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Reply #15 - Feb 16th, 2010 at 1:59am

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B-Valvs wrote on Feb 14th, 2010 at 2:37pm:
This was really sad. As for the video, I was not surprised it was released because there are a lot of people that would want to see it, but I was surprised to see it on TV. It's all about ratings as far as that goes, but it looks like it hurt them because last night they announced that they will not show it again on TV.

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I think your wrong. They wont show the video anymore in respect now that he has passed away. You never show a video of someones death. The fact that he was in the hospital on life support and for them to play the video (which is when they did) is just stupid too. I dont think it hurt their views though. I mean realisticly if anyone was to say "Hey did you watch the Olympics last night?"..."No I dont watch them anymore because they played the video of the luge accident, so im not going to watch anymore events" would be pretty funny and stupid.  Grin
 
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Reply #16 - Feb 16th, 2010 at 2:01am

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What makes the story even more sad...he called his Dad the day before saying he was scared of the track, one of the turns scared him. His dad told him he should put his feet down on the ice to slow him down on that turn, but that once he started down the track that he would finish because he knows his son is brave. Sad

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Reply #17 - Feb 16th, 2010 at 9:51pm

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tcco94 wrote on Feb 16th, 2010 at 1:59am:
B-Valvs wrote on Feb 14th, 2010 at 2:37pm:
This was really sad. As for the video, I was not surprised it was released because there are a lot of people that would want to see it, but I was surprised to see it on TV. It's all about ratings as far as that goes, but it looks like it hurt them because last night they announced that they will not show it again on TV.

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I think your wrong. They wont show the video anymore in respect now that he has passed away. You never show a video of someones death. The fact that he was in the hospital on life support and for them to play the video (which is when they did) is just stupid too. I dont think it hurt their views though. I mean realisticly if anyone was to say "Hey did you watch the Olympics last night?"..."No I dont watch them anymore because they played the video of the luge accident, so im not going to watch anymore events" would be pretty funny and stupid.  Grin


However, they played it after he had already died, and it could hurt their ratings because people may be scared to see an accident like that live after seeing the replay of the video, but this discussion isn't really what this thread is about.

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Reply #18 - Feb 16th, 2010 at 10:07pm

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B-Valvs wrote on Feb 16th, 2010 at 9:51pm:
tcco94 wrote on Feb 16th, 2010 at 1:59am:
B-Valvs wrote on Feb 14th, 2010 at 2:37pm:
This was really sad. As for the video, I was not surprised it was released because there are a lot of people that would want to see it, but I was surprised to see it on TV. It's all about ratings as far as that goes, but it looks like it hurt them because last night they announced that they will not show it again on TV.

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I think your wrong. They wont show the video anymore in respect now that he has passed away. You never show a video of someones death. The fact that he was in the hospital on life support and for them to play the video (which is when they did) is just stupid too. I dont think it hurt their views though. I mean realisticly if anyone was to say "Hey did you watch the Olympics last night?"..."No I dont watch them anymore because they played the video of the luge accident, so im not going to watch anymore events" would be pretty funny and stupid.  Grin


However, they played it after he had already died, and it could hurt their ratings because people may be scared to see an accident like that live after seeing the replay of the video, but this discussion isn't really what this thread is about.

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Oh, I wasnt aware they did when he was dead too. Just to play that video when he was still in the hospital is stupid. The scene of that will always be in my mind.  Undecided
 
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Reply #19 - Feb 17th, 2010 at 10:43am

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This particular "Sport", to me, always appears to be a way of attempting high-speed suicide in a spectacular fashion!

Far too dangerous for my liking.... Wink...!

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Reply #20 - Feb 17th, 2010 at 4:40pm

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BigTruck wrote on Feb 15th, 2010 at 2:49am:
They're still breaking 90mph  Shocked  I don't drive that fast on the highway in an airbag surrounded fully enclosed SUV...talk about brass ones....

When the women look like men, you know you've got a class A risky sport  Grin

The skiing today was pretty risky too with several nasty falls. It just goes to show how small the margin for error is and how far you need to push yourself to excel.


Edit: If you're looking for the brass of all brass, check the blind skiers in the paraolympic games. That stuff's just insane  Shocked
 

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Reply #21 - Feb 17th, 2010 at 7:25pm

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machineman9 wrote on Feb 17th, 2010 at 4:40pm:
BigTruck wrote on Feb 15th, 2010 at 2:49am:
They're still breaking 90mph  Shocked  I don't drive that fast on the highway in an airbag surrounded fully enclosed SUV...talk about brass ones....

When the women look like men, you know you've got a class A risky sport  Grin

The skiing today was pretty risky too with several nasty falls. It just goes to show how small the margin for error is and how far you need to push yourself to excel.


Edit: If you're looking for the brass of all brass, check the blind skiers in the paraolympic games. That stuff's just insane  Shocked

This is why the Winter olympics will always be my prefered choice.
It's a sad accident no doubt, Its a shame they took the actions they did to reduce the speed rather than just fix the problem.  But safety takes precident in such a high profile situation.

The Ski'ing is insane. I know the course is one of the toughest in the world, but coupled with it being made tougher by the weather conditions, someone will end up badly hurt by the end of it. Fingers crossed i am wrong, but the winners of the events will deserve their medals more than usual.
 
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Reply #22 - Feb 17th, 2010 at 8:04pm

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Craig. wrote on Feb 17th, 2010 at 7:25pm:
This is why the Winter olympics will always be my prefered choice.
It's a sad accident no doubt, Its a shame they took the actions they did to reduce the speed rather than just fix the problem.  But safety takes precident in such a high profile situation.

The Ski'ing is insane. I know the course is one of the toughest in the world, but coupled with it being made tougher by the weather conditions, someone will end up badly hurt by the end of it. Fingers crossed i am wrong, but the winners of the events will deserve their medals more than usual.

I'm glad they set the lads off from the womens, and the women off from the juniors rather than stopping the event entirely. It is just a quick response to the event rather than closing it down. It is terrible that it happened, but that comes with taking such great risks. It will definately help aid the safety of future events and improve the safety of the sports as a whole. The only fix I can think of is the bubble method, sticking plastic tubing over the entire track to make it into a sort of flume (now there's an idea for the summer games) but health and safety may not like it if it means they can't get to the racer, and visually it might impair the sport.

As found in the skiing, lumps on the snow can produce nasty consequences when you're sliding over small jumps on your back, head first. Again, this will help to aid the safety of the sport if the organisers know what to look out for in order to help protect the competitors.

Whenever anyone crashes or underperforms I still remind myself and others that they may have done the 'worst' but that is only relative to their competitors and they are the finest in the sport in the world. Pushing it is the only way to come to victory and sometimes it doesn't pay off, if that means skidding your luge as some people have done, falling off your skis or, unfortunately, paying the ultimate price.
 

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Reply #23 - Feb 18th, 2010 at 5:41am

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the thing is the majority of the riders didn't want the start changed. It was a knee jerk reaction to what happend.
 
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