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**hernkingAnank** · 08-16-2012, 01:15 PM

I loved these Olympics overall (my favorite summer Olympics ever, Calgary for the winter games), but I was disappointed with the choppy coverage of NBC (it seemed like rings were not shown at all in the men's team competition), the broken up coverage of the closing ceremonies, etc.

the IOC also disallowed London to pay tribute to the Munich victims... granted it happened many moons ago, but still... it would've been a nice gesture, and something that - since the people running the ceremonies asked - should have been allowed.

This lack of sensitivity on the part of the IOC bothered me the most! I understand that the opening ceremony paid tribute to the victims of the London attack the day after the games were awarded to London (NBC didn't show that, and certainly should have). The Vancouver games had a moment of silence for the Georgian luger. The SLC games had the World Trade Center Flag ceremony in 2002. Shame on the IOC for not allowing one moment of silence for the Israeli athletes were were wantonly murdered in Munich 40 years ago. Kudos to Bob Costas for standing up to the IOC and making his comments when the Israeli athletes entered the stadium!

08-16-2012, 01:15 PM	#20
hernkingAnank Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 393 Senior Member	I loved these Olympics overall (my favorite summer Olympics ever, Calgary for the winter games), but I was disappointed with the choppy coverage of NBC (it seemed like rings were not shown at all in the men's team competition), the broken up coverage of the closing ceremonies, etc. the IOC also disallowed London to pay tribute to the Munich victims... granted it happened many moons ago, but still... it would've been a nice gesture, and something that - since the people running the ceremonies asked - should have been allowed. This lack of sensitivity on the part of the IOC bothered me the most! I understand that the opening ceremony paid tribute to the victims of the London attack the day after the games were awarded to London (NBC didn't show that, and certainly should have). The Vancouver games had a moment of silence for the Georgian luger. The SLC games had the World Trade Center Flag ceremony in 2002. Shame on the IOC for not allowing one moment of silence for the Israeli athletes were were wantonly murdered in Munich 40 years ago. Kudos to Bob Costas for standing up to the IOC and making his comments when the Israeli athletes entered the stadium!
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