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It’s time for the opening ceremony!

Guess we’re only getting Spanish commentary for the opening ceremony

Cali hosted a couple of events during the 2018 CAC Games. A duel Cali/Barranquilla bid might not be the worst thing in the world (other than the distance between the two)

Racquetball draws are out: https://results-santiago2023.org/#/discipline/RQL/reports

athletes absent from the start list of women’s mountain biking. Looks like we’re already down to 16 starters.

I guess my opinion will be different since I work in communications/journalism. People always talk about how they want more creative content, coverage of more events, or a more diversified content offering, yet they never want to pay subscriptions, view ads, or pay for newsletters. Reading an article, or watching a video might be free, but production isn't. I'd love nothing more than to publish articles, podcasts, interviews, etc. all day, but I can't make a living doing that for free. It really sucks when people use ad blockers or read articles/view media on platforms other than where they were originally published. It decreases a outlet's revenue and it hurts the metrics used to measure interest in that particular media (or eyeballs brought to the platform). It can have a huge affect on the employment of people working in the entertainment/communications/journalism fields. Of course, I don't want to excuse the greediness of major media companies because they do make a lot of money already. I also don't enjoy having to view a bunch of advertisements or pay subscription fees that seem to be rising in cost every year now. I just have a greater appreciation for why, a some level, that might be necessary to support people who create content I do enjoy. I'm not perfect about supporting content creators by any means either. I too view movie clips on YouTube, or read articles on other platforms. I do, however, have a informed appreciation of how that might hurt the people making that content. I do firmly believe that content should be fairly priced, with the user experienced unhindered by advertisements or other pop ups. I understand the frustration people have with the industries I work in, the monetization models aren't ideal in many cases, I just want people to be better advocates for content creators and consider how their online habits can affect someone's livelihood. Hopefully that all makes sense.

Advertisements are how they make revenue though. Honestly, asking people to watch a couple ads for what is essentially "free content" isn't a huge ask. The bigger problem, if you ask me, is what they pay creators (including those who don't qualify for partner programs, but nonetheless create original content).

A nice bit of propaganda from this morning while we wait for the opening ceremony.

No, just streaming it looks like.

Weightlifting entires have been published. 26 NOCs with athletes. 9 and 18 are the lowest and highest number of entries in a weight class.

I wasn’t sold on the diving venue when I saw photos earlier this week, but it does come across nice enough on the broadcast.

Before the Pan American Games begin, I'd like to extend a hearty Totallympics welcome to a pair of new Pan American users @MatiReimundo @rapguacu

My predictions for Nice try y'all, I ain't jinxing them like that

This article talks more about international players in the NFL. have the most players besides US and Canada. Link: https://www.nbcsportschicago.com/nfl/heres-a-list-of-all-the-active-nfl-players-born-outside-of-the-united-states/496802/

Diving entries have been published on the results site. There will be 17 divers in the women's 10m prelim tomorrow (3 more than 2019). Edit: Overall, individual entries are up or equal to 2019 (except men's 10m, which is only down one)

Olympic Channel will be streaming these for Europe (excluding Balkans), LATAM, and USA. Boxing, Karate, and Sambo begin tomorrow.

should try qualifying for the WBC first

loses their first match by RSC in Round 1

ESPN didn’t feel like they were getting a return on investment, but their promotion was horrible. I prefer having the international feeds on PanamSports Channel anyway.

In case anyone else is looking for streaming/television information: https://santiago2023.org/en/noticias/sport-agency/detalle/1923/this-is-how-the-santiago-2023-games-will-be-watched-in-the-americas-and-the-world

with a pair of errors

baseball uniforms are...uh...quite something. "Zorba the Greek" is also an interesting choice for music.

Yep