It seems it's not just US broadcasters who are ignoring the Paralympics -- Athenians are too.

The Sunday telegraph reports that, once freebies and the opening ceremony are taken out of the equation, fewer than 80,000 tickets have been sold for actual sporting events.

As we saw during the Olympics, Greeks have a habit of leaving things to the last minute -- raising the prospect of a last minute rush for tickets.

If that doesn't materialise, the Paralympians are going to be competing in some very empty stadiums.