http://katherinehas.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/sirrevelvant/ Sports Girl: noun, girl who does NOT nag guys about their sports obsessions, but instead, often kicks their butt with her football picks Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:32:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://katherinehas.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/sirrevelvant/#comment-246 This, My Friends, Is Why You Pick an Olympic Team Ahead of Time « …On Being a Sports Girl Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:59:40 +0000 http://katherinehas.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-246 [...] process for the US Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Team is a comedy of errors. (See “How To Best Make Your Sport Irrelevant” for a full blown rant on the subject.) For the past few days, the Olympic Team alternates - Jana [...] [...] process for the US Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Team is a comedy of errors. (See “How To Best Make Your Sport Irrelevant” for a full blown rant on the subject.) For the past few days, the Olympic Team alternates – Jana [...]

]]> http://katherinehas.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/sirrevelvant/#comment-236 Michele Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:43:44 +0000 http://katherinehas.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-236 I agree with what you're saying about it making impossible to cheer for a sport where 1) you can't understand the judging system and 2) you have no idea how the Olympic team is chosen. However, I have to point out that the Olympics are not to reward the best of amateur athletes anymore. Not since 1988 when professional athletes were first allowed to compete and ushered in the era of "Dream Teams" Granted, a majority of Olympic athletes are still amateur, but with the endorsements they receive even that label is a little ambiguous. "A few years later, the U.S. began using professional athletes at the Games - Dream Teams. I always found that term ironic because now that we have Dream Teams, we seldom ever get to dream. But on one weekend, as America and the world watched, a group of remarkable young men gave the nation what it needed most - a chance, for one night, not only to dream, but a chance, once again, to believe. " ~ Miracle. Wouldn't it be great if the Olympics could do this again? To allow people to dream? I agree with what you’re saying about it making impossible to cheer for a sport where 1) you can’t understand the judging system and 2) you have no idea how the Olympic team is chosen. However, I have to point out that the Olympics are not to reward the best of amateur athletes anymore. Not since 1988 when professional athletes were first allowed to compete and ushered in the era of “Dream Teams” Granted, a majority of Olympic athletes are still amateur, but with the endorsements they receive even that label is a little ambiguous.
“A few years later, the U.S. began using professional athletes at the Games – Dream Teams. I always found that term ironic because now that we have Dream Teams, we seldom ever get to dream. But on one weekend, as America and the world watched, a group of remarkable young men gave the nation what it needed most – a chance, for one night, not only to dream, but a chance, once again, to believe. ” ~ Miracle. Wouldn’t it be great if the Olympics could do this again? To allow people to dream?

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