Olympics WTF?

[CoderGuy]

I have to admit I like the sport and dedication factor. I'm just so sick of Nationalism and Hype it get's on my nerves.

Yeah, the commercialization of it here is ridiculous. The same people hyping it and making money off the athlete's hard work wouldn't lift a hand or spend a buck to help them pursue their dreams. Plus being spoon fed results at the time "they" decide we should know irritates the hell out of me.

[truthwolf1]

I could think of a hundred other things I would rather do then sit on a couch and watch other humans compete. I could think of a thousand other things I would rather do then to ever be faced with another NIKE commercial.

[devilock76]

I keep meaning to watch but I don't. Most of the events I want to see never seem to make prime time. I would like to watch the Judo competition this year.

Ken

[snusjus]

Female volley ball and gymnastics is all I care about. Either way the games turn out, I always win.

[Roo]

I hate the way the Olympics works as a sporting event. Diluting all the events in to one great mush of sport nobody's heard of!

I'm not a great believer in the free market - but sports is one place where I think that the number of consumers should relate to the amount of coverage. Games like tennis and football (soccer) are popular worldwide because they are fun to watch on lots of different levels and rightly they are very popular. Weightlifting and swimming are not such a good watch because they are one-dimensional and lack interest. Gymnastics and figure skating are beyond my comprehension!

One thing is for sure ... I'm going to be avoiding London for the next month or so. I don't care for it much at the best of times!

One man's trash is another's treasure. Personally I love the fact that the Olympics showcase myriad sports that are otherwise never televised. The more mainstream ones that are always on TV at every other point in our lives, I couldn't care less about. We all just had plenty of opportunity to watch football and tennis until our eyes bled over the past two months, it's nice that various martial arts, racket sports, shooting events, racing events, etc get the international spotlight for a couple weeks. What about diving? You don't like to watch diving?

[sgreger1]

I also couldn't care less. To make them interesting again we need a good arch enemy like back during the cold war, so we can prove that we are the better country via olympic curling contests, because NORTH AMERICA BEST AMERIKA! Honestly though they keept trying to play it as us against china and russia, but I don't really care. I do want us to win, just because why root for the other team, but I don't watch it and never really have. I don't watch any sports though so that may be part fo it. If I did watch a sport, it would be olympics, but I don't so even that doesn't get watched. I can see why people like it though, it's much more interesting than just watching americans play other americans.

Also, Michael Phelps is still nailing it man, shattering records like a knife through butter and hitting the bong the whole time. Everyone wants to hate on him because he smoked(smokes) pot, but who the hell cares? The guy is the golden champion of olympics history, does it really matter that he hits the bong now and again?

[devilock76]

I can just see pot labeled as a "performance enhancing drug"...

Kids don't smoke pot or you'll win more Olympic medals than any one else, EVER!!!

Ken

[Mdisch]

I do care about the Olympics - I'm currently watching fencing It's pretty exciting ... But there is quite a lot of boring shit.

[muddyfunkstar]

Here's a good article about the difference between US and UK coverage - http://www.salon.com/2012/08/01/ryan...been_replaced/

Is NBC really as bad as she makes out?

[Dirty Hippy]

Muddy, NBC really is as bad as she makes it out to be. Perhaps, even worse. Our Olympics is a combination of commercials and hollywood parade, with DAMN little selection in what sports you actually want to watch.

3 Channels tops, and they only play the major sports.

The major sports......in which an American has a great chance of winning.

If an American has little chance of winning at all in that event, good ****ing chance your not going to see the sport....

[Crow]

The guy is the golden champion of olympics history, does it really matter that he hits the bong now and again?

If anything, he should be awarded extra medals. Cannabis is far from being a "performance enhancing" sports drug.

[Roo]

Good analysis Dirty Hippy. It really is frustrating. If they didn't monopolize the shit out of it and other channels could pick up coverage it would be sweet.

[sgreger1]

Good analysis Dirty Hippy. It really is frustrating. If they didn't monopolize the shit out of it and other channels could pick up coverage it would be sweet.

Lol, how long have you had that as your signature Roo? I just noticed it now for the first time.

[Roo]

Lol, how long have you had that as your signature Roo? I just noticed it now for the first time.

Since it came out of your sloppy, cum-guzzling mouth

[Crow]

Since it came out of your sloppy, cum-guzzling mouth

Ohhhhh... It's on now!

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I've got $50 on sgreger... Sorry, Roo.