# Here is a thread about the 2016 Summer Olympics **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 6, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911 "2016-08-06T05:00:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/41 "2016-08-07T18:14:54Z")
Woohoo! Massialas (for Team USA) beats Italy’s Avola in an amazing comeback in men’s foil. Poor Avola was losing it during the comeback. Need a better slo-mo replay of some of these to be able to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/42 "2016-08-07T18:15:58Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Does NBC stream old stuff(yesterday?) with commercials without requiring cable? I don’t have cable and my HD antenna receiver keeps crackling the image during live TV. I want to hook up my computer and watch yesterday’s coverage of stuff, ads or not. Is anyone doing this? I use the app on my iPhone and Apple TV. I might have found a cable login lying on the ground that I use to authenticate to watch. Idiots at NBC - I don’t want to pay for Cable. I will HAPPILY pay you directly - but you don’t want my money. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/43 "2016-08-07T18:59:38Z")
Uggg nasty crash by van vlueten in the womens road race. In the lead on the lst downhill and skidded out on a corner. . ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/44 "2016-08-07T19:49:22Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Uggg nasty crash by van vlueten in the womens road race. In the lead on the lst downhill and skidded out on a corner. > . That was savage - really hope she’s OK but that landing looked awful. Course is a disgrace really, we’ve seen the best bike handlers in the world strewn over the road and pitched into concrete drainage ditches. Massive ride from Mara Abbott, thought she’d done enough but it was a long drag to the finish. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/45 "2016-08-07T19:55:03Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Does NBC stream old stuff(yesterday?) with commercials without requiring cable? I don’t have cable and my HD antenna receiver keeps crackling the image during live TV. I want to hook up my computer and watch yesterday’s coverage of stuff, ads or not. Is anyone doing this? Yeah no free streaming unless you have a cable tv account (doesn’t work if you just have cable internet from an Internet &tv provider). You probably have a friend or relative with cable who isn’t using their login today and would be happy to let you use theirs, tho (if you have cable you really don’t need to be streaming NBC). (I am not that friend, tho. Antenna for me as well.) ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/46 "2016-08-07T20:01:37Z")
> [@Busy\_Scissors](#): > > That was savage - really hope she’s OK but that landing looked awful. Course is a disgrace really, we’ve seen the best bike handlers in the world strewn over the road and pitched into concrete drainage ditches. > > Massive ride from Mara Abbott, thought she’d done enough but it was a long drag to the finish. Yeah I thought she had it, but overtaken in the last 500m. On the crash it looked like she landed with her back across the edge if the concrete kerb. Not much news other than she is conscious. . ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/47 "2016-08-07T20:22:49Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > I use the app on my iPhone and Apple TV. I might have found a cable login lying on the ground that I use to authenticate to watch. > > Idiots at NBC - I don’t want to pay for Cable. I will HAPPILY pay you directly - but you don’t want my money. It’s BS. I want to pay a $15-20 fee to get olympics over internet, even if it isn’t live. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/48 "2016-08-07T21:08:32Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Does NBC stream old stuff(yesterday?) with commercials without requiring cable? I don’t have cable and my HD antenna receiver keeps crackling the image during live TV. I want to hook up my computer and watch yesterday’s coverage of stuff, ads or not. Is anyone doing this? Depending on what you were watching I saw a lot of the same type of images during the coverage. Most of it has been from the cycling. I must say, I don’t like the way they are listing the events. I really only want to record the swimming so I don’t miss it, but they don’t always say when it’s on. There have been a couple of events that I missed. Plus my DVR wants to record everything since it’s just listed as “Olympics”. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/49 "2016-08-07T21:52:25Z")
Here in Finland we have everything categorized by sports or by time/day available at a streaming service provided by the state for free, 3250 hours total over the course of the games. A lot of this stuff isn’t broadcast over TV at all (we don’t have that many TV channels), it’s only available there. I could complain about is that they are running out of A-list commentators for the less popular sports but that’s not that big a deal. Do the other state-funded broadcasting companies do something like this as well? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/50 "2016-08-07T21:57:07Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Depending on what you were watching I saw a lot of the same type of images during the coverage. Most of it has been from the cycling. > > I must say, I don’t like the way they are listing the events. I really only want to record the swimming so I don’t miss it, but they don’t always say when it’s on. There have been a couple of events that I missed. Plus my DVR wants to record everything since it’s just listed as “Olympics”. > [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](#): > > Here in Finland we have everything categorized by sports or by time/day available at a streaming service provided by the state for free, 3250 hours total over the course of the games. A lot of this stuff isn’t broadcast over TV at all (we don’t have that many TV channels), it’s only available there. I could complain about is that they are running out of A-list commentators for the less popular sports but that’s not that big a deal. > > Do the other state-funded broadcasting companies do something like this as well? Yes, the BBC provide both a schedule and full coverage of every event. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/51 "2016-08-07T22:03:10Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Question: in sevens, why does the scoring team kick off? Is it that much harder to recover your own kickoff in sevens than in 15-a-side? > [@lisiate](#): > > Possession is way more important then territory in 7s. But I think it’s easier to recover your own kickoff anyway. Absolutely possession is key to winning at Sevens (you can sometimes break out and run the length of the field to score), but the scoring team kicking off is intended to balance the game. The top teams constantly practice trying to regain the ball from their own kickoff. It’s not that easy to do - you need a good hanging kick, plus a decent chase. Even then, the receiving team are facing the ball, whereas your chasers aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/52 "2016-08-07T22:16:06Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > What is with the points scoring for the pools? Not the game scores, but what you get to figure out how you advance out of the round? I saw after the US game where we lost 12-5 or something like that, Fiji got 3 points and the US got one. Then Australia ran over Columbia 54-0 and Columbia still got a point? I can understand getting a point for a regulation tie or something like that, but I don’t really understand the reason to get a point for a complete loss. > [@mhendo](#): > > I don’t really get it either, but that’s how they do it in sevens rugby. > > Win = 3 points > Draw = 2 points > Loss = 1 point > > It really doesn’t change anything, in terms of relative places on the table, and in terms of who advances to the next round. It does seem rather pointless (heh!) to give a point for a loss, though. Especially when it’s not just a loss, but a 53-0 thumping. The top two teams in each group, plus the best two (out of three) third-placed teams qualify for the knockout stages. That covers 8 of the 12 teams. The other 4 play a couple more KO matches to settle positions 9-12. Mhendo is right that the scoring could be 2-1-0, but I think they do that so the result looks better for the less experienced countries. (That’s also why they play for 9-12 position - to give the newbies more experience and publicity.) ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/53 "2016-08-07T22:34:51Z")
Watching Argentina v Algeria in men’s soccer. Olympic soccer suffers from the same problem WC/UEFA soccer does, the player’s are little sissy-asses who play the refs like chumps with the blatant diving. Soccer (in general) REALLY needs to fix this. I can deal with the low scores and all of that. I don’t need 9-8 shootouts. But when the players fake injury or contact to draw the foul, fuck 'em and their sport. Play the damn game. Video review should be used to award yellows/reds for diving. FYI, NBA Basketball is starting to suffer from the same problem, but appears to be more active about addressing it. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/54 "2016-08-07T22:42:15Z")
I was just wondering about when Katie Ledecky would be swimming, so I typed her name into google and hit enter. Google’s first hit is an interactive info link where you can click “Schedule” and see exactly when she’ll be competing. Then I tried US diver Kassidy Cook, same deal. So it appears to work for many/most athletes. I’m quite impressed and very pleased with this google feature. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/55 "2016-08-08T01:59:09Z")
Why doesn’t women’s soccer follow the same U23 rule as the men’s teams do? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/56 "2016-08-08T03:24:15Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Why doesn’t women’s soccer follow the same U23 rule as the men’s teams do? The top level men are already a bit over-burdened with competitive tournaments, particularly European players who have the Uefa Championships in Olympics years. The women don’t have the same schedule, and probably more importantly don’t have the pro clubs in the background, lobbying against the Olympic tournament. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/57 "2016-08-08T04:02:26Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Watching Argentina v Algeria in men’s soccer. Olympic soccer suffers from the same problem WC/UEFA soccer does, the player’s are little sissy-asses who play the refs like chumps with the blatant diving. > > Soccer (in general) REALLY needs to fix this. > > I can deal with the low scores and all of that. I don’t need 9-8 shootouts. But when the players fake injury or contact to draw the foul, fuck 'em and their sport. Play the damn game. Video review should be used to award yellows/reds for diving. > > FYI, NBA Basketball is starting to suffer from the same problem, but appears to be more active about addressing it. Yeah they should hand out Oscars for best supporting roll in a penalty shot. When I played soccer you could put someone in the hospital as long as you touched the ball first. What a bunch of wusses. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/58 "2016-08-08T12:41:43Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I was just wondering about when Katie Ledecky would be swimming, so I typed her name into google and hit enter. Google’s first hit is an interactive info link where you can click “Schedule” and see exactly when she’ll be competing. Then I tried US diver Kassidy Cook, same deal. So it appears to work for many/most athletes. > > I’m quite impressed and very pleased with this google feature. I just tried it. Cool feature, thanks for letting us know. [Congratulations to Vietnam for winning their first gold medal ever](http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36684724). I watched that, and it was a dramatic, come-from-behind win. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/59 "2016-08-08T12:55:15Z")
I was watching the 56 kg men’s weightlifting live through the BBC. (Screw NBC). How does someone that small manage to lift that much weight? Completely nuts. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/60 "2016-08-08T13:02:39Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I was watching the 56 kg men’s weightlifting live through the BBC. (Screw NBC). How does someone that small manage to lift that much weight? Completely nuts. The bar has less distance to travel and shorter limbs have better leverage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911.md?page=4)