Not since 1984 have I heard such controversy over an Olympic games. I'm talking about what's going on in San Francisco and the possibility of the U.S. boycotting the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Sure, there are always going to be political issues keeping things out of check, but come on, world! What have we come to since 9/11?
We pretty much learned our lesson from our boycotting the 1980 Moscow games, and Russia boycotting the 1984 L.A. games. Or, at least, I hope so.
The Olympic games were built around one thing...to bring our entire world together and fight for the glory of sport. To show the world that we indeed are totally one. Why can't every country see that very fact? Every four years, each country is supposed to set aside their differences and prove that we have a chance to show how strong we can be as one world.
The Olympic games have begat true champions over the decades, a lot too numerous to mention here in a brief blog. And there will be again. But without the U.S. taking part, it won't be much of an Olympic games at all. All the same when NBC is involved, the fourth place network languishing in the ratings (more about that in a future gripe)...remember, when we boycotted the Moscow games, NBC boycotted them too.
Whatever happened to unity and friendship? For the answer, stay tuned whenever we get on the ball and participate in Beijing.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment