Edmonton bids for the 2022 Commonwealth Games

[craigwd]

http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/city-of-e...-bid-1.1894589

http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/commonw...216136940.html

How exciting! I hope they get it. I wasn't around for the 1978 Games but will definitely make the trip if they are awarded the 2022 event.

Looking forward to watching the coverage of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Only 21 days away!

[Addick]

If they get the games and Canada ends up sharing the World Cup with the States, would this open the door for Calgary to be a WC Host City?

[nik-]

good luck to Edmonton!

[Tyler]

Ergh. Edmonton is not a place I want to share with the rest of the world.

[habernac]

I went to the ones on 78, loved it. Hope they get it.

[MoneyGuy]

Edmonton did a bang-up job in '78 and Universiade. They'll do it again if they're successful.

[getbak]

Is the Commonwealth Games still a big deal? Was it ever?

I have vague memories of 78, and 94 in Victoria was purposely small.

My main memory of the 94 Games was that they had sugar packets with the mascot on them doing the various sports. I would always grab the "shooting" one because the image of a smiling killer whale holding a rifle is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.



I don't recall seeing much coverage of any Games since 1994. The only thing I remember from the last one was that there were issues with raw sewage at the facilities in India.

[Fire]

Originally Posted by getbak

Is the Commonwealth Games still a big deal? Was it ever?

It was a bigger deal 30 years ago, but now I believe there are fewer countries that participate. Not sure why it even exists to be honest, seems like a good way for countries/cities to lose money.

[Tyler]

Let's be serious, the Commonwealth games is really just an entire sporting event fostered by first world white British Commonwealth nations to rack up track and field gold medals until they're eventually destroyed at the Olympics.

[craigwd]

Originally Posted by Tyler

Let's be serious, the Commonwealth games is really just an entire sporting event fostered by first world white British Commonwealth nations to rack up track and field gold medals until they're eventually destroyed at the Olympics.

and that's why it's endured for 84 years and includes Central American, SE Asian and African nations participating in 20 sports including Athletics.

I guess you can say the same thing for all multi-sport events outside of the Olympic Games.

[Tyler]

Originally Posted by craigwd

and that's why it's endured for 84 years and includes Central American, SE Asian and African nations participating in 20 sports including Athletics.

I guess you can say the same thing for all multi-sport events outside of the Olympic Games.

Sometimes you just figure you don't need green text.. and then craigwd comes along and ruins it for everyone. Way to go

[Lil Pedro]

Will the Oilers playoff drought still be intact by then?

[Resolute 14]

The Commonwealth Games does seem like a largely unnecessary event at this point. Same with the Pan-Am games. In both cases, cost more than anything.

IMO, it would almost make more sense to break apart the Commonwealth Games into their component sports and hold individual Commonwealth championships for athletics, cycling, boxing, etc.

Surprisingly, there has never been a soccer tournament at the CG. There is a field hockey tournament, however.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Tyler

Let's be serious, the Commonwealth games is really just an entire sporting event fostered by first world white British Commonwealth nations to rack up track and field gold medals until they're eventually destroyed at the Olympics.

Originally Posted by craigwd

and that's why it's endured for 84 years and includes Central American, SE Asian and African nations participating in 20 sports including Athletics.

I guess you can say the same thing for all multi-sport events outside of the Olympic Games.

Originally Posted by Tyler

Sometimes you just figure you don't need green text.. and then craigwd comes along and ruins it for everyone. Way to go

All that being said, they really aren't sporting Giants:

Spoiler!

• Aden1 1962
• Anguilla2 1998–
• Australasia 1911
• Antigua and Barbuda 1966–1970, 1978, 1994–
• Australia 1930–
• Bahamas 1954–1970, 1978–1982, 1990–
• Bangladesh 1978, 1990–
• Barbados 1954–1982, 1990–
• Belize4 1978, 1994–
• Bermuda 1930–1938, 1954–1982, 1990–
• Botswana 1974, 1982–
• British Guiana3 1930–1938, 1954–1962
• British Honduras4 1962–1966
• British Virgin Islands 1990–
• Brunei Darussalam 1958, 1990–
• Cameroon 1998–
• Canada 1911–
• Cayman Islands 1978–
• Ceylon5 1938–1950, 1958–1970
• Cook Islands 1974–1978, 1986–
• Cyprus 1978–1982, 1990–
• Dominica 1958–1962, 1970, 1994–
• England 1911–
• Falkland Islands 1982–
• Fiji6 1938, 1954–1986, 1998–2006
• Gambia7 1970–1982, 1990–2010
• Ghana 1958–1982, 1990–
• Gibraltar 1958–
• Gold Coast8 1954
• Grenada 1970–1982, 1998–
• Guernsey8 1970–
• Guyana3 1966–1970, 1978–1982, 1990–
• Hong Kong9 1934, 1954–1962, 1970–1994
• India 1934–1938, 1954–1958, 1966–1982, 1990–
• Ireland10 11 1930
• Irish Free State10 1934
• Isle of Man 1958–
• Jamaica 1934, 1954–1982, 1990–
• Jersey8 1958–
• Kenya 1954–1982, 1990–
• Kiribati 1998–
• Lesotho 1974–
• Malawi12 1970–
• Malaya13 1950, 1958–1962
• Malaysia 1966–1982, 1990–
• Maldives 1986–
• Malta 1958–1962, 1970, 1982–
• Mauritius 1958–1982, 1990–

• Montserrat 1994–
• Mozambique 1998–
• Namibia 1994–
• Nauru 1990–
• Newfoundland14 1930–1934
• New Zealand 1930–
• Nigeria 1950–1958, 1966–1974, 1982, 1990–1994, 2002–
• Niue 2002–
• Norfolk Island 1986–
• North Borneo13 1958–1962
• Northern Ireland10 15 1934–1938, 1954–
• Northern Rhodesia16 1954
• Pakistan 1954–1970, 1990–
• Papua New Guinea 1962–1982, 1990–
• Rhodesia 1934–1950
• Rhodesia and Nyasaland16 1958–1962
• Rwanda 2010–
• Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla2 1978
• Saint Helena (with Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha)18 1982, 1998–
• Saint Kitts and Nevis2 1990–
• Saint Lucia 1962, 1970, 1978, 1994–
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1958, 1966–1978, 1994–
• Samoa19 1998–
• Sarawak13 1958–1962
• Scotland 1930–
• Seychelles 1990–
• Sierra Leone 1958, 1966–1970, 1978, 1990–
• Singapore13 1958–
• Solomon Islands 1982, 1990–
• South Africa 1911–1958, 1994–
• South Arabia1 1966
• Southern Rhodesia16 1954
• Sri Lanka 1974–1982, 1990–
• Swaziland 1970–
• Tanganyika20 1962
• Tanzania 1966–1982, 1990–
• Tonga 1974, 1982, 1990–
• Trinidad and Tobago 1934–1982, 1990–
• Turks and Caicos Islands 1978, 1998–
• Tuvalu 1998–
• Uganda 1954–1982, 1990–
• Vanuatu 1982–
• Wales 1930–
• Western Samoa19 1974–1994
• Zambia12 1970–1982, 1990–
• Zimbabwe12 22 1982, 1990–2002

I would go to watch Sevens, as the best in the world, bar none would be there.