08-17-2009, 05:04 PM
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| Olympics + 1 Year: What does it mean for you?
Fencing.Net writer and media critic Ben Humphrey tackles this question in his article: Fencing: One Year Later
What's your perspective on fencing looking back on the last year in fencing?
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08-17-2009, 05:05 PM
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| I think the Canadians will be very surprised when the 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Singapore.... :)
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08-17-2009, 05:10 PM
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| LOL. Ben needs to call that ticket scalper back... | |
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08-18-2009, 11:21 AM
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| Oh well. At least I hadn't booked my flight yet!  | |
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08-18-2009, 08:56 PM
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| Nice little article, but it's really old news by now. Personally, I'm more interested in the Worlds and in 2012. | |
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08-18-2009, 11:35 PM
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| Always changing is the future. Difficult to see it is. | |
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08-20-2009, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by pillow  Nice little article, but it's really old news by now. | I think you missed the point of the article, namely, yes, its old news, but is it still resonating and are there long term effects? And he makes a fairly persuasive case for the affirmative.
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08-20-2009, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by oso97 I think you missed the point of the article, namely, yes, its old news, but is it still resonating and are there long term effects? And he makes a fairly persuasive case for the affirmative. | The point is that it was a nice "feel-good" article. The point you raise is actually more important, in that we must ask, for the millionth time--What did the USFA do over the past year to build on this possible once-in-a-lifetime Olympic success? | |
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08-20-2009, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by pillow The point is that it was a nice "feel-good" article. The point you raise is actually more important, in that we must ask, for the millionth time--What did the USFA do over the past year to build on this possible once-in-a-lifetime Olympic success? | so fencing.net isn't allowed to report on things unless its bad news or critical of the administration? | 
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08-20-2009, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by noodle so fencing.net isn't allowed to report on things unless its bad news or critical of the administration? | Of course not. F.net reported on Stay&Play--that was good news and uncritical of the administration, wasn't it? | |
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