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My Olympic gripe
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Jul 26, 2024, 8:30 AM
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Amateur athletes put in so much work to even qualify for the Olympics. Not saying that NBA players don’t put in work, but they have a staff and trainers and literally billions of dollars behind their work.
Olympics should celebrate the unheard athlete. The shot-put or javelin guy/gal.
Why is a billionaire carrying the flag for America? It should be a person that loves their country and puts in the work to be at the Olympics.
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Take it to the Red board, you commie!***
Jul 26, 2024, 8:34 AM
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I agree with you completely.
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Jul 26, 2024, 8:36 AM
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It's not special anymore. We need our Olympics to be special.
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Tiger Titan [47973]
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Good Morning!
Jul 26, 2024, 8:37 AM
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What exactly is your complaint?
Billionaires dont put in work?
Billionaires dont love America?
NBA players somehow have it easier?
Also, F a shotput and a javelin. Boring AF, nobody cares.
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Ultimate Clemson Legend [102392]
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Only in America can an obese 40-something all of a sudden become the
Jul 26, 2024, 8:59 AM
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world's biggest shotput and javelin fan........when the US wins gold in that sport. And 2 months later not even remember what javelin is, as they are screaming at the top of their lungs at a NHL or NFL game.
Am I doing this right? I need to tune in to NBC today to see what sport I need to suddenly become an instant fan of, where we have the best chances at winning.
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Shockingly, you aren't dead wrong with this take.
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Jul 26, 2024, 8:38 AM
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I don't know that any of the Olympic athletes are actaully armatures anymore. Just that some events pay well and others don't.
As far as basketball, we just did what the other countries did and when our guys don't have their head up their ### they are hard, not impossible, but hard to beat.
Nike and NBC are probably to blame for LeBron carrying the flag. I am ready for that guy to ride off into the sunset after he gets a year playing with his kid.
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Yeah, he's dead wrong.
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Jul 26, 2024, 9:23 AM
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I mean, the Olympics as a whole.....none of these people are unpaid "amateurs" unless they do some sport or activity so obscure nobody sees value in paying them....kinda like....shotput and javelin.
Should we not send our best to an every 4 year international competition?
Lebron might just be carrying the flag because he's the most successful and recognizable athlete in America, and possibly in the entire Olympics. Why TF shouldn't he be carrying it?
Yall want some steeplechase MF carrying the flag and getting press? Ok cool, but I ain't watching that.
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The question I have...
Jul 26, 2024, 9:27 AM
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WHY ISN'T McLovin CARRYING THE FLAG?!?!??
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Tiger Titan [47973]
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Maybe he is.
Jul 26, 2024, 9:30 AM
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McLovin are you carrying a flag today?
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I think we agree on the amateur part
Jul 26, 2024, 9:49 AM
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but that none of these folks really are anymore. A lot has changed in sport since that Miracle on Ice.
Yes, we should send our best when everybody else is. We weren't for a time. The '92 happened.
Yes, LeBron is what you say, that is why NBC and Nike want him out there.
Are you really watching because a washed up has been basketball man is carrying the flag instead of a handball person?
To recap. He isn't dead wrong because this SHOULD be amateurs. He is wrong in that we have had to long accept that isn't the case any more.
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Tiger Titan [47973]
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Not sure if you watched any of the men's hoops pre-Olympic games
Jul 26, 2024, 10:06 AM
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but Lebron has been darn near the best player in that team so far. He's far from washed up.
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He is old and no account. HELL NAW I AINT WATCHED NO
Jul 26, 2024, 10:13 AM
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basketball.
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Tiger Titan [47973]
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No doubt he's old, and will in fact be washed up in probably shortish order.
Jul 26, 2024, 10:16 AM
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Dude still has some miles left in him and I'd bet will take on more of a distributor/floor general role like Magic did towards the end.
He ain't the best player in the world anymore but I'd still put him squarely in the top 15.
Wouldn't surprise me if he plays another 2-3 yrs. Like him or not, dude is a freak.
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I didnt say he is washed up or that I dislike
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Jul 26, 2024, 10:49 AM
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I am saying that he gets all the spotlight and attention and money.
Let’s have someone that has dedicated their life to running 100m and makes $60k a year to carry the flag.
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I was responding to Aero. But why?
Jul 26, 2024, 11:06 AM
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Why does it even really matter who carries the torch?
Also, LJ doesn't just GET the spotlight and attention and money. He EARNS it. Has earned it. Came from the same or arguably worse conditions as a youth than most US Olympians I'd venture to guess.
I mean, I suppose we could have chosen Rachel Sung from table tennis....but like why?
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I think US Rugby 7 on 7
Jul 26, 2024, 12:23 PM
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Are likely amateurs that don't get paid squat. At least they play like it
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Whats this guy/gal cramp? Endorsing sex change for athletes?***
Jul 26, 2024, 8:39 AM
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Have you seen lady hawkputters?
Jul 26, 2024, 9:42 AM
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Let's just say there's a certain innate comfort throwing balls around.
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Tiger Titan [45724]
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Only billionaire out there is LeBron, right?
Jul 26, 2024, 10:53 AM
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Why is a billionaire carrying the flag for America? It should be a person that loves their country and puts in the work to be at the Olympics.
Ooo, now switch this around with politics and tell me you feel the same way.
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All billionaires should be hit in the big toe with a dead blow hammer
Jul 26, 2024, 11:27 AM
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each morning. The can alternate big toes.
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I accept your terms.
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Jul 26, 2024, 11:34 AM
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Give me the billion and I shall present the toe.
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Heisman Winner [78249]
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Gladly. Let me get 1.999 Billion dollars.
Jul 26, 2024, 12:09 PM
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Then I'll give you the 1 billion as to not have to get my toes smashed any more.
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Tiger Titan [45724]
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No no
Jul 26, 2024, 3:29 PM
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Manac is a massive target for hypocrisy/selective outrage. Fair game!
The OP was silly.
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My gripe is that an Average Joe doesn't do the event first
Jul 27, 2024, 12:05 AM
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Have the Lungers line up and give us a baseline of how an average person would perform so I can appreciate the real athletes performance.
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Re: My Olympic gripe
Jul 27, 2024, 7:32 AM
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Agree with you completely.
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