Makes the US look as lacking in self-discipline and ethics as we actually now are.
This is the American version of raw sewage in the Olympics.
Entirely possible that the swimmers broke a door in order to get into a locked bathroom. And that a security guard then confronted them and ordered them to pay for the door.
The swimmers may have viewed this as “extortion” or “robbery”.
But, it is also possible that this is the “agreed-upon” version to peacefully end a bad PR situation for Brazil.
I have no idea what happened.
Anyway, we probably won’t learn the full truth until much later (and long after everyone is out of Brazil).
I think they have ‘discipline’ I think it’s the ‘discipline’ of a big endorsement deal payday.
I honestly can’t understand the drive and total obsession with their ‘sports’ that in many cases causes them to forsake everything else. I just don’t think many of the glamor Olympians of today are anything like what came before. The only way I can describe it is elitism.
“Makes the US look as lacking in self-discipline and ethics as we actually now are.”
Look at our corrupt, elitist government. Is this surprising? Remember how the Soviets treated their athletic heroes that provided propaganda material for the state? Our culture and society is one of lies that has descended to absolute corruption. This little episode is just a tiny, tiny example of what America is today.