Games for everyone

THE increasingly short list of critics over the value of the Commonwealth Games.

Olympic Games, it is not. Nor does it try to be.

No, that’s not the point.

“Has there ever been a more redundant competition in world sport?” one person tweeted.

Tell that to the athletes who busted a gut to qualify.

Tell that to their families who have come from a long way away.

Tell that to the coaches who have got up early every day to help.

And tell that to the fans who have lined the streets or filled the grandstands to watch on and one day tell the story of their day at the Games.