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To: SeekAndFind
Can't really get too excited about these Olympics one way or the other.

Haven't for a few cycles now, just not the same since the cold war ended.

BTW it was the networks that started the medal count thing, which I always found ridiculous. The Olympics are about individuals competing, IMO.

9 posted on 02/15/2014 11:07:10 AM PST by skeeter
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To: skeeter

The networks didn’t start the medal count, Nazi Germany did and the USSR kept it going. They both felt international competition was a great place to prove their superiority, which is also why the USSR dumped so much money into it. US networks noticed and figured it would add some “rah rah” ratings. And yeah the count goes totally against everything the Olympics stands for, at least in theory, but as long as they let nations organize their teams and stick their flag on their athletes they really have no room to complain.


37 posted on 02/15/2014 11:58:19 AM PST by discostu (I don't meme well.)
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