On the modern Olympics: it helps to remember that it is now an advertising event that happens to have sports competitions.
It's a crime that a game between 2 not top 25 teams that run the clock takes 4 hours in a brutal September 12pm game; just so that commercials can play.
It's somewhat baffling that all the also-ran schools have such strong fanbases still - it's so stacked against them, moreso than in any other league.
This has also bothered me, all the ads I get are toilet paper and insurance. I don’t feel the least bit influenced by them but they must spend gobs of money to make sure I know their name.
After the last fiasco in Brazil, I was hoping it would drive a spike into the heart of the old relic -- maybe the tremendous loss on the investments in Tokyo will help it end . The summer games are the only ones any mass audience really cares about anymore, true?
Not if you're in a wintry country.