American Thinker du jour - Who Cares? Edition

[Jolly]

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/07/who_cares_about_the_olympics_in_a_world_without_patriotism.html

[taiwan_girl]

I agree that the Olympics are becoming less "important" but I disagree with the writer as to why.

I think it is more that in today's world, international athletes compete against each other all the time. A long time ago, the only time you got to see athletes from other countries was at the Olympics. Now, all the major sports leagues have a pretty good % of foreign athletes.

The Olympics are just not unique any more.

[Doctor Phibes]

It's just sport. Honestly, if a Brit invented cold fusion I'd get really patriotic. Winning at rowing - meh.

[Axtremus]

Tribalism is bad.
No good reason to mix sports with politics.
You do not want your athletes to act political anyway.

[Jolly]

Other than a short mention in the article concerning leftist media personalities and their criticism of patriotism, the article contains no tribalism. Unless you are defining patriotism as tribalism?

[Doctor Phibes]

I've found the Olympics less interesting since they started introducing a bunch of sports that get wall-to-wall coverage elsewhere.

Olympic Golf, FFS. Isn't the world awful enough already?

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in American Thinker du jour - Who Cares? Edition:

Olympic Golf,

Tell me that's some kind of sick British humo(u)r.

[Jolly]

@Doctor-Phibes said in American Thinker du jour - Who Cares? Edition:

I've found the Olympics less interesting since they started introducing a bunch of sports that get wall-to-wall coverage elsewhere.

Olympic Golf, FFS. Isn't the world awful enough already?

Point taken.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in American Thinker du jour - Who Cares? Edition:

@Doctor-Phibes said in American Thinker du jour - Who Cares? Edition:

Olympic Golf,

Tell me that's some kind of sick British humo(u)r.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_at_the_Summer_Olympics

[Doctor Phibes]

That being said, I would fully support combining Olympic Golf with archery or shooting or maybe even lawn-mower racing.

[Jolly]

@Doctor-Phibes said in American Thinker du jour - Who Cares? Edition:

That being said, I would fully support combining Olympic Golf with archery or shooting or maybe even lawn-mower racing.

Nah, try golf + bull-riding. Both bulls and golf belong in a pasture.