Are the Olympics rigged???

[Dragunuv]

The other day I was watching my team play Brazil. I'm honduran but what made me sad was how the soccer game was fixed. In the first round honduras scored a goal and around the end of the one round one player was taking out. I believe to lessen the players. And then a Brazilians player scored. So then honduras scored. then a honduran player was taking out 2 players total. So we lost in the end but soccer olympics games is rigged to me. it reminded of pacquio bradley fight. what do you all think and have you watched it?

[sketchy]

I certainly don't think the soccer is fixed - no one cares enough about Olympic soccer to bother. If they did care, they would field better teams. That's why Spain lost to Japan, and Great Britain lost to South Korea.

I do believe that in judged sports (not so much in the Olympics), the judges are often biased towards the big stars. Obviously the ruling body is there to promote the sport, and that's a lot easier when you have recognizable stars, rather than just a load of fairly equal players (ideally, they like to have a rivalry between two big stars - eg. Federer vs Nadal).

Similarly, the ruling body will sometimes let stars get away with things that would be damaging to the sport if revealed. For example, Serena Williams has done a lot to popularize tennis - but there has long been speculation that she takes steroids or other drugs.

Maybe she's guilty, maybe not - but the WTA aren't going to take that chance. She may never have tested positive, but she has consistently been allowed to avoid taking the tests in the first place (was not tested out of competition even once during '10 and '11, and when an officer did arrive to test her, she fled to a secure panic room!).

[MyUsernameRules]

Brazil sells. Just look at the NBA and how they rigged Miami to win the championship just because LeBron needed to win one.

[Dragunuv]

sounds like your gay.

[MyUsernameRules]

Are you really 26? Haha.

[Dragunuv]

I hope my message is directed to juker since he is a fat worthless piece of sh*t. who needs to get a job and a life.

[Anonymous]

If the score was dealt unfairly, that doesn't mean it's rigged. Judges do make mistakes.

[Cfctorres]

Brazil are the better team... Honduras deserved their red cards,the 2nd player got sent off in the last minute.

It's not rigged

[Dragunuv]

Yea whatever you know and I know and everybody who watched that game that brazil got lucky and honduras got robbed.

[Juker]

sounds like you're just butthurt that your team lost dude.

[Dragunuv]

juker your worthless.

[Juker]

*You're

[Dragunuv]

Your worthless.

[Opalivian]

Rigged or not just...

Enjoy the damn olympics.

[Dragunuv]

yea your right.

[Anonymous]

Only badminton is rigged

[TedStar]

Nought guy.