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From: cyang@npd.Novell.COM (Cheng Yang)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics
Subject: What's that?  Re: SWIMFINAL: Result-W's 100m Butterfly
Date: 31 Jul 92 15:20:49 GMT
Organization: Novell, Inc.


>>
>>PRC is the People's Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan (code PRC?)
>>PDRC is the People's Democratic Republic of China, commonly known as China
>>(code CHN).
>>
>>CHN, China or the People's Democratic Republic of China, have been doing
>>very well in the diving and swimming waters.
>>
>>Rod Swift
>>-- 

Execuse me.  When did my homeland change the name?  

Please go back to your elementary school textbook and look up
those names...


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From: fdg@McRCIM.McGill.EDU (Frank P. DiGiuseppe)
Subject: Dream Team challenged...
Organization: McGill Research Centre for  Intelligent Machines
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 00:14:05 GMT


I heard an interesting ancedote during the CTV coverage concerning the
Dream Team and their next game against the Brazilians.

Apparently one of the Brazilian players says he's disappointed with
the play of the Dream Team, that they're not playing their best, and
are just out there "playing for fun"... (or words to that effect :-)
He said he wants to be  "beaten by the best", and so he wants to see a 100
point (!!) difference in the game! What do you know, a guy actually asking
to be humiliated... :-)

So, will the USA team take the challenge "to heart"? Or will they just 
laugh and ease up at 50 or 60 points... :-)

Frank
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From: rachele@cs.rice.edu (Rachele Harless)
Subject: re: Posting results (update #539)
Summary: judo has changed
Organization: Rice University, Houston
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 16:01:45 GMT
Expires: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 05:00:00 GMT

Any judo fans out there, please be aware that the volunteer to post
judo scores has changed from Eric West to Rod Swift....

RH

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From: GAINES@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Richard Gaines Jr.)
Subject: Re: TripleCast News
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 16:22:08 GMT


>In article <1992Jul30.132150.2433@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>, stanm@comm.mot.com (Stan Macasieb) writes:

>NEW YORK (AP) - The troubled Olympic TripleCast of NBC and Cablevision
>will be given away free to cable TV viewers for seven hours a day Thursday
>and Friday.

>NBC said the TripleCast would be shown on CNBC, its financial cable network,
>from 5-9pm Thursday and Friday nights and from midnight to 4am Friday and
>Saturday mornings. CNBC is carried as basic cable on most systems.

>A question remains, though: which channel gets broadcast for free? And do
>I get to miss John McLaughlin? :)

They are going to show a split screen with all 3 channels!  There will be no
audio during the broadcast!

My question is ...... If the screen is split into 3 sections you need a big
screen tv to really be able to see much of anything?!!  Right?!

Richard Gaines, Jr.
" The Olympics are trully only for non-professionals!"
From: ian@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Ian Watson)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics
Subject: Re: Re: Olympic Anecdote
Date: 31 Jul 92 10:09:02 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard NSG-PWD, UK.


Completely stupid, this.  If we want to see people compete at their best, we
should allow them whatever clothing they want.  The original Olympics were
contested by naked or thonged people (sensible Ancient Greeks !).  If showing
your buns is what you need to be unrestricted and do your best stuff, fine.

The rules are arbitrary.  Different countries are offended at the sight
of different parts of the human body, so what do they do at present ?
Frosted-glass effect edited onto the tape afterwards ? (like those
identity-protection methods muched loved in whistle-blowing documentaries).

Hey, these people are the pinnacle of human bodily development.  What's wrong
with seeing arbitrary bits of flesh ?

What next, the 100m sprint in baggy boiler suits and balaclavas, so's not to
offend anyone ?

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From: erck03@castle.ed.ac.uk (John Wexler)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics,soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Why only ONE british olympic team
Date: 28 Jul 92 09:28:33 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University Computing Service

In article <1992Jul28.063104.10049@osf.org>, sp@mirabeau.osf.fr (Simon Patience) writes:
|> 
|> And does anyone know why on earth a parade in Spain (oops, sorry
|> Catalonia) should use French? 

The parade goes in alphabetical order of the team names.  The names of the
teams, the alphabets and the spelling are different in Catalan and Spanish. 
Using French avoided the politically sensitive choice between using Spanish
and using Catalan.

    John Wexler
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From: c1h3384@rigel.tamu.edu 
Subject: Re: Let's vote  --- Who is the most unselfish player on the Dream Team?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 04:36:00 GMT

In article <Jul.29.18.59.15.1992.10302@remus.rutgers.edu>, chuanli@remus.rutgers.edu (chuanli) writes...
>I think "no ego" should be the No 1 quality for the  palyers on the
>Dream Team. Who do you think is the most unselfish player? 
>I vote for Ewing.  I will post the result after the final game.  
> 
>**********************************************
>Franck
>Rutgers University
>New Brunswick, NJ
>**********************************************


That is completely nonsense! According to your logic (though not explicitely
stated), the laziest person on the team is the most unselfish player. At
the first place, how to define the word 'unselfish'? If MJ scores the most
points, he is a selfish player? Huh?

Your qustion is stupid and sick!

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From: wledder@cs.ulowell.edu (William Ledder)
Subject: Re: NBC - volley Ball Scores
Originator: wledder@bigmax.ulowell.edu
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:14:53 GMT


In article <1992Jul31.143348.11443@tamsun.tamu.edu>, chunduri@ee.tamu.edu (Srikar Chunduri) writes:
|>     Did any one notice that during the highlights shown
|>     on the regular NBC the scoring shown was crazy.
|>     Points were awarded when ever there was a chenge of
|>     service insted they awarded a point.
|>    (One more feather in their cap. :-))
|> 

NBC did not screw up.  In the fifth set of any international volleyball match,
they use a system called "rally scoring".  A point is awarded even if it is a 
side out.  So, if you were watching the 5th game when this happened, NBC was
actually doing something right :)

Bill Ledder
University of Massachusetts at Lowell

e-mail addr : wledder@cs.ulowell.edu

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From: rpendse@velveeta.mfg.hou.compaq.com (Raju Pendse)
Subject: RE: Why only One British team
Organization: Compaq Computer Corporation
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:38:34 GMT

I don't understand why the British expect to have separate teams for England,
Scotland, Wales, and N.Ireland. Its like having separate Olympic teams for Texas and California. Isn't John Major the PM of all the above mentioned British 
states. George Bush is the President of All of the USA. I know there are some 
world bodies that allow Scotland England etc. to have separate teams which is ludicrous. If these British states want to have separate teams in "Inter-National"competitions then they should break up like Czekoslovakia (sp?) then have separate teams.

Raju Pendse
From: hsiahaan@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics
Subject: Re: Charley Barkley gets a technical foul
Date: 31 Jul 92 02:57:06 CDT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <1992Jul30.220230.28903@athena.mit.edu>, solman@athena.mit.edu (Jason W Solinsky) writes:
> In article <19853@optima.cs.arizona.edu>, bsou@cs.arizona.edu (Brandon S. Ou) writes:
> 
> |> Did you hear his explanation?  "He hit me so I hit him back. That's the way
> |> it is."   What kind of excuse is that??!!!   Haven't heard that one
> |> since elementary school...
> 
> That's an NBA excuse, and it would be considered perfectly fine there.
> 
> Jason W. Solinsky

so, keep NBA players off olympics games...
or teach them how to play outside NBA first...manner-way, that is.
in my mind Barkeley is just a big bully...
From: csschoet@pyr.swan.ac.uk (Oliver Schoett)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics
Subject: Re: Why only ONE british olympic team
Date: 28 Jul 92 13:14:21 GMT
	<Bs1ntL.25u@newcastle.ac.uk> <1992Jul28.063104.10049@osf.org>
Organization: Computer Science Division, University College of Swansea, UK
In-reply-to: sp@mirabeau.osf.fr's message of 28 Jul 92 06:31:04 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.063104.10049@osf.org> sp@mirabeau.osf.fr
(Simon Patience) writes:

 > And does anyone know why on earth a parade in Spain (oops, sorry
 > Catalonia) should use French? 

The BBC reporter said it was because the organizers could not agree
whether the Spanish or the Catalan country names should determine the
marching order; so they chose the "neutral" French.

Oliver Schoett            Computer Science Division,  Univ. College of 
                          Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
csschoet@pyr.swan.ac.uk   +44 792 205678 ext 4805,  fax +44 792 295708
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From: rswiftrw@cc.curtin.edu.au (Rod Swift)
Subject: SWIMFINAL: Result-W's 400m Freestyle
Organization: -=[ Curtin University ]=-  Perth, Australia.
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 12:35:17 GMT

SWIMMING - Women's 400m Freestyle FINAL
=======================================
at Picornell Pool, Montjuic

World Record		4:03.85		held by Janet Evans (USA)
Olympic Record		4:03.85		held by Janet Evans (USA)

 
Gold	HASE, Dagmar		GER	4:07.18
Silver	EVANS, Janet		USA	4:07.37
Bronze	LEWIS, Hayley		AUS	4:11.22
------
4	HANSEN, Erika M		USA	4:11.50
5	KIELGASS, Kerstin	GER	4:11.52
6	ARNOULD, Isabelle	BEL	4:13.75 
7	NILSSON, Malin		SWE	4:14.10
8	CHIBA, Suzu		JPN	4:15.71

** Results complete **
 
Rod Swift
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From: mamohamm@pluto.acs.oakland.edu (SKEPTICAL)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics
Subject: Re: NBC DIVING COMMENTARY:ABSURD
Date: 30 Jul 92 17:12:09 GMT
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.

In article <1992Jul30.114113.9060@uoft02.utoledo.edu> rbhaska@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
>
>	During the mens springboard diving competition yesterday (29 jul)
>a comment was made by the woman commentrator on NBC (i forget her name),
>referring to the Chinese diver who finished second.
>
>	During one of his dives she said :"He is the most WESTERNIZED 
>among the chinese (or other divers i dont know) divers ; HE LAUGHS
>AND SMILES A LOT"
>
>	In my view i cannot make sense of the necessity of this comment;
>leave alone its offensiveness to some part of the human race.  I think
>that most sensible people who have a reasonably good knowledge of the
>behaviour of athletes of nations other than the USA,  will disregard this
>comment as either
>
>1. utterly foolish.
>2. not worth considering since the speaker must have lived in her own
>   well.
>3. she must be kidding.
>4. .......

	Heard the same comment and no way you can justify such
	a stupid comment.
	
	May be being western means that you got to smile and 
	tell jokes .

She is not the only one though, the whole gymnastics commnetry
and the players were  sub-standard. Did not get to see any good
one's.

regards
	

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From: wledder@cs.ulowell.edu (William Ledder)
Subject: Re: SHOOTING: Results 7/26
Originator: wledder@bigmax.ulowell.edu
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:36:57 GMT


In article <1992Jul27.175544.4210@usho93.hou281.chevron.com>, hjjcl@usho77.hou281.chevron.com (J.J.Clyde) writes:
|> Eric West writes:

||> >BRONZE	Aranka Binder (Independent)	495.1
|>                        ^^^^^^^^^^^
|> >Aranka Binder
|> >is the first "Individual Olympic Athlete" ever to win a medal.
|> 
|> Wow!  I didn't know this was possible/allowed.  I thought the Olympics
|> were about nationals vs. nationals.  Where is she FROM anyway?
|> 

Independent, I believe, means the larger portion of Yugoslavia.  The USA
newspaper shows that Binder is from Yugoslavia, so I think that is what
"Independent" means.

Bill Ledder
University of Massachusetts at Lowell

e-mail addr : wledder@cs.ulowell.edu

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From: yzhou@void.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Ya Zhou)
Subject: NBC's Commentators in Barcelona...
Summary: Commentators ar good? so so, or terrible
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 14:28:49 GMT
Keywords: olympics, commentators, NBC

Since many people complain about NBC's commentators, I'll take a poll here.
Give your comments on:

  1. How is each commentator doing in each event? good, fair, poor.
  2. Who is the best, worst in your viewing? Why?
  3. How do you rate the commentators' overall quality?

I'll post the result after I get enough votes.

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From: jortiz@frumpy.helios.nd.edu (The Candyman)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics
Subject: NBC Olympic coverage ...
Date: 23 Jul 92 23:43:11 GMT
Reply-To: jortiz@frumpy.helios.nd.edu (The Candyman)
Organization: Univ. of Notre Dame


	A friend told me recently that NBC won't cover
any Olympic events; that EVERYTHING will be covered by
that TripleCast crap.
	My studies don't let me watch that much TV,
but I was thinking about taking a little break this
week-end and catching the Ceremonies and a couple of
competitions on the tube.  How right is my friend?

	The Candyman
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From: solman@athena.mit.edu (Jason W Solinsky)
Subject: Re: Speed scores (Rally Point Scoring)
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 06:04:27 GMT

In article <geddis.712531389@Xenon.Stanford.EDU>, geddis@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Don Geddis) writes:

|> As mentioned, this group has been through this discussion before.  To add to
|> it, you should present _reasons_ why rally scoring _should_ change the way
|> you play.  Just because you alter your game in that situation means nothing.
|> As it turns out, you're making a mistake.

This is wrong. You completely ignore phsychology. There isn't a constant
probability that a given team will win the volley when serving, and when not.
It varys throughout the game due to psychological effects. This has a HUGE
impact on the optimal way to play. Blowing a serve can lower the server's
morale and worsen communication within the team for a few points. In a regular
game this is nothing. In speed scoring, it can be fatal.

This is why the styles of play completely change during the fivth set. The
entire psychology of the game has changed, and the teams are adjusting their
styles for that.

Jason W. Solinsky
From: rswiftrw@cc.curtin.edu.au (Rod Swift)
Subject: SMIWFINAL: M's 200m Breaststroke
Organization: -=[ Curtin University ]=-  Perth, Australia.
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:07:23 GMT

SWIMMING - Men's 200m Breastroke FINAL
======================================
 
World Record		2:10.60
Olympic Record		2:11.48		set today by Mike Barrowman (USA)

 
Gold	BARROWMAN, Mike		USA	2:10.16		New WR
Silver	ROZSA, Norbert		HUN	2:11.23
Bronze	GILLINGHAM, Nick	GBR	2:11.29
------
4	LOPEZ-MIRO, Sergio	ESP	2:13.29
5	GUTTLER, Karoly		HUN	2:13.32
6	ROGERS, Phillip		AUS	2:13.59
7	WATANABE, Kenji		JPN	?
8	HAYASHI, Akira		JPN	?
 

** This message will be reposted when complete **
 
Rod Swift
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From: rswiftrw@cc.curtin.edu.au (Rod Swift)
Subject: SWIM: Results-W's 200m Freestyle Heats
Organization: -=[ Curtin University ]=-  Perth, Australia.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 06:03:54 GMT

SWIMMING - Women's 200m Freestyle HEATS
=======================================
at Piconnell Pool, Montjuic 

HEAT 1:
-------
1	THOMPSON, Gillian		PHI	2:07.95
2	LAMSAM, Robyn			HKG	2:08.60
3	MARENCO, Maria Jose		ELS	2:09.36
4	PINEDA, Claudia Fortin		HON	2:12.24
5 	PICKERING, Sharon		FIJ	2:12.43 
6	CABRERA, Paola			BOL	2:15.74

HEAT 2:
-------
1	HIGSON, Allison			CAN	2:04.25
2	PULIDO PULIDO, Natalia		ESP	2:04.39
3	MASSEY, Rita Garay		PUR	2:07.08
4	YEO, Wei Ling Jocelyn		SNG	2:07.09
5	ELLWANI, Rania			EGY	2:08.93
6	LECLAIR, Corrine		MRU	2:12.55
7	OOI, Yu Feng May		SNG	2:13.20

HEAT 3:
-------
1	VAN ALMSICK, Franziska		GER	1:57.90		Qualified
2	KIELGASS, Kirstin		GER	2:00.55		Qualified
3	O'NEILL, Susan 			AUS	2:01.05
4	PICKERING, Karen		GBR	2:01.09
5	PULSGAARD JENSEN, Gitta		DEN	2:02.27
6	DRYDEN, Nicole			CAN	2:03.59
7	ARNOULD, Isabelle		BEL	2:04.06
8	CAM, Sandra			BEL	2:04.72

HEAT 4:
-------
1	DOBRESCU, Liliana		ROM	2:00.51		Qualified
2	LU, Bin				CHN	2:00.56		Qualified
3	PLEWINSKI, Catherine		FRA	2:00.67		Qualified
4	DENDEBEROVA, Elena		EUN	2:01.28
5	THOMPSON, Jennifer		USA	2:01.71
6	STEVENSON, Nicole		AUS	2:02.50
7	DALBY, Irene			NOR	2:04.28
8	VAN DE PLAATS, Diana		HOL	2:05.42

HEAT 5:
-------
1	HAISLETT, Nicole		USA	1:59.33		Qualified
2	KIRITCHENKO, Olga		EUN	2:00.67		Qualified
3	CHIBA, Suzu			JPN	2:00.96		Qualified
4	JACOBSEN, Mette			DEN	2:01.84
5	NEGREE, Carla-Creola		ROM	2:03.16
6	KOIKAWA, Yoko			JPN	2:03.32
7	NILSSON, Malin			SWE	2:03.44
8	YONG, Zhuang			CHN	2:04.12
 
** Results complete **
  
Rod Swift
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From: ph2p@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Peter F. Hayward)
Subject: Re: GYMNASTICS:  Opinions on Gutsu's new all-around chance
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 18:48:07 GMT

In article <1992Jul31.123914.1@fnalo.fnal.gov> jpxu1@fnalo.fnal.gov writes:
>In article <1992Jul31.160307.17920@athena.mit.edu>, raek@athena.mit.edu (Robyn A E Kozierok) writes:
>> nations?  Do any other sports have such a rule? (track? diving? swimming?
>            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>Sure, this is the reason why Carl failed to qualify in 100M sprint.
>
The difference is that in Track & Field the individual nations get
to choose their three (the US just happens to use a trials, Kenya
decided against this method).  In the Gymnastics competition, the
three finalists were chosen by their performance in the team
competition.  (The Unified Team had its own selection process. :)
From: blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics
Subject: Re: USA Today on Triplecast
Date: 28 Jul 92 06:03:19 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1992Jul27.200516.26073@walter.bellcore.com> kenl@origami.cc.bellcore.com (Ken Lehner) writes:
>I feel really, really bad for NBC.

I don't feel bad for NBC. I've given it much thought. I just don't feel
bad for them. They had the potential to make an absolute >mint< on this.
Re-coup all thier expenses from these games, and turn a profit type mint.

And lets face it...it would have been >so< >easy< too. Agreed upon points:

Problem: Not Enough Events.
Solution: One of two possible solution: 
1) Take 1 of the three channels and devote it exclusivley to minor sports.
Live and pre-taped events in a variety of sports. Don't have to show all
the heats in all the events, but even just the finals in all the minor events.
2) Remove the repeat taped coverage from late night, and devote that time to
minor events. I would imagine that very few people want to see the US beat
the Angolans up 3 times in 1 day. Once is plenty. Same thing for all the 
boxing matches, etc. Repeating events is a waste of time.

Problem: Too Expensive.
Solution:
Reduce the cost! There were 4 possible PPV choices: the 'bronze', or $95
for reduced (weekend or weekday only) coverage, $125 for the 'silver'
(the one they ended up pushing the most), all channels, all coverage, the
'gold', for $165 I think, which included all the coverage and special
paraphanelia like pins and whatnot, and the Pay For A Day, at $30 a day.
Considering the state of cable, and US economy, these choices were far,
far to expensive. Reducing the cost to, say, $100 for the 'silver'
coverage would have brought it within range of many buyers.
More options would have been good- Being able to select only 1 or 2 of the
3 channels. Highly possible with todays technology, not taken advantage of.

Problem: Poor Presentation (selling) the PPV
Solution:
The problem was that NBC felt that 'only a few people will be interested
in seeing the minor events, so let's sell only the main events'. But lets
face it- how many gymnastic 'fans' really want to see, say, the >entire<
set of the womens compulsories? 96 women on 4 events, all doing the same
thing over and over? You would have to be a pretty dedicated fan, I would
think. As devoted as, say, Field Hockey or Twae Kon Do (how bad did I
misspell that? :) fans? Somehow, I don't imagine that that thought even
ever crossed the minds of the NBC officials in charge of this whole mess.

Problem: Greed by NBC
Solution:
Pray that the network that gets the coverage for '96 takes heed of how
badly NBD bungled thier golden oppotunities with this.

r.
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