The Olympics are fun. I’m sure most of you know this already. What’s wrong with two weeks of athletes competing at the peak of their sports on the highest stage?
Well, of course, there are plenty of things wrong with the Olympics: the rampant corruption filling international sports, doping, wasting municipal money of the host city, the harming effect the Olympics have on the post-Olympic economy of these cities and, as I’ve written before, the disappointing lack of visibility for the Paralympics.
But that’s not the point. I don’t think it’s a problem to ignore the grimy underbelly of events, such as the Olympics and World Cup, and just have fun watching sports.