The Olympics, And Why I Dislike Them

I don't like the Olympics. To me, they're not a sacred event where the peoples of the world come together to celebrate their love of sports, or a stage for small and obscure countries to earn their time to shine, or some "service to humanity" that fosters global peace and understanding. No, to me, they're nothing more than international cock-measuring competitions where nations compete to see who can dope up their athletes the most without getting caught (SPOILER ALERT: It's always the USA, Russia, China, and a mixed assortment of Western European nations). Just like every other major sporting event in the world, it isn't about sports, it was never about sports. It's all about money. I've heard people say "Oh, the Olympics isn't commercialised because there are no ads allowed in it!" That argument holds little merit when the moment you step outside an Olympic stadium, you're bombarded with adverts and sponsorship deals with the Olympic logo proudly plastered all over them. Take their Coca-Cola sponsorships for example. Just take a moment to think about how ridiculous they really are. "The Olympics is for SPORTS and EXERCISE and encouraging the youth to be active, but also make sure to drink Coca-Cola! An unhealthy, sugar-filled, liquid candy!" There are more reasons to dislike the Olympics though... 1) They're Expensive Hosting the Olympics is expensive, and it gets more expensive every year. Every Olympic game has gone over-budget. One of the worst cases was in 1976, where Montreal ended up incurring $1.5 billion in debt while building their Olympic stadium, way above the projected $124 million. It took Montreal three decades to pay that debt off. Additionally, the costs of the 2004 Athens games contributed to Greece's debt crisis. 2) They're corrupt Who would've guessed that a very popular international athletics competition with hundreds of competing countries would be so corrupt? Bids are rigged and contracts go out to specific people government officials like. In Rio, the government forcefully evicted people from their homes just to build their Olympic stadium. Similar things happened in London and Tokyo in 2012 and 2020 respectively. Athletes use drugs to enhance their abilities, it's just a matter of "don't get caught." Despite that, some countries still get to go to the Olympics despite being discovered to use drugs (Russia). 3) They're Boring Nobody watches the Olympics because they like the sports. Nobody watches 90% of Olympic sports outside of Olympic season. The only reasons people watch the Olympics are A) It's the hot, popular thing on TV that everyone else is watching, B) They get see hot athletes in skin-tight clothing, and C) To see their country win. Plus, it's always the same athletes competing against each other every year. This goes back to my first complaint, that they are nothing more than cock-measuring contests where countries compete over who can win the most worthless gold medals. There's a reason countries keep sending the same people to compete over and over again.

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