Quote ="Asgardian13"The answer is : none. The money would NEVER have been channeled into general good causes, and you're deluded if you think it would have been. These Olympics have been a sensational advert for GB, which will pay off in billions extra in tourism revenue over the next ten years. Even without that, the national solidarity which has emerged amongst this country's citizens is worth the cost on its own.
Be miserable if you insist, but keep it to yourself as the rest of us are a tad more positive. Jeez, you do a good impression of a Pie board moderator.'"
bang on...Seeing the Union Jack waved by all and sundry has been a brilliant sight. so much better than seeing the cross of st george hanging out of council house windows every two years.And the red tops thinking the whole country is behind the nations soccer team.
the games has shown that we are a fantastic sporting nation and hopefully it has opened a lot of peoples eyes up to the fact that there are many alternatives to that sport that gets rammed down our throats every week.
I have been blown away by the games and at first I was very much a sceptic.
The Games had everything that football can never be. True winners true champions, unassuming grafters, and sportsman and women with dignity.
The only bit of football type behaviour I saw was from the italian superheavy weight who took defeat to Anthony Joshua like a big a big fat Italian Fairy.
I cant see any negatives from the games at all.