Posted on 08/01/2021 6:06:54 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
“Simone already proved that. She won four gold and one bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics.”
I know that and understand that, but the leftist groveling media can never get enough of it.
My post wasn’t a criticism of Biles but of the media and their penchant for over+the-top idolatry of any successful member of a minotity group.
If anything such exaltation can be damaging to the recepient since it puts tremendous public pressure on that person to outperform.
I think that’s the case with Biles.
And as far as some of the things Biles may have said about being the GOAT and all that. Remember that’s all part of marketing that’s imposed on athletes by the likes of Nike. They are just as evil as the media when it comes to sports.
Indeed, and the whiff of pedophilia in the air is strong. No way I let my kid do that.
“Remember that’s all part of marketing that’s imposed on athletes by the likes of Nike. They are just as evil as the media when it comes to sports.”
I wonder how much of that is due to money and how much is due to being a true believer.
My guess is the two go hand in hand. They mostly believe the messages they’re pushing AND profiting from them. A potent combination! And it’s reinforced by their successes.
I’ll give Simone the benefit of the doubt.
And also just a part of competing. I remember one of the former player commentators on the NFL Network said it. “If you don’t think you’re the best, why are you on the field?” That’s the competitive attitude.
“I’ll give Simone the benefit of the doubt.”
I was referring more to the leftist media and the corporations like Nike than the individual athletes. They’re just tools the powers that be use to burnish their virtuous credentials, their halos, and at the same time make boatloads of money.
What a winning combination!
Agreed. The media also always hypes up athletic stars of any race or background to drive up clicks and viewers (more money for the media).
“Larisa Latynina (Russia), who on an astonishing 18 gold medals”
The way you get to 18 gold with her is by adding her 9 Olympic and 9 World Championship golds.
Biles has 4 Olympic and 19 (!) World Championship golds, which she earned in modern times when gymnast careers are short.
No, hat I meant to say is that Latynina had 18 Olympic medals (9 golds) compared to only 6 total Olympic medals from Biles, and just 4 golds. Who cares about "world championships"? Those happen 4 times a frequently nowadays. The Olympics are the only true measure. And Biles is not even in the top 5 all-time.
If you go to Hell for wishing that, then I will be in Hell with you.
Oh Good Lord,
Okay, I stand corrected.
To all of you, I stand corrected.
Do I care that she pulled out of the Olympics. Not at all.
Is my life affected in anyway? No, not at all. If yours are, then in the immortal words of Harry Dean Stanton, “Son... you’ve got a condition.”
But by all means, Karens (plural) clutch your pearls at her behavior and be the exact finger-wagging cliches the left says we are.
Better yet, get your fat asses off the couch and become olympic athletes and show us all how its done.
Go ahead, I’m watching.
I am betting that they did.
I guess I missed her “risking her life is(sic) she attempts her routines...”
I thought she withdrew from all or most of the competition...must have missed her “risking her life”.
If she couldn’t handle the stress and wasn’t such a self-centered princess, she would have done the honorable thing and gone home.
That is not possible. Simone is limited in scoring to “8” because she is recognized as far and away the best at what she does and is handicapped. Her “misstep” was not an error. She was taking herself out of the loaded game. I was incensed when I first saw that she had apparently blown a move then taken herself out of the contest for wimpy sounding reasons. All “8” scores would ruin her near perfect average to date.
Instead of ACCEPTING the challenge and letting the chips fall where they may.. she has FOLDED.
Another "SNOWFLAKE" bites the dust and denies her own possible destiny and greatness.
Afraid to find out whether she HAD WHAT IT TAKES or not.
Larisa Latynina —
Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and four team medals. She holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals by a gymnast, male or female, with 9. Her total of 18 Olympic medals was a record for 48 years.
You are very wrong in your comments about the world championships.
Skinner won silver and Lee won bronze today. Good for them! As for Ms Biles.... I’m tired Of the will-she won’t-she soap opera. Let’s concentrate on the competitors and good luck to them!
Is this The Olympics or the Simone Biles Games?!
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