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I'm excited for Track and Field on the 12th and my personal favorite, the Marathon on the 14th.
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I'm a bit confused. Why would that be a problem? Isn't the whole point of the Olympics to bring together the very best athletes in the world to compete? Why should a professional be barred from competing?
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SFC Pete Kain
ENS (Join to see) - The original intent for the modern games was for amateurs, somehow that got lost. Now it's just an expensive production of gladiator games. Keep the masses happy. Enjoy them. I don't.
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I personally don't think that is what the Olympics are all about. The fact that every country from around the world can send their people to participate with one another in friendly sport, regardless of the conflicts, wars, and history between nations, is an incredible thing. On the field, ateetles from all walks of life are both competing against one another and cheering for one another. Sportsman ship brings us all closer together and our athletes embody that.
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Watching the Olympics is mostly painful. You have to be nearer my age to know NBC has never come close to the quality and intelligence that ABC had when they were doing it. That was back in the day when there was Wide World of Sports and ABC really focused on quality, not click bait. The swimming coverage is so bad, NBC is now bringing in Leslie Jones to somehow overcome their serious shortcomings. Another miscue from a network that has never understood, nor tried to, what Olympics coverage should be. They never got a grip on ABC setting the Gold Standard.
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