deacvision7
Mod Emeritus
El Salvador going during the "E" countries would make one think that The United States of America would go during the "T" countries. No?
I love the Olympics, but I don't give a rip about the basketball team.
get over yourselves. jesus christ.
Every 4 years the opening ceremony of the Olympics makes me realize how many damn countries there are on this planet of ours.
what a piece of shit opening ceremonies.
It shows the ridiculousness of racial stereotypes about athletics. There are elite athletes from all over the world from all ethnic and racial backgrounds.
Heck, if a hurricane hadn't washed away a swimming pool in the Virgin Islands the world may never have known how good Tim Duncan could be at basketball.
Personally I've never felt that way. I've always felt that it's more about opportunity for athletes. I think it's highly possible that there's somebody out there that if that had been afforded the opportunity to grow up playing basketball they'd be better than Lebron James or if somebody had put a golf club in there hands at at 5, they'd have been better than Tiger Woods, etc. It has a lot more to do with opportunity and circumstance than race or ethnic background. Heck, if a hurricane hadn't washed away a swimming pool in the Virgin Islands the world may never have known how good Tim Duncan could be at basketball. There's probably a kid running around right now with some tribe in Middle East that if somebody would hand them a baseball and teach them how to throw it could grow up throwing 95+ making a mint in the major leagues, but will never know what baseball is.
Personally I've never felt that way. I've always felt that it's more about opportunity for athletes. I think it's highly possible that there's somebody out there that if that had been afforded the opportunity to grow up playing basketball they'd be better than Lebron James or if somebody had put a golf club in there hands at at 5, they'd have been better than Tiger Woods, etc. It has a lot more to do with opportunity and circumstance than race or ethnic background. Heck, if a hurricane hadn't washed away a swimming pool in the Virgin Islands the world may never have known how good Tim Duncan could be at basketball. There's probably a kid running around right now with some tribe in Middle East that if somebody would hand them a baseball and teach them how to throw it could grow up throwing 95+ making a mint in the major leagues, but will never know what baseball is.
Nope, it's all about Kyrie Irving and USA!!
The olympics really stretches the idea of an athlete too. The Chinese table tennis team could be the furthest thing from the definition of what an athlete looks like. You know your "sport" is good when you can convert your crucial equipment into a better more exciting drinking game.