... will it do for you?
What with the massive cost of staging the Olympics, the credit crunch, the humungous government cut backs, the fact that they will hit local sport big time and, in my case, the fact that the Olympics are taking place 250 miles from home and are representing 26 or so sports, of which a number seem a bit exotic, old hat or not that sporting at all, I can't help but feel that it could all be detrimental to sport for the nation as a whole come the finish.
I guess my major worry is how it might impact on sports for kids. I thought one of the justifications of bidding for the olympics is the sporting legacy it can leave behind but surely whatever legacy there is likely to be will now at best only counter balance the local level sports funding cut backs on the way. And before anyone says anything, I really appreciate that money doesn't necessarily inspire sports take up, but reducing or canning proposed new facilities surely will. So will cutting back on schools modernisation/re-building in a roundabout way I'm sure.
The last I heard was that the cost of staging the olympics will be getting on for £10 billion by the way!