NZ Olympic Soccer Team Accuse CAN Team of UAV Spying

[The Bread Guy]

Time spent in reconnaissance may seldom be wasted, but it MAY sometimes be regretted .....

New Zealand Olympic Team

olympic.org.nz

Canadian Olympic Committee offers 'heartfelt apology' after New Zealand accuses Canada Soccer of spying

The Canadian Olympic Committee offered a 'heartfelt' apology to New Zealand Football Tuesday after the New Zealand women's club accused the Canadian women's team of spying on them during a training session.

www.ctvnews.ca

Spying claims! Canada drone caught watching Football Ferns training

The New Zealand Olympic Committee has lodged a complaint.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Stuff

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[Halifax Tar]

Exactly what about a sport, that requires only the kicking of a ball, demands spying ?

 

[OldSolduer]

Exactly what about a sport, that requires only the kicking of a ball, demands spying ?

Like any other elite sport information gathering is part of it. In reality scouting is a form of intelligence and is acceptable.
It’s about winning- not sportsmanship

 

[Remius]

Looks like a handful of people are being sent home. Coach is sitting out the game and the team is apologizing

 

[The Bread Guy]

Exactly what about a sport, that requires only the kicking of a ball, demands spying ?

As an avid indoorsman myself, and not a sports fan, take this with a grain of salt, but I suspect trained eyes can pick out a lot of int watching teams practice: who’s the infomal leader(s) outside the org chart boxes, how they do things as a group, visual cues re: personality gaps to exploit.

Happy to hear from hockey fans who can read “who’s who in the zoo?” cues watching practices.

 

[OldSolduer]

As an avid indoorsman myself, and not a sports fan, take this with a grain of salt, but I suspect trained eyes can pick out a lot of int watching teams practice: who’s the infomal leader(s) outside the org chart boxes, how they do things as a group, visual cues re: personality gaps to exploit.

Happy to hear from hockey fans who can read “who’s who in the zoo?” cues watching practices.

A few years ago Bill Belechek was sanctioned for "reading" (Stealing) the signals of opposing teams. My take on it they were jealous of it and would do it if they could as well.
Pro and elite sports are cut throat. Its about winning, not playing "fair".

 

[Halifax Tar]

Like any other elite sport information gathering is part of it. In reality scouting is a form of intelligence and is acceptable.
It’s about winning- not sportsmanship

Lol I was just trying to take the piss out of round ballers.

 

[suffolkowner]

Rpas budget repurpused from caf to coc

 

[The Bread Guy]

Lol I was just trying to take the piss out of round ballers.

There I go, getting all literal and shit

 

[Blackadder1916]

The pros/cons of sport related intelligence gathering aside . . .

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Olympic soccer spygate: Canada staffer detained, coach sent home after drone incidents

The Canadian Olympic Committee apologized for the incident, which comes amid a strict ban on drones in and around Olympics venues in France.

sports.yahoo.com

Police then arrested the drone's "pilot," who admitted to filming the practice session. He has been charged with flying an unmanned aircraft over a prohibited area, and accepted an eight-month suspended sentence, according to the local prosecutor.

French authorities are on high alert this week ahead of Friday's Olympic Opening Ceremony, an open-air extravaganza on the River Seine. Amid security concerns, they have been strictly enforcing a ban on drones at and around Games venues throughout France. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Tuesday that authorities were intercepting an average of six drones per day.

 

[The Bread Guy]

More dominoes falling ....

Canada Soccer suspends women's coach Bev Priestman amid Olympic drone spying scandal

Women's soccer head coach Bev Priestman has been removed from her role at the Paris Games amid a drone spying scandal.

kitchener.citynews.ca

Canada Soccer head investigating 'systemic ethical shortcoming' amid spying scandal

Canada Soccer chief executive officer Kevin Blue said he was investigating a potential 'systemic ethical shortcoming' within the program but has not considered pulling the women's soccer team from the Paris Olympics due to a drone spying scandal.

www.ctvnews.ca

Canada remove women's football coach in drone-spying scandal – DW – 07/26/2024

Canada, defending gold medalists in women's football, have removed their head coach over a drone-spying scandal. Two other members of the Canadian staff had already been sent home for flying a drone over a rival team.

www.dw.com

 

[Remius]

More dominoes falling ....

Canada Soccer suspends women's coach Bev Priestman amid Olympic drone spying scandal

Women's soccer head coach Bev Priestman has been removed from her role at the Paris Games amid a drone spying scandal.

kitchener.citynews.ca

Canada Soccer head investigating 'systemic ethical shortcoming' amid spying scandal

Canada Soccer chief executive officer Kevin Blue said he was investigating a potential 'systemic ethical shortcoming' within the program but has not considered pulling the women's soccer team from the Paris Olympics due to a drone spying scandal.

www.ctvnews.ca

Canada remove women's football coach in drone-spying scandal – DW – 07/26/2024

Canada, defending gold medalists in women's football, have removed their head coach over a drone-spying scandal. Two other members of the Canadian staff had already been sent home for flying a drone over a rival team.

www.dw.com

Lovely…

 

[armrdsoul77]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-soccer-drone-spying-copa-america-1.7276302

 

[Kilted]

Wow, and right before the Air Force's 100th anniversary.

 

[Navy_Pete]

This is such a weird story, and honestly I can't see how anyone thought this was a good idea and no one would notice a drone buzzing around.

The drone rules in France are pretty strict generally, with additional rules in Paris normally, let alone at the Olympics.

Nice to know abject stupidity in sports isn't limited to guys, so yeah for equality?

 

[OldSolduer]

More dominoes falling ....

Canada Soccer suspends women's coach Bev Priestman amid Olympic drone spying scandal

Women's soccer head coach Bev Priestman has been removed from her role at the Paris Games amid a drone spying scandal.

kitchener.citynews.ca

Canada Soccer head investigating 'systemic ethical shortcoming' amid spying scandal

Canada Soccer chief executive officer Kevin Blue said he was investigating a potential 'systemic ethical shortcoming' within the program but has not considered pulling the women's soccer team from the Paris Olympics due to a drone spying scandal.

www.ctvnews.ca

Canada remove women's football coach in drone-spying scandal – DW – 07/26/2024

Canada, defending gold medalists in women's football, have removed their head coach over a drone-spying scandal. Two other members of the Canadian staff had already been sent home for flying a drone over a rival team.

www.dw.com

It is a wonder the Olympics didn't tell the entire team "you're done here. Pick up your brass and get off the firing point"

 

[brihard]

It is a wonder the Olympics didn't tell the entire team "you're done here. Pick up your brass and get off the firing point"

They should. Send a message. Sucks that it's Canada, but if a member of a team or its staff is engaging in this kind of dishonesty, their team should be disqualified from Olympic competition in the event.

 

[FSTO]

Reminds me of Ben Johnson in Seoul where the US chemists were much better than the Canadian ones. Carl Lewis was clean? Give me a frikken break!

But of course Canada will go to the wall sans cigarette nor blindfold and provide its own firing squad to beat itself up while the rest of the world looks on with bemusement. The Olympics are dirty from top to bottom, Canada is just very poor at hiding it.