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Topic History of: The Olympic "legacy" (LOL !)
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hedda	one of the greatest scams foisted upon the taxpayer...littering the world with useless stadiums and white elephants. Could work well but not with the completely corrupt IOC.
andrew	There be no such thing most people have forgotten about the 2012 Olympic's.
In The Know	Those that have a vested interest in promoting this huge waste of public money will be championing the new report. I prefer David Bond (who, as head of sport at the BBC) should know the full details - Having spent the best part of £10bn on London 2012, the government knows it has to deliver on Britain's legacy promises. So it is no surprise that Prime Minister David Cameron wants to showcase the £9.9bn boost to the British economy from the Games. But we should be cautious with this figure. While the Games will have generated plenty of new trade and investment, it's impossible to know how much of the £9.9bn can be attributed directly to the Olympics. Much of it may have happened anyway. There are also question marks over some of the other key areas in today's report. Sports participation since 2005 is up by 1.4 million but in the last year it's actually dropped by 200,000. On school sports, the government is championing its new investment at primary level but many critics believe this is a patched up version of what was already in place. While lots of progress has been made, after just 12 months it's simply too early to judge the Olympic legacy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23370270