Hi, Guest
02-18-2010, 12:08 AM
The problem with the Olympics in Canada, at least recently, is that it's not really a nationalized thing. Sure, there's a bit of support from top-level agencies and funds, but not enough for our best athletes to live off of. The athletes who are promising end up having to spend most of their time arranging funding to support their training and development requirements. Endorsements only come AFTER the Olympics, so there's the chicken-and-the-egg scenario.
But when it all adds up at the end of the day, it's just schoolyard bragging rights. Does it matter if we're better at hockey than Bulgaria? No. But we think it matters. And therefore, we have the Olympics. It's a quick uptake of national pride, watching someone else do something well that you yourself cannot likely do.
So where do you stand? Do you let your enmity of the situation force your hand and admit your dislike of the Games? Or are you a fervent support of blatant nationalism, crying for more funding for athletes so they can "SMASH THE COMMIES"? I couldn't care either way, except for the fact that once again, my tax dollars are spent on something which I have zero control over.
But when it all adds up at the end of the day, it's just schoolyard bragging rights. Does it matter if we're better at hockey than Bulgaria? No. But we think it matters. And therefore, we have the Olympics. It's a quick uptake of national pride, watching someone else do something well that you yourself cannot likely do.
So where do you stand? Do you let your enmity of the situation force your hand and admit your dislike of the Games? Or are you a fervent support of blatant nationalism, crying for more funding for athletes so they can "SMASH THE COMMIES"? I couldn't care either way, except for the fact that once again, my tax dollars are spent on something which I have zero control over.
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