I'm not a huge sports fan but I sometimes watch playoff games as I enjoy watching people that excel at what they do. I can't say I'd ever watch any of the Olympic sports individually, but I do enjoy watching the Olympics.
In the old days the American Olympians were amateurs while many of the communist country's Olympians were in the military where their job was to be excellent athletes. Now they allow professionals and it has leveled the playing field somewhat for the US.
Most everyone I've talked to with the exception of a few seniors have talked about the Olympics. Judging by the responses on this forum about the Olympics and other sports, I'd say sports are a low priority for farmers. If you expand the group of people you associate with I think you'll find there is interest in the Olympics. I also suspect there are people that aren't watching, or at least not admitting to watching this Olympics because it's in Russia.
A day doesn't go by that I don't get on this forum and read about some kind of waste. So Russia spent massive amounts of money on the facilities. Some of that will be offset by the income the Olympics bring in. Then those facilities will be used for many years to come. I'm not a fan of government spending, especially wasteful spending, but if they are going to spend money I'd rather see it spent on something positive like the Olympics rather than something destructive like the cash for clunkers program we had in this country a few years ago where our government paid to destroy assets. In some (maybe many) cases,the assets (cars) got destroyed and the government didn't fulfill their obligation of paying for them, but that's another topic.
As far as Costas, I can't stand him. That goes back to his failed late night talk show that had a very political slant.
Some say the Olympic athletes lead a privileged lifestyle. That may be true to a degree but their training programs can be brutal.
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