Rant number 253
So here we are, the Paralympic closing ceremony which marks the end of it all. It's been brilliant couple of weeks of sport. Exciting and diverse, tense and nerve-wracking. It's been a time of highs - like gold after a gold and a time of disappointments too for those who missed out.
It's been a time where - for the first time in ages, there has pretty much been always something on. The spectacle of Usain Bolt in the 100 metres smashing the competition, the grace and beauty of the diving, the skill of the archers and the shooters. It's been a bloody brilliant couple of weeks.
It's bloody well over though now, and we have to go back to the same old schedules.
And that kinda sucks.
I'm not a fan of football - so that's not an option. That just leaves Rugby - which gets little coverage on standard TV (I'm not on Sky or Virgin,) Formula one - which is near to the close of the subject and very little else.
It just sucks to not have the variety of sports available to watch. I'm prefer to watch the odd sports than football any day.
It must be rubbish for the athletes too. They get a chance to be seen on TV maybe once a year (probably only once every four years really) and they are truly at the top of their game.
With any luck, the TV programmers will realise how popular the olympics have been and will bring back more of this kind of sport more often.
Not likely though alas.
Rant over.
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