The Cold War, Nationalism, Professional Athletes & Rio

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08-13-2016, 09:47 PM

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The Cold War, Nationalism, Professional Athletes & Rio

Do the Olympics really matter to you any more?

A professional golf tournament, a professional tennis tournament, a sub World Cup soccer tournament, swimming and gymnastics that have annual world championships every year (and call it the Oympics every fourth year), throw in a few oddball sports, the Zika virus and green water in the diving pool.

Back in my day beating the Russkis in medal count seemed preferable to a thermonuclear device and it mattered to more people. And our athletes were amateurs who sacrificed to represent us, rather than state sponsored 24/7 amateurs elsewhere or the professional athletes that have supplanted them in many of the sports.

If I had a choice between Rio and Wrigley, you would find me on the corner of Clark and Addison 30 minutes before game time. How about you?

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