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Stopped watching the Olympics when they stopped being the Olympics by allowing professionals in.
Someone else who remembers the days when the Olympics was true competition. It was a sad day when professional athletes were allowed to steal the show.
Let me second that applause. I thought that was the biggest bunch of bullshit imaginable when they started allowing professional athletes to compete.
I was watching the opening ceremony, and it looks like they made some changes in the protocol. I recall in the past calling out the participating nations in Alphabetical order. Apparently, today they did it differently. They started with the A's, B's ...etc, then at some point they jumped to the US Virgin Islands, then they backtracked, and at one point they had not finished with the D's, E's or F's, and they went to Germany? I'm curious to know what system they used in determining the order in which the nations were called?
The USSR was the first country to use professional athletes (hockey players) to compete and who were the Olympic officials who were bought off to turn the other way? Once the USSR was allowed it opened the door for everyone.Stopped watching the Olympics when they stopped being the Olympics by allowing professionals in.
Someone else who remembers the days when the Olympics was true competition. It was a sad day when professional athletes were allowed to steal the show.
Let me second that applause. I thought that was the biggest bunch of bullshit imaginable when they started allowing professional athletes to compete.
And the embarrassment continue's for the Russin's, the Olympic symbol didn't work in the air.
The USSR was the first country to use professional athletes (hockey players) to compete and who were the Olympic officials who were bought off to turn the other way? Once the USSR was allowed it opened the door for everyone.
Someone else who remembers the days when the Olympics was true competition. It was a sad day when professional athletes were allowed to steal the show.
Let me second that applause. I thought that was the biggest bunch of bullshit imaginable when they started allowing professional athletes to compete.
And the embarrassment continue's for the Russin's, the Olympic symbol didn't work in the air.
lol...this clusterfuck is supposed to be the Pootin's and the American right's grand return to world domination. Next time maybe he'll use compact flourescents.
True. Neither is the Russian alphabet:I thought about that, but then I thought about Nagano (Japan) which hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics. Japan did not use their own alphabet when calling out the nations. They used the standard (English) alphabet, calling out all nations in English Alphabetical order with the exception of Greece.Could that opening scene with the Russian alphabet have something to do with it?
So that's why I wonder why the change in protocol?
The Japanese alphabet isn't the ABCs.
Makes sense! That explains Japan using the English alphabet, and Russia using the Russian alphabet.I think it's up to the Olympic committee. The "official" languages of the Olympic Games are English, French, and the language of the host country - I'm fairly sure that they have the choice of doing "alphabetical order" in any of the "official" languages.
And as always, Greece enters first, and the host country enters last.
My daughter said Team USA took the ugly Christmas sweater to the Olympics.
It is supposed to be non professional's it even's the score and like someone posted the goodwill of the game's. It is supposed to be a friendly compition.
It is supposed to be non professional's it even's the score and like someone posted the goodwill of the game's. It is supposed to be a friendly compition.
Michael Jordan can be part of a friendly competition?....and why does it need to be amateurs? Why? The olympics were started for the purpose of determining who the best athlete's are, which are clearly the pros. We are looking to see what the human potential is.
It is supposed to be non professional's it even's the score and like someone posted the goodwill of the game's. It is supposed to be a friendly compition.
Michael Jordan can be part of a friendly competition?....and why does it need to be amateurs? Why? The olympics were started for the purpose of determining who the best athlete's are, which are clearly the pros. We are looking to see what the human potential is.
No it wasn't. It was not to be the best of the best. That was for pro athlete's
The dream team one was cool in a way, but sucked in a way.... what was the point? Except we invented basketball and dominated with our pro's who make million's a year doing it
Michael Jordan can be part of a friendly competition?....and why does it need to be amateurs? Why? The olympics were started for the purpose of determining who the best athlete's are, which are clearly the pros. We are looking to see what the human potential is.
No it wasn't. It was not to be the best of the best. That was for pro athlete's
I think you need a history lesson on ancient Greece.
The dream team one was cool in a way, but sucked in a way.... what was the point? Except we invented basketball and dominated with our pro's who make million's a year doing it
Soccer isnt a popular sport in the US, and it wasnt invented in the US, yet its in the olympics too. Some cultures will be better at certain sports. We compete to find out which nation is the best, so let the best compete.
