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not sure if you are being funny or giving me an honest answer.
The Olympics were set up for amateur athletes. Pros have no business being there. Makes no sense.
If other countries were sending pros, there are ways to stop that without joining the madness
I'm not being funny. USA basketball won a bronze medal in Seoul. In 1984, our college players won the gold medal, albeit without most of the soviet bloc in the competition since they boycotted. In 88, The Soviet Union won gold and Yugoslavia won silver, we won bronze. Most of their players were, as tofurkey, said not technically professionals, but they were definitely in the gray area. We've dominated ever since, except for the 2004 Olympics where we won bronze again even with our pros.
I don't watch the basketball competition anymore ... it's no fun.
The sport I don't understand it's popularity, nor it's point is beach volleyball.
They are proud of their national health service. how about showing American health service-insurance companies counting money, bonuses while people go poor paying the bills. American healthcare system is a disgrace.
but it has nothing to do with the Olympics ... wonder how many athletes use the NHS when they are hurt?
With thousands of athletes competing from over 200 countries how do you separate the professionals from the amateurs?
I mostly will watch gymnastics and swimming with interest in those who have recently competed at a university or amateur level. Otherwise, I have a life that continues...
I'm not wasting time waiting on NBC to show me action for which I already know the results. It'll be shown hundreds of times in the next several years. If I'm desperate to view, I'll watch it streaming from foreign broadcasts.
it's kind of like this--if Kobe Bryant is competing--it isn't an amateur event
Ditto of Andy Roddick,Serena Williams............you get the idea
The big names are kinda obvious but with thousands of athletes from hundreds of countries and you only want to watch the Amateurs? sounds like a daunting task to separate them.
Olympic Opening Ceremony shows culture, history, heritage, entertainment of host country. not just athletes. A country's heritage is about common people also, not that some rich athlete is able to afford overpriced american health care so US system is good.
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Originally Posted by domergurl
but it has nothing to do with the Olympics ... wonder how many athletes use the NHS when they are hurt?
NBC's olympic website is annoying to navigate through as well, what a poorly designed website.
I've got probably 15 channels all airing various Olympic events, they each usually spend 10-15 minutes on each event before switching to another sport, virtually impossible to watch as there is just no continuity of anything.
I've really been enjoying the games so far this year. I love watching the sports that don't get any airtime normally, other than every 4 years. I liked watching the road race cycling the past 2 mornings. The archery competitions were great.
I'm actually glad they haven't been showing the basketball games on TV. To me, that's the sport that doesn't belong in the Olympics the way it is currently played. To me, the Olympics should be ameture athletes only, not multi-multi-millionaire Basketball players that are too stuck up for their own good. If they would only allow college players, it would be better. I like how soccer does it by only allowing players under 23 (and 3 over age players). Even though they're all professionals too, at least there is some semblance of ametuerism.
All the other countries sponsor their athletes. They're "amateur" in name only. The guys playing soccer are some of the highest paid athletes in Europe....and how about tennis? I think the BEST athletes should participate- amateur or not.
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