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If they invite Cameron along to open the first "affordable rent" apartments you'll see a man smiling with his mouth but with his ears ringing from Thatchers bollacking that morning

The big test of the "legacy" will be in 10/15 years time when we see the amount of GB athletes competing as they will have been the kids inspired by these games

when do they decide on the 2024 games

They don't decide on 2020 until next year, so 4 years after that, probably.

I think a better legacy would be the number of kids participating in sport. Preferably instead of playing computer games and getting fat.

I think that's what the "Inspire a Generation" thing is really all about. Of course if you increase the talent pool and keep going with the elite performance programmes it's quite likely that will have a knock on effect at the elite level.

Quote ="Road To Nowhere"I have and been to the Estádio João Havelange which will host the Athletics and the Maracanã where the opening ceremony will take place. Get in touch, I can tell you loads if you need it.'" www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18804464 Looks like the Olympic ideals are alive & well in Rio. Read the last para: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19110769

Quote ="Road To Nowhere"I have and been to the Estádio João Havelange which will host the Athletics and the Maracanã where the opening ceremony will take place. Get in touch, I can tell you loads if you need it.'" www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18804464 Looks like the Olympic ideals are alive & well in Rio. Read the last para: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19110769

I think this may interest some on here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19144983

I think this may interest some on here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19144983

As GCH mentioned, I've been down for 5 days and saw loads of different sports, most of which I haven't seen before. The handball was something I really enjoyed, but nothing could top Friday night in the Olympic Stadium, cheering on anybody British but most especially the lovely Ms Ennis.

Tickets were hard to come by, there's no denying that, but they were available. A bit of patience, a bit of pre-planning and in some cases luck allowed us to get to 7 events over 5 days.

One of my most abiding memories will be of the "Games Makers". Tens of thousands of volunteers who are the most pleasent, happy, charming people you could wish to meet. Also, once inside the venues there's no advertising anywhere. Sure there's a McDonalds (well 4 to be precise) inside the park, but there's numerous other food outlets as well.

Overall one of the greatest sporting experiences of my life. I agree that the legacy bit will take a few years to determine but at this moment in time I'm a complete believer.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19171008

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19171008

To be honest, I've ended up finding the availability of tickets at short notice for events I applied for ages ago quite annoying.

It will have been lovely for people who could head to London at short notice or on the off chance, but I have a 6 month old baby and no family to babysit within 100 miles. Pre-planning is exactly what the ticketing prevented for me.

Government today cut compulsory 2hrs a week pe in school, our task gets even more challenging. Good work Gove you tool!

I suspect that cuts to funding will see any legacy scuppered long before then.

I was there the same night, got tickets into the stadium in the initial ballot.
Fantastic.
For me the only downside to the whole experience was the food, everything else was brilliant.
Having known the site from when much of it was an industrial wasteland, the transformation is amazing, I have never seen people photographing the flowers at any other sporting venue.

Going back again for this Saturday.

Hey, he sent them all a shiny new bible. What more do you want?

If the schools wont provide us with the FUTURE olympians we have to stand up and be counted - Encourage your child to take up a sport and back him all the way.

Tennis, running, football, rugby, swimming - A Playstation event does not appear to be in the London 2012 games.

Great point HS but this cuts at schools stinks and will put so many out of sport who cant afford to join clubs etc etc.

Anyone who is involved with any amateur sports club will tell you that there are two main obstacles to the succesful running of an amateur sports club and none of them are the kids themselves and both of them are the parents of the kids.

1. Getting money out of the parents for subs or kit or club trips, most seem to think that they should be free.
2. Getting those parents to help around the club, even just to clear the table that they have just vacated, getting them to help with training nights is like asking for the moon, most seem to think its not their problem, some think that the ones who do get involved actually get paid to do it and so its definitely not their problem.

Retuning the attitudes of the parents who themselves were brought up in an era of "self" and not "community" is the biggest obstacle to running a succesful amatuer sports club.

3. Keeping them quiet on the sidelines when they do show up.

My brother coaches RU at junior level and of course they also have to ref at that level too, his solution to gobby parents having a go at him or the kids is to blow the whistle, stop the game and then walk over to the guilty party, hand them the whistle, wave them onto the pitch and not say a word to them - no-one has yet taken up the invitation, all have shut up



It does take some balls sometimes though.

Give it time.

If getting a horse to prance about on tip-toes while wearing a posh coat is in the Olympics then I can't see why Grand Theft Auto shouldn't be.

try u15 football. Constantly shouting at the ref then moaning when we don't get decisions that i as home manager wouldn't give. And worse

Tis always the way with the parents unfortunately.

Some can.........
Some cant........

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