US Olympic Outfits

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

Would their have been a complaint had they been made in Switzerland?

Hi Dee!

Yes, I would still feel that uniforms for the USA Olympic team should be made in the USA regardless of where they were made-even if made by our neighbor and friend, Canada!

It is my personal belief that it is the very least we can do to support American businesses for the Olympics!

[Wolfsong]

Originally Posted by *Anya*

Hi Dee!

Yes, I would still feel that uniforms for the USA Olympic team should be made in the USA regardless of where they were made-even if made by our neighbor and friend, Canada!

It is my personal belief that it is the very least we can do to support American businesses for the Olympics!

I have to agree. This should not have even been anything that they had to think about. I would have thought RL could have done better for us. We look like reject French flight attendants

[jac]

To me they have that flight-attendant look to them, which btw is a great look... if you're a flight attendant!!

I think the uniforms are all too stiff for my liking. And yes, the skirts are pathetic!!

They're athletes for gripes sake. They can go out in their uniforms and warm-up suits. This should not be a freakin' fashion show and waste of money IMO... ugh!!

[chefhmboyrd]

This whole thing would not even be an issue were it not an election year; the olympic uniforms are always ugly, and gender biased, and made in a foreign country, been that way for years.

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Wolfsong

I have to agree. This should not have even been anything that they had to think about. I would have thought RL could have done better for us. We look like reject French flight attendants

i agree as well.

The other day i made it a mission to look at items around the farm, and see where they were made. About 90% said MADE IN CHINA.

i'm in Canada, but i believe it to be the same as the states, and just feel like it's hypocritical to demand made in the USA for the Olympics when we outsource just about everything on a daily basis. The made in China uniforms were a better example of how things really are in the states, but i get that this is the almighty Olympics and we better represent ourselves well.

i would still love to know how much it cost to have the whole uniform process redone and how many starving children could have been fed with that money.

[Ciaran]

Originally Posted by *Anya*

Hi Dee!

Yes, I would still feel that uniforms for the USA Olympic team should be made in the USA regardless of where they were made-even if made by our neighbor and friend, Canada!

It is my personal belief that it is the very least we can do to support American businesses for the Olympics!

Sure, American corporate plc has already done more than enough to ensure that American businesses are supported for the Olympics.


Why worry about uniforms when, thanks to McDonalds' food sponsorship, all spectators are being banned from taking any personal food items into the stadia. Meanwhile, when we eventually get inside, we can only pay by Visa because Visa is a "preferred provider" to the Olympics which is corporate-speak for having paid out a lot of $$$ for the privilege.


The Olympic spirit is dead - it died years ago. Where the US team uniform are, or are not, manufactured changes that not one iota.

[Okiebug61]

Originally Posted by Ciaran

Sure, American corporate plc has already done more than enough to ensure that American businesses are supported for the Olympics.


Why worry about uniforms when, thanks to McDonalds' food sponsorship, all spectators are being banned from taking any personal food items into the stadia. Meanwhile, when we eventually get inside, we can only pay by Visa because Visa is a "preferred provider" to the Olympics which is corporate-speak for having paid out a lot of $$$ for the privilege.


The Olympic spirit is dead - it died years ago. Where the US team uniform are, or are not, manufactured changes that not one iota.

This saddens me! I refuse to give up the fight to do what's right. I will not win every time but if I do not try I will never know what the outcome might have been. Red said one of the best things ever to me early into our partnership. She said if you are an excuse driven person then your live will be one big excuse. I refuse to go out of this world spewing excuses.

[Ciaran]

Originally Posted by Okiebug61

This saddens me! I refuse to give up the fight to do what's right. I will not win every time but if I do not try I will never know what the outcome might have been. Red said one of the best things ever to me early into our partnership. She said if you are an excuse driven person then your live will be one big excuse. I refuse to go out of this world spewing excuses.

No one is making excuses and, if you think I am, then I would respectfully suggest that you re-read my post. Rather, all I am doing is telling it as it is and without any sugar-coating.

The Olympic Games is one big corporate-fest and it's driven by globalisation rather than pride in individual nation states. Yes, many of us will read, and get a warm glow, from stories such as that of the Lesotho team even though such coverage tends to be both patronising and condescending.

I am fortunate enough to be able to attend some of the Olympic events this summer but enthusiasm for the games here in London is lukewarm ay best. Furthermore, until a few months ago I lived on the edge of a historic park which now houses an ugly stadium that will, in all likelihood, be used during the Olympics and then rarely used again - as was the Athens 2004 experience.


You go ahead and fight for the US uniforms to be made in the USA ..... Personally, I think that the USA has many more pressing issues to deal with.

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by Ciaran

You go ahead and fight for the US uniforms to be made in the USA ..... Personally, I think that the USA has many more pressing issues to deal with.

Thanks for that Ciaran. You are certainly entitled to your opinions as all of us are and I think we all realize that there are global issues bigger than all of us here that are worth debating.

The issues the majority of us have been focusing on in this thread are pertinent to the United States of America, the uniforms for the Olympics being made in a country not the USA, the loss of manufactiring jobs to other countries and the impact of this loss to the economy of the USA and I do believe you are a citizen of the UK, not the USA, correct?

Globalization is a topic for all. No debate on that at all. I think we recognize that. I think we also recognize that the USA has many serious issues to deal with. Our economy is a critical one.

USA Olympic uniforms not made in the USA, yes, is a topic of concern for those of us that live here and pay taxes here. The uniforms being made in China is simply a tangible symbol to those of us that are citizens of America for the loss of jobs to other countries.

Those of us that live here are certainly entitled to to discuss the importance to our economy of the loss of manufacturing jobs to other countries.

[Ciaran]

Originally Posted by *Anya*

The issues the majority of us have been focusing on in this thread are pertinent to the United States of America, the uniforms for the Olympics being made in a country not the USA, the loss of manufactiring jobs to other countries and the impact of this loss to the economy of the USA and I do believe you are a citizen of the UK, not the USA, correct?

Those of us that live here are certainly entitled to to discuss the importance to our economy of the loss of manufacturing jobs to other countries.

That is correct. I am a United Kingdom citizen and very proud to be British. There are few things more important in my life than my Ulster - British heritage.

However, I didn't know that meant I couldn't comment on issues pertaining to the United States, nor that my viewpoint was necessarily inferior as a result.

That's certainly what the above implies - not sure whether I'm meant to take offence at that or not but, let's just say that I'll retain my right to post on topics that I wish to contribute to and, if you have a problem with that, solve it by putting me on ignore.

[Wolfsong]

Originally Posted by Ciaran

Sure, American corporate plc has already done more than enough to ensure that American businesses are supported for the Olympics.


Why worry about uniforms when, thanks to McDonalds' food sponsorship, all spectators are being banned from taking any personal food items into the stadia. Meanwhile, when we eventually get inside, we can only pay by Visa because Visa is a "preferred provider" to the Olympics which is corporate-speak for having paid out a lot of $$$ for the privilege.


The Olympic spirit is dead - it died years ago. Where the US team uniform are, or are not, manufactured changes that not one iota.

Well now that they allow professional athletes to compete the bloom is off of the rose for me. I watch sports that I rarely get to see otherwise (like curling, track, gymastics, bob-sledding etc).

Fortunately for Olympic attendees, McDonalds didn't completely get their way. You cannot bring your own food in, however that is the rule for most sporting, music, and theater events anyway. There are going to be around 800 other vendors serving the Olympics according to Mail Online, and commercial partners Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Cadbury, Nature Valley, and Heineken will be the only branded products sold at the games.

McDonalds did accomplish one thing that people will find to be fairly annoying.....they have engineered a ban to force all 800 food retailers at the 40 Games venues across Britain from dishing up chips (fries) because of 'sponsorship obligations.' The only loophole in the agreement, announced in a memo to staff, is that chips can be served with fish - safeguarding Britain's most famous dish. The Brits, who seem to prefer everything with chips, are bristling at the fry ruling but unfortunately for them, Mickey D's threw enough cash at the Olympics to make the ruling stick. French fries are one of their biggest money-makers (Happy Meals are actually #1)

As for the Visa thing you are 100% correct. The Link machines at Olympic Park have been disabled or moved and Visa is the only card that can be used at ATMs in the park. I'm not certain if this also applies to other vendors (such as McDonald's) but I bet that would be a fight that Visa would lose if they tried to fight it. McDonald's corporation has long been a customer of mine for the last 20years or so and I have seen them do some things over that time that just make you shake your head. (I also have not eaten fast food in years, with exceptions made for Jimmy John's and Chipotle)

Where the uniforms come from and what they look like does matter. With the unemployment rate so high, the infrastructure of the country in less that desirable shape, the economy in the shitter, and the drought having destroyed most of this year's crops it matters more now than ever. We could use a few heros right now. This is a world stage. We need to be able to stand up and feel the strength of our own resiliency. Nothing else that we are doing seems to be working.


Ok, I am going to shut-up now because the voices inside my head have now started humming America the Beautiful while I type.