Honestly, the entire event isn't about competition. It's ALL messaging. If some other people that have a disability see someone excelling maybe they will try something- anything!
As far as the "competition" let's just call it an exhibition and move on.
I can’t even pretend that I understand how difficult it must be for some of the athletes which have serious disabilities. A lot of them are great people.
That being said, I have zero interest in the races.
It does not take away my point number one
I can say that I fully support the Paralympics and I am really happy that it exists
…but I have zero interest
dan carlin hardcore history man wrote:
The Winter Olympics are better than the summer Olympics. Skiing is awesome and only a leftist a$$hole would use your brain dead logic about not having a competition because certain societies don’t participate. With that logic no sport would exist outside of running or maybe soccer.
Lowest common denominator loser. That’s you.
Skiing is awesome, but the winter Olympics aren't better.
nike shill wrote:
dan carlin hardcore history man wrote:
The Winter Olympics are better than the summer Olympics. Skiing is awesome and only a leftist a$$hole would use your brain dead logic about not having a competition because certain societies don’t participate. With that logic no sport would exist outside of running or maybe soccer.
Lowest common denominator loser. That’s you.
Skiing is awesome, but the winter Olympics aren't better.
That’s what poor people think.
NotPC wrote:
Just Another Hobby Jogger wrote:
The same can be said about NFL players. They are the best of a smaller subset of people.
Meanwhile you can be born into poverty in a dirt poor country and still become a world class soccer player.
If you think you made some great point. You didn't.
The NFL is distinctly American entertainment. The Olympics are about gathering the best athletes to compete vs each other.
For the 99% of TV viewers, any sporting event is just another form of entertainment. Some people find snowboarding (or even curling) more entertaining than football. And they are under no illusion that their favorite sport is as competitive as soccer.
Para Olympics is the future. Imagine being able to change out a body part with a mechanically optimized one. Ghost in the Shell type stuff
How are the NBC ratings? Is NBC obligated to show so much of the Paralympics because they showed so much of the Olympics? Would NBC be excoriated if they only showed a 1 hour evening highlight show?
Notice there is no Paralympics in evening prime time on NBC.
Is a country wanting to host the Olympics required to also host the Paralympics?
Val's sister wins SP in a dominant fashion.
love the passion of these games...this great athlete has autism but paralympics gives everyone a chance
I just watched some of this circus waiting for London Diamond League to come on. What a JOKE! Most of the participants have no visible physical defect whatsoever. Then I looked up what some of the "qualifying disabilities" are. Fasten your seatbelts:
Impaired Passive Range of Movement
easily faked
Short Stature
Oh for Christ sake!
Vision Impairment
Doesn't say HOW impaired it has to be. So anyone that wears glasses qualifies?
Honestly, the Paralympics has just become a farce. It is participation trophy olympics. All the competitors are not really disabled, just like the transexual athletes who compete in women's sports aren't really women. They claim to be disabled just to get an unfair advantage because of a warped desire to have people worship them. That's it.