I think people are tired of leftist athletes that hate their own country.
who has cared for the Olympics for the past 30 years or so.
last thing I heard from the Olympics was something about a bombing in Atlanta.
Then the sports-ball people took over, and professionals were allowed to compete. (Sounds like trannies swimming against girls, doesn't it?)
And the professional sports-ball rap culture vultures started talking and who wants to hear more of that?
If the Olympics want to be more relevant, they need to attract more betting. And maybe have a playoff season that stretches longer than the regular season. At least the WNBA has something it can compete against for ratings.
The title question is a good one. I stopped caring a long time ago. American athletes protesting America is not acceptable to me.
I lived in Huntsville Alabama during one of the Olympics. The network (ABC, or NBC, or CBS) commentator went on and on about a Canadian woman swimmer. An American swimmer, from Huntsville, came in second beating out the Canadian. The announcer said, more than once, that the American had robbed the Canadian of second place. There was no contact or any impropriety and none was alleged. She just swam faster.
The American girl was the granddaughter of one of the German scientists who came with Werhner von Braun. Talk about holding a grudge. There were no positive words for the American who won silver in that event. F the networks.
“Who Cares About the Olympics in a World without Patriotism?”
The Mercantile industry definately does. It has ruined most holidays with that cheapshit bling and nonsensical faux traditions.
Other than that... good point. With cable/streaming subscriptions etc.. hardly anybody gets to see the damn thing anyway.
Not sure what year but I stopped watching when the “Dream Team” members threw a hissy about sneakers.
It was apparent they had more loyalty to their shoe company than their country.
And along came LeBron.
The illiterate uneducated idiot gave Houston GM Darrell Morey a lecture and told him to get informed when Morey made a statement backing a freedom movement in Hong Kong which angered the Red Chinese and threatened the Chinese box office of some stupid remake of a movie that LeBron starred in and invested in.
Morey graduated from MIT.
A lot of money to be made, in particular in public corruption surrounding hosting the games. Also gambling (for certain events).
Ungrateful angry activist athletes, professionals allowed to compete, not to mention the *insufferable* sad sack stories of the life stories of the athletes with maudlin music. I for one can’t watch women’s gymnastics anymore knowing that Larry Nasser’s molestation was known and those looking to profit off the girls pretended it wasn’t happening.
Here’s all I know about the run up to the Olympics.
The swim qualifications were done in an NFL stadium and the setup of a portable above ground Olympic sized swimming pool was a really damn cool thing to learn about.
A black woman running track cried about her breaking barriers by being a black woman running track…. No didn’t make that one up.
After that I promptly decided I can continue not watching track.
It's all about the money. For quite some time now, as Jerry Seinfeld says, "you're rooting for the uniforms". I'd add that you're cheering for products being endorsed.
"Go cereal!"
"Go athletic footwear!"
"Go lip balm!"
"Go sugared drink!"
"Go television network!"
"Go wireless carrier!"
"Go automobile!"
A great example is Chloe Kim, a United States citizen born to Korean-American parents, who represented the United States in international competition until it came to the Olympics where she competed for China because she'd make more money from endorsements.
Her handlers now try to gloss over that fact and her Wikipedia page doesn't identify it at all.
The last time I cared about the Olympics was the 1976 American boxing team.
The Olympics have become completely unwatchable without a DVR. Too many commercials, too many human non-interest stories, too much posing and too much commentary. Fast forward past all that garbage and you can get to the sports buried underneath it.
There is a great movie, “The boys in the boat”, about the 1936 men’s rowing team. The members were struggling through the depression, and rowing offered them a way out, gave them food and a bed. They won the gold that year. Back when people were proud to be on the team representing the country.
The Olympics have become the Her-lympics.
I’ve not watched the
olympics since they’ve
allowed pro players to
participate. All down hill
from there. Not what the
venue is all about.
Eh, we all watch for our own reasons. As a fan of some sports that are pretty international, I’m not as big into the Team USA aspect unless Team USA in that sport is actually one of the best. Of course, I want the USA to “win” in the unofficial overall medal count. And if it’s a sport I’m not familiar with (a decent number of them), of course I’m going to support the American. But I’ve rooted for athletes that weren’t from the US against American competitors when I knew they were superior because I follow the sport.