The modern Olympics have always been pointless:
* It used to be professionals from all but a few countries — the USA being the predominant of the few.
* Now it is all professionals. So what is the point? If you don’t do the sport year-around and get paid for that you won’t win.
* Next it will be genderless which means it is over for humans born with an XX chromosome pair and a vagina (even lesbians no matter what your eyes tell you.
The usual response to my kind of post is “why post this if you don’t watch?”
Just putting out there to see why people watch.
I used to watch in the ‘bad old days’ to see the US/USSR rivalry. Now, I just watch to enjoy the spectacle. I try to not let the idiot politics get in the way, unless it interferes with the athlete’s performance.
When you get nitwits like Rippon and Vonn who diss our nation’s leaders...that makes for a less enjoyable performance.
I love the skating cos I love the music, especially the classical pieces. I love it when a song just barely starts and I can yell at my dog the song title and composer. Must be the band geek in me. Seriously, does anyone who wasn't a performer or band geek like classical? Well, wait, I loved classical before I knew what it was, and before I joined band, so that answers that, LOL!
I watch because as much as I wanted to dislike the obviously gay skater (sorry, can't remember his name) and I even told Kiwi the Official Olympic Australian Shepherd “I hope he falls. I hope I hate his skating”. And then guess what? I judged him based on his performance, not who he sleeps with. He was exceptional! A pleasure to watch. So, while I don't enjoy listening to him pontificate, I do appreciate the fine job that he does. Just like musicians...don't care what their politics are, does their music rock?
Oh, and I watch for those exceptional moments when people do things that are just plain fantastic-and those people are not always the athletes.
Oh, and I watch for the Stand By You commercial, for the shout-out they give the Cajun Navy.
Sometimes, we just need a big ol dose of “Hey, we could be like this, not all the time, but we could be like it enough to make a difference in someone’s life”.