MikeG
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Wed Aug-25-04 11:18 AM
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| US is winning way too many medals at the Olympics. |
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It's not fair.
We should not be showoff smartypants.
Play nice.
Let the other teams win medals too, OK?
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| JohnKleeb
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Wed Aug-25-04 11:20 AM
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| 1. I havent read the sports page in a while |
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can I have a link to see what country has won the most metals thus far? its us isnt it, and isnt china in second place. The country I want to win has only won 3.
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Wed Aug-25-04 11:23 AM
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| 4. Go to Yahoo - they have a link to the Olympic totals. |
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Wed Aug-25-04 11:24 AM
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Wed Aug-25-04 11:20 AM
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| 2. Yeah..that's what I keep saying about the Patriots... |
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Damn you Patriots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wed Aug-25-04 11:23 AM
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| 3. I'd watch the Olympics if I could get this Beach Volleyball tournament |
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Wed Aug-25-04 11:24 AM
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| 6. Uh... USA 25 golds, China 24. |
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Wed Aug-25-04 11:27 AM
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| 7. But we're 21 total medals ahead of China. |
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Edited on Wed Aug-25-04 11:29 AM by MikeG
Medals that could brighten the life of a person not lucky enough to live in the Good Ol USA.
It's not fair.
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Wed Aug-25-04 11:27 AM
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| 8. I know! And FDR won way too many electoral votes in the 1936 election! |
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He should have given Landon the rest of New England and a couple of the Midwestern states!
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Wed Aug-25-04 11:27 AM
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| 9. I don't get why they focus on the medal count so much |
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A lot of the individual medalists from the countries with smaller teams have more interesting stories.
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Wed Aug-25-04 11:45 AM
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| 10. Should there be a cap on medals? |
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What shlould the limit be? I wouldn't want it to be based on the nation's population, because the small nations would be left out.
I think of the great athletes who may not have gotten a medal yet. What happens if their country maxes out before they get a turn? Have they trained for nothing?
Maybe at some point, halfway through the Olympics, they can assess the medal situation and re-assign promising contenders to other nations. Instead of winning another medal for the US, for instance, you might be assigned to compete for Nigeria. You still earn the medal, but the little countries get to chalk it up for their team.
Smaller nations could benefit by not fielding a team for some sports, and hoping to get a good re-assignment, and some medals. Very small nations, like the ones in the South Pacific, could join the games with no athletes at all, and pick up a few medals in the round-robin second half of the games.
I'm starting to like this idea.
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