tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983805140748093260.post3269774935897249930..comments2023-08-21T16:33:00.101+01:00Comments on the orange party: What Price Olympic Gold?the orange partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08550469255117014370noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983805140748093260.post-66721403777174944502008-08-19T13:28:00.000+01:002008-08-19T13:28:00.000+01:00I think you're wrong on all counts. Success in the...I think you're wrong on all counts. Success in the Olympics inspires young people towards sports and help develop a strong culture of small indipendent sports clubs - look at the way our rowing has developed thanks to Steven Redgrave and Matthew Pincent, for instance.<BR/><BR/>More success breeds more private investment and sponsorship, since companies want to back the winners. I imagine the cycling team will strike some good corporate money following the success of the games, and so public money can be diverted to other areas such as gymnastics or track and field where we aren't such great contenders at the moment.<BR/><BR/>You say yourself that the Olympics have "captured the public's admiration and adulation" and this, in itself, is why the lottery money was spent in the way it was. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and lottery money is not 'our' money: if you don't want to contribute, don't buy a lottery ticket. What 'better use' would you be putting it to than showing the world the best that Britain has to offer?Stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315721343398529214noreply@blogger.com