Thank Goodness The Olympics Are Over

Which means one thing. Nothing left but one of the real sport, football, to take over. No more stupid highlights of non-sports were arbitrary voting determines the winner.

I know what your thinking. "But there's a standard they are all competing and getting voted against." Yeah and there is a standard against what painters have their work critiqued against. Ask a landscape painter after he's stood before an easel for seven straight hours if it doesn't require stamina. Its impressive work but neither one is a sport.

Neither are anything that requires you to be a member of a country club or other club (i.e. swimming) as a child to be able to play. Sorry badminton, tennis, golf, raquetball and yes although you're not in the Olympics yet Golf, none of you are sports. And sorry Michael Phelps. That goes for swimming too. You're one of the greatest athletes ever. You just don't compete in a sport.


So what does that leave us. The collection of egos known as "The Redeem Team" which I could care even less about than I do normal NBA games. Track you qualify just barely as a sport, and you are certainly great athletes, but you are just too boring.

And baseball and softball. Of course because of the MLB season you can't get anything but a few minor leaguers for baseball. (Not that I don't understand MLB's stance. There is pennant races going on.)

So obviously the Olympic committee removed these sports from the Olympics. Even less of a reason to care slightly in four years in London.

Instead the one thing to follow in these Olympics was the dominate US girls softball team. They may have only taken silver but I was more excited for that silver than all the rest of the medals. Its not like they didn't beat Japan the day before. And they were a great bunch of girls as well between Cat Osterman, Jennifer Mendoza, and the rest they are a great bunch of role models and classy individuals that you don't see from the rest of the professional athletes. And since this is the biggest stage for their sport its an absolute travesty they were voted out because a bunch of pansy European countries don't play softball.

They can get rid of them. Just don't expect me to care at all for the future of the Olympics.