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3. too many X games and BS 'first to ..." for sports that have been in the Olympics for a short time
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 12:29 PM
Feb 2022

They added a ton of X games sports to try to entice people in ... did not work to draw in viewers.

They keep saying the first to do X and Y -- if an event is only in its third or fourth olympics, of course this will be the first person to win three or four medals in that sport.

They keep adding more and more events and then say -- this person won more medals than anyone before. Eric heiden won ALL FIVE (the only five speed skating medals in one Olympics). No relays, no mixed gender relays, no extra races. So don't tell me how someone who got all thode extra races and relays is better.

The NHL stayed away from the hockey -- Olympic hockey with pros and not college students is some of the best hockey that you will ever see. No fights, national pride,best players in the world. It was interesting to watch a bunch of college players and people who play in overseas leagues, but the best in the world now play in the NHL (not like the cold war era).

Women's hockey has TWO great teams -- so the two matches between the US and Canada were great. BUt the rest not so much.

And .... the elephant in the room. The ROC -- cheaters of epic proportions -- allowed to compete at all. Given special accomodations to let cheaters compete.

And the second elephant in the room ... why are two of the most evil governments in the world (Russia and China) allowed to host at all. The token muslim Uighur has already likely been disappeared along with his family.

Did not help themselves during bobsledding -- especially during monobob -- by saying that the big teams have all the money and the best sleds. They basically told us that whichever team had the most money would win regardless of the skills of the bobsledders, except for the monobob races which are apparently like an IROC race with identical sleds. If it is all about the national government buying the best sleds and other equipment, why lie and say that it is about athletic excellence.


We DVRed a lot ... deleted most and watched some things that were interesting.

The winter olympics really needs a good pruning -- eliminate a lot of fluff and get money for equipment and bribes out of it.

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