Olympics 2.0

So its over ... China, hype, medals, tears, tantrums, success, failure, glory, despair ... and in 4 years it will all happen again. Some of the cast will be the same but there will be new-comers and the venue will be so, so different.

Chinese money, Government money, made the 2008 Games a success in many ways ... fabulous stadia, state organisation. London 2012 is spending our money ... it will be a Games for the World financed by the people ... the tax paying people of the UK. That is okay provided that it is enduring.

But as 'Apophenia' comments : I want my Games in 2012 to be Olympics 2.0 (or whatever we will be talking about then). If I decide to watch the games on whatever digital display I choose to view on (and I don't want, at this time to predict what that might be)... I want to make the choices about what I see and when and who gives me information about it. I am not a partisan sort of person. I can appreciate athletics prowess from people of all nations and creeds. I do not need or want a TV company to spend hours showing me only (or at least mostly) sports people from the UK performing. I want to see it all and make choices about the way I see it. I want to be in control. Will this be too much to ask in 4 years time?