W(P)ussification of America

[MertzJay26]

http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/ar...s-your-gold-medal-get-no-points-sportsmanship

Discuss.

 

[InstiGATOR1]

http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/ar...s-your-gold-medal-get-no-points-sportsmanship

Discuss.

1. It is on the ESPN-W page so per your title what do you expect.

2. There are lots of other sports networks now. Prior to that ESPN was trying to grow there market share by attracting others than hard core sports fans. It will be interesting to see now that they have competition and their growth might start coming more and more from hard core fans of particular conferences, i.e. the SEC or other conference networks if they change their interest in hard core sports fans.

 

[MertzJay26]

You mean attracting, not attacking, right?

And yea I don't disagree with that

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

I wonder if the writer will write the same thing about Phelps' death stare and subsequent finger wag after his win? Some of the double standards regarding men vs. women in this Olympics have been staggering.

 

[MidwestChomp]

Lilly King is badass. I like that she speaks her mind.

 

[InstiGATOR1]

You mean attracting, not attacking, right?

And yea I don't disagree with that

Yeah, thanks I changed it.

 

[CGgater]

I prefer our athletes take the high road, but I can't say I'm completely upset that she called out a cheater whose had multiple documented incidents.

 

[divits]

I actually think King took it a little easy on her. The Russian brought it on herself.....twice.

 

[GMDGator]

Yeah, I kindof like the Barry Sanders approach to winning... That being said... Efimova is smoking!!! She got that on King anyway.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

I like Brassy Women!

 

[rogdochar]

That's an idiot writer. Even if you don't test positive come meet time, training
with PEDs allows unnatural gains. So if Efimova has been caught during
meet-times, she sure can be using during training months for development
of "super" natural power. Heck, the entire Russian delegation has been banned !

There is no more shaming to curb cheating, wrongdoing.
This societal "cast no responsibility" is putrefying all areas of our lives.
I think it is more definitively classless to shield a Russian cheater while
besmearing our American truth-teller -- our "won it clear" Gold Medalist.
Tell it like it is Lily King, you have earned the platform.

 

[Delg8tor]

Lilly King is badass. I like that she speaks her mind.

She is Badass! She kinda reminds me of a dude the way she acts.

Yeah, I kindof like the Barry Sanders approach to winning... That being said... Efimova is smoking!!! She got that on King anyway.

This!