Olympic Joke

I have read a few news articles about how this year's Olympics has a very low turnout. Not many people are going to the events. Maybe it is the fear of terrorist activity, maybe it was a holiday or something else.

I believe there are two reasons people are not going to see or watch on TV, the Olympic Games. First is, they keep adding stupid events, like badmitton. Whats up with that? Badmitton is not a sport. It is an activity. Just like golf. Next thing you know they will be adding golf as a new Olympic sport. There are too many stupid events, and the only show a few on TV.

Second, there is no more big rivalry. Since President Reagan ended the cold war, there is no East vs West, Capitalism vs Communisim, Good vs Evil. The classic struggle that attracted so many to the games in previous years is no longer there. And there are no heros of the games anymore either...like Bruce Jenner, Mark Spitz and others. No one really knows about these atheletes before the games.

This is one man's opinion.