Summer Olympics 2021
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I used to so into the Olympics and watched all the Trials. In fact I have quite a few Olympics taped (yes, on VHS!). But the last few Olympics, and I don't know if it has to do with NBC's coverage or the fact athletes are no longer "amateur" and many make so much money outside of the Olympics and often use the Olympics for marketing reasons. Or, simply, I just have less time in my life and I just am not as into it.
But I'll watch where I can and have fun with it when something interesting happens, and wave my jingoist flag. Go US!
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sure.. Endoresments and stuff
Well, most of my recording of the women's springboard diving finals was taken up by car racing but at least they showed the last few rounds. Pretty cool that 18 yr old Hallie Hernandez, just out of high school, got second and will be at the Olympics. When I was just out of high school I was flipping burgers at Wendy's and getting high a lot.
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For a lot of popular Olympic sports, the tournaments are sponsored and the athletes get paid, either from sponsorships or promoters. Been like that for years in Track and Field for example, and I think in gymnastics. Not sure about swimming, but they make a ton of money in endorsements.
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It was cool that one of the woman gymnasts, Laurie Hernandez is from my town. When they won the team gold last time, they had a parade in town in her honor. She still shows up in local ads from time to time.
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I used to be big time into the Olympics, especially the Summer Olympics. Now I think the only events I might care about even a little bit would be whatever events Simone Biles is in. I have no idea who the track athletes are any more or the boxers and I used to watch those events religiously. I have no idea if there's a USA Olympic basketball team this year. I have even less interest in the Winter Olympics these days.
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The Winter Games used to interest me mostly because of the Hockey tournament, when NHL players played. The last time they didn't allow the NHL teams to play so it was much more boring.
If I were the President... I would withhold American participation for a number of reasons, including:
- A long and ongoing program of discrimination and abuse of minority cultures.
- Their likely participation in suppressing information on Covid which led to the deaths of possibly 600,000 Americans.
- Blatant hostility toward America (and Taiwan) manifested in economic and militaristic activities.
And probably many more. China is our enemy.
I will not participate in anything Chinese Olympics.
I wish more of you shared this disdain of China!
- A long and ongoing program of discrimination and abuse of minority cultures.
- Their likely participation in suppressing information on Covid which led to the deaths of possibly 600,000 Americans.
- Blatant hostility toward America (and Taiwan) manifested in economic and militaristic activities.
And probably many more. China is our enemy.
I will not participate in anything Chinese Olympics.
I wish more of you shared this disdain of China!
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This is a joke, right?
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This post kind of confused me since it took so long for you to mention China. I was trying to figure out what the
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I get the China sentiment, but China being what they are is our own fault. In our quest for the almighty dollar, we gave China the store and now it's too late to turn back.
As for the Olympics, I agree, lets get through this one and then see where the world is in 2022. The problem is, that not many countries want to take on the Olympics because in the long run it turns into a money losing proposition, especially hurting tax payers and the poor. So you have authoritarian countries like Russia and China being all in And since the IOC these days is run by Europeans mostly, they aren't too keen on having too many Olympics in the U.S. because they feel they would lose power to the USOC, even though we could probably do the Olympics better than almost anywhere.
As for the Olympics, I agree, lets get through this one and then see where the world is in 2022. The problem is, that not many countries want to take on the Olympics because in the long run it turns into a money losing proposition, especially hurting tax payers and the poor. So you have authoritarian countries like Russia and China being all in And since the IOC these days is run by Europeans mostly, they aren't too keen on having too many Olympics in the U.S. because they feel they would lose power to the USOC, even though we could probably do the Olympics better than almost anywhere.
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First two sentences are exactly what I was about to post. It's hard to get invested in the winning and losing anymore since most of the athletes are now effectively professionals and/or narcissists. I'll be happy to watch Simone Biles perform though (everyone already knows she's the best). I think she was working on some stuff never successfully attempted before by a woman in competition.
I can get invested in professionals and/or narcissists winning and losing.
Amateur or professional I have trouble investing if I don't have a high degree of certainty the winner isn't a cheat.
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I guess sports aren't really your thing then.
Testing in anti-doping laboratories that do not have a hole in the wall is my kind of thing.
No, as it relates to China. My error is not more clearly specifying China as the target of my disdain rather than Japan. I still believe we are not ready to participate internationally in the Covid environment and don't believe the Summer Olympics will be the free and open forum that they profess to be.
Again, I apologise for my confusion.
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