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Originally Posted by bogie
In the past I enjoyed the olympics because I felt the athletes were competing for the good ole U.S.of A. Win or lose I was proud of the athlete and if they lost I felt sorry for them because they trained for years for that moment of competition. It seems that many of the Olympians in these games are self-centered ass holes. I'm sorry to say that some of them I hoped they would lose. In professional sports, I don't care about the ego's because they are playing for a paycheck. In the Olympics the ego's should be checked at the door and the athletes need to compete with pride that they are representing America. Kids these days...
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I couldn't agree with you more. I remember as a kid the excitment and pride I felt with the Olympics. I don't know what the difference is now. Is it the 'selfish American athlete' or the way the media is handling it all? I don't have a definitive answer. I just know it is different now and I don't care for the change. I obvisouly will always pull for the good ol' USA but these guys make it hard sometimes.
