As the Olympics finally get underway, the expected raft of 'cock-ups' has started to surface.
How all the so-careful and competent organisation managed to mix up the flags of the 2 Koreas has to be a mystery as does the announcement of a footballer as being English when he is actually Welsh. These types of errors are ones which no self-respecting offical should ever have allowed and their occurence raises serious concerns about the overall management of the Games.
The other issue which has now come to the fore is a fairly obvious one to anyone who's watched any of the events so far; arenas have been half-empty. Watching some of the tennis yesterday, it was clear that the Wimbledon courts were less than half full and the absence of atmosphere was tangible. Considering the vast amount of effort that went into 'ticketing' and the vast number of people who seem to have been disappointed, this is a total mess.
Sebastian Coe and his pals on the organising committee have been busily blaming the sponsors who were allocated large numbers of tickets that appear to be unused; the sponsors are busily at work denying they have any culpability. Whatever the problem and whoever is to blame, the reuslt is a farcical situation for which LOCOG have to carry the can, as they do for every other 'cock-up'.
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