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[mantahatch]

I found this quite an interesting little read http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19047586 As a comprehensive school educated person, I was interested in the state V public school bit especially.

[Nickbat]

I found this quite an interesting little read http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19047586 As a comprehensive school educated person, I was interested in the state V public school bit especially.

I agree with the view that it is down to ideology, not hard cash. My children's primary school sports day had no competitive element at all this year. When I went to the same school many years ago, we had races and rosettes awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Not allowed these days, I'm afraid. 

[Varche]

Can't see many comprehensive schools producing

Dressage winners- you need a lot of money to compete in that even assuming someone donated a horse!

Sailing winners

Rowing for that matter.

[Rods2]

I no doubt, that Nu labour and Lib Dems are already working on the problem and we will see their suggestions after the Olympics, something along the lines of:

Comprehensive schools are under represented in the Olympic squad, so to give them a greater chance of qualifying and being selected for the Olympic squad we are introducing the two for one rule. This will work by comprehensive school participants only have to achieve half the standard of public schools competitors. So if a public school competitor runs 100m in 10 seconds, their comprehensive school rival will only have to complete the race within 20 seconds to qualify for selection to the 2016 Olympic squad.

We have also looked into what would motivate unemployed 16 years old in social housing to join a sports club. We are happy to announce as a result of our survey, we are now sponsored by McDonalds, Carlsberg and British American Tobacco, who will be providing as much fast food, beer and tobacco as these potential top athletes need as part of their training program.

When asked how this will help, when they have no chance of any of them winning any medals the a Lib Dem equality spokes person, said: Fairness, equality and taking part is so very much more important than winning. We are current talking to the Olympic committee about introducing some new sports that they are particularly good at for Rio 2016.

By far the most promising for potential gold medals is for our comprehensive school triathletes. The qualifying rounds will be held on a Friday evening, with the final the following evening. This is when they are in peak form every week and they train the hardest, in the most realistic conditions. 1. 100m sprint to the bar, smoke 20 cigarettes, while downing 20 pints of lager. 2. A 50m sprint to the takeaway, to down a donor kebab with chips and having a bare knuckle fighting against each other until the last three are standing. 3. The pole vault, showing after 20 pints and a fight how quickly they can practice knocking up a local scrubber, while leaning against a lamppost. 

[Dishevelled Den]

I no doubt, that Nu labour and Lib Dems are already working on the problem and we will see their suggestions after the Olympics, something along the lines of:

Comprehensive schools are under represented in the Olympic squad, so to give them a greater chance of qualifying and being selected for the Olympic squad we are introducing the two for one rule. This will work by comprehensive school participants only have to achieve half the standard of public schools competitors. So if a public school competitor runs 100m in 10 seconds, their comprehensive school rival will only have to complete the race within 20 seconds to qualify for selection to the 2016 Olympic squad.

We have also looked into what would motivate unemployed 16 years old in social housing to join a sports club. We are happy to announce as a result of our survey, we are now sponsored by McDonalds, Carlsberg and British American Tobacco, who will be providing as much fast food, beer and tobacco as these potential top athletes need as part of their training program.

When asked how this will help, when they have no chance of any of them winning any medals the a Lib Dem equality spokes person, said: Fairness, equality and taking part is so very much more important than winning. We are current talking to the Olympic committee about introducing some new sports that they are particularly good at for Rio 2016.

By far the most promising for potential gold medals is for our comprehensive school triathletes. The qualifying rounds will be held on a Friday evening, with the final the following evening. This is when they are in peak form every week and they train the hardest, in the most realistic conditions. 1. 100m sprint to the bar, smoke 20 cigarettes, while downing 20 pints of lager. 2. A 50m sprint to the takeaway, to down a donor kebab with chips and having a bare knuckle fighting against each other until the last three are standing. 3. The pole vault, showing after 20 pints and a fight how quickly they can practice knocking up a local scrubber, while leaning against a lamppost. 

  That tickled Uncle Denny.