The Olympics: angle, politics.

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kitler53 said:

SamuelRSmith said:
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•  It's turned the competition of the world's best athletes into a nationalistic stomping ground. Achievements are not considered personal, but are attributed to nations, as a whole. As if I've had anything to do with anybody who wins a medal. I haven't, and I don't deserve any credit for it.

 

how has athletes ever been different?  not only were the olympics created for this reason specifically, when the packers won the superbowl i immediatly became a better person then my illinois native collegues.  that's half the point in having an althetics program...

and lolz if you think no one reconizes their personal achievements.  phelps is celebrated like a god here now-a-days. 

Agreed. Even if it's something he doesn't like, it's not an innate problem with the OLYMPICS. It's a "problem" with all of sports.

 

Team Sport = You do well and carry your team, entire team is happy and gets credit for being awesome

School Sport = Schools get credit and pride for winning teams

National Sports = Cities/States get credit and pride for their winning teams

International Sports = Countries get credit and pride for their winning teams

 

That's just how it works.