 16:11 8
    - much less in coverage, like none if done at the same time -- nm* - Beaker Aug 3, 16:15 7
      - If it was combined, there would be a lot of pressure placed on broadcast networks to provide proportionate (whatever that means) coverage in primetime -- nm - rollo Aug 3, 16:49 2
        
        so, like the pressure to cover it after the Olympics the way they do now? -- nm - Beaker Aug 3, 16:55 1
        
        I take your point. I'm talking about a captive audience. -- nm - rollo Aug 3, 21:32
      - So, a lot like now? - Mop Aug 3, 16:18 3
        
        Hmmm...maybe I was too narrow minded in my thought of the logistics. So half as many events per day but twice as many competitors and competetions -- (edited) - JD Aug 3, 16:51 1
        
        There’s lots of options. - Mop Aug 3, 17:07
        
        or they would flip to the gold medal soccer game, or 200 medal race or beach volleyball -- nm - Beaker Aug 3, 16:24

Post a message top

Paralympic events should be held through other Olympic events.

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.