YOG in Singapore
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We forget our own, again
Ms Lynette Ng, ST forum 23rd Aug 2010:
“I agree with Mr. Richard Low’s letter last Thursday.
I am the sister of a YOG athlete. My family of four
had to purchase our own tickets to watch my brother compete.
At the opening ceremony, he was one of the flag bearers,
and for that too we had to purchase our own tickets.
The amount spent on tickets came to over $1,200.
Family members, or at least the parents, of YOG athletes
should be given free or discounted tickets.”
YOG athletes and officials are given all expenses paid
trip to participate in this YOG.
Has SYOGOC forgotten to take care of its own people?
Not every family can afford $1,200 to support their kid.
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Way2GO:
Plenty of relatives of YOG athletes paid their own way to SG and buy their own tickets too.We forget our own, again
Ms Lynette Ng, ST forum 23rd Aug 2010:
“I agree with Mr. Richard Low’s letter last Thursday.
I am the sister of a YOG athlete. My family of four
had to purchase our own tickets to watch my brother compete.
At the opening ceremony, he was one of the flag bearers,
and for that too we had to purchase our own tickets.
The amount spent on tickets came to over $1,200.
Family members, or at least the parents, of YOG athletes
should be given free or discounted tickets.”
YOG athletes and officials are given all expenses paid
trip to participate in this YOG.
Has SYOGOC forgotten to take care of its own people?
Not every family can afford $1,200 to support their kid.
Even more of the overseas YOG athletes would not have a relative in attendance at this event.
Why do they need to spend $1200? Brother, sister, parents, granduncle all need to attend every match?
A bit unreasonable, I think..... -
3Boys:
3 Boys, I did a double-take at the amount myself...I think that included the Opening Ceremony. That would have been the bulk of money spent. :stupid: :stupid: She didn't mention anything about the Closing though...think too peeved!
Plenty of relatives of YOG athletes paid their own way to SG and buy their own tickets too.Way2GO:
We forget our own, again
Ms Lynette Ng, ST forum 23rd Aug 2010:
“I agree with Mr. Richard Low’s letter last Thursday.
I am the sister of a YOG athlete. My family of four
had to purchase our own tickets to watch my brother compete.
At the opening ceremony, he was one of the flag bearers,
and for that too we had to purchase our own tickets.
The amount spent on tickets came to over $1,200.
Family members, or at least the parents, of YOG athletes
should be given free or discounted tickets.”
YOG athletes and officials are given all expenses paid
trip to participate in this YOG.
Has SYOGOC forgotten to take care of its own people?
Not every family can afford $1,200 to support their kid.
Even more of the overseas YOG athletes would not have a relative in attendance at this event.
Why do they need to spend $1200? Brother, sister, parents, granduncle all need to attend every match?
A bit unreasonable, I think..... -
wow.... i didnt know that there is no FOC tickets given to the athletes. I am expecting at least 2-4 tickets to each athlete to give their suporters. So sad.
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mummyjoyce:
wow.... i didnt know that there is no FOC tickets given to the athletes. I am expecting at least 2-4 tickets to each athlete to give their suporters. So sad.
me too, not aware of that the athletes were not given free tix. While the schools gave tix to students to watch YOG, then maybe the authorities could give 2 FOC tix for the athlete's supporter to watch it too? -
Today!
18:30 Women’s Singles Final-Gold Medal Match
LI Isabelle Siyun (SIN) vs GU Yuting (CHN)
Any LIVE telecast? -
catch the table tennis action live on this site:
http://www.youtholympicgames.org -
3Boys:
Most of these international competitions are self-funding
Plenty of relatives of YOG athletes paid their own way to SG and buy their own tickets too.
Even more of the overseas YOG athletes would not have a relative in attendance at this event.
Why do they need to spend $1200? Brother, sister, parents, granduncle all need to attend every match?
A bit unreasonable, I think.....
or participants are funded by their NOCs.
Local parents pay their own way too when
they go overseas to support their kids.
But for this YOG, Singapore or IOC is picking up the tab for the travel,
lodgings and food of the participants n officials for the duration of the Games.
Each ticket costs about $10 - $30.
Is it too much to ask dat SYOGOC give a couple of tickets
to each local athlete’s parents to attend in recognition
of their support for the kid’s time and dedication to represent Singapore?
The venues are not filled in any case.
Family support would mean a lot for competitors.
A couple of hundred bucks could also mean a lot to some families.
I can understand why she n others are peeved. -
Isabelle Li has won a Silver Medal in the Girls Single Table Tennis
Well Donw Isabelle ! :celebrate: -
Way2GO:
Not sure I follow the logic. How are the other international events funding different from YOG? Is it not a mixture of sponsorship, host country investment and ticket sales?
Most of these international competitions are self-funding3Boys:
Plenty of relatives of YOG athletes paid their own way to SG and buy their own tickets too.
Even more of the overseas YOG athletes would not have a relative in attendance at this event.
Why do they need to spend $1200? Brother, sister, parents, granduncle all need to attend every match?
A bit unreasonable, I think.....
or participants are funded by their NOCs.
Local parents pay their own way too when
they go overseas to support their kids.
But for this YOG, Singapore or IOC is picking up the tab for the travel,
lodgings and food of the participants n officials for the duration of the Games.
Each ticket costs about $10 - $30.
Is it too much to ask dat SYOGOC give a couple of tickets
to each local athlete’s parents to attend in recognition
of their support for the kid’s time and dedication to represent Singapore?
The venues are not filled in any case.
Family support would mean a lot for competitors.
A couple of hundred bucks could also mean a lot to some families.
I can understand why she n others are peeved.
A couple of tickets to each match would not add up to $1200. If the families were spending upwards of a few hundreds a month (minimum) to put the kids through training to get to this level, I can't really see what the gripe about ticket prices is.
Yes, it would have been a nice touch, but someone else would be paying for the freebie, be it our taxpayers, or other ticket buyers.
No such thing as a free lunch, someone always ends up paying.
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