Don’t even get me started on the “Sailing in Sewage” events.
Rio, disgrace.
Sorry for any members that may live there, I know it is not the residents fault and mean no offense personally.
The Gov’t is most certainly to blame for the conditions before, during, and most scary, after the tents have been taken down.
Best part of the games is when they extinguish the Flame.
Real Olympics were amateur’s playing for the love of their country, not employed by their country for political BS which is pretty much all it is anymore.
They should just allow all drug use and be done with the bogus testing, they are all skirting the edge anyway, why not just make doping legal?
The children already know the athletes will do anything to get an edge so big deal.
Even as a teenager I could tell they were not the same after the early 1970’s
This summary pretty much tells when the Olympics stopped being real;
Professionals in the Games
The International Olympic Committee eliminated the necessity of amateurism in 1971, allowing athletes to receive compensation for time away from work during training and competition. In addition, athletes were permitted to receive sponsorship from national organizations, sports organizations, and private businesses for the first time. In 1986, professional athletes were given permission by the International Federation to compete in each sport of the Olympic Games. For instance, in the 1992 Olympic Games, the United States was allowed to field a basketball team comprised of well-paid NBA stars, called “The Dream Team.”
Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act
Although the IOC allowed for athlete compensation in 1971, all U.S. athletes still had to be of amateur status to compete on the United States Olympic team until 1978. Athletes from the United States found it difficult to compete at the Olympic Games against athletes from eastern nations who were sponsored by their governments and able to train full-time. In 1978, the United States adopted the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act, allowing athletes on the U.S. Olympic team to receive financial awards, sponsorship, and payments for the first time. A revision of the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act in 1998 expanded athletic eligibility and representation further to include the Paralympics Games and increased athlete representation.
The above comes from this link, just to be transparent;
Now here is the new BLF standard discalimer;
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