I agree. The Olympics to me were always about athletes pushing their individual capabilities to the limit. Track & field, swimming, marathon, weightlifting, gymnastics - things like that. Now they have professional golfers and tennis players there, and crappy team sports like the rugby sevens - something we are all fanatical about here in New Zealand but the rest of the world couldn't (and quite frankly SHOULDN'T) care about.
The Olympics this year seems to be more interesting for all the wrong reasons - the continual controversies - the thefts, accidents.. the green stagnant diving pool next to the blue swimming pool etc. I was psyched however for Michael Phelps winning his gold medals. And shame on that Muslim athlete that demanded that SHE should've been the flag bearer just because she was 'an underprivileged minority'. How repugnant of her. Michael Phelps EARNED the right to be the USA flag bearer. End of story.