Olympic Experts

Well it seems as if it is time once again to watch countries from around the world compete in the Olympic games. I believe that the Olympics are a great event and help to bring the world closer together. Athletes are able to put their differences aside for a couple weeks and compete for the pure love of the sports in which they compete.

Back home in America, millions will watch with the same enthusiasm as they did when Tiger Woods limped up the 18th of Torry Pines in the US open earlier this year. And after the events are over, they will cease to watch the sport entirely.

While I understand that it may be difficult to find a good 3m diving competition or Judo match throughout the year, I am annoyed at how people immediately become experts on the sport during the Olympics. They try to explain rules to others, when they only understand a fraction of them their selves. I must admit however, that I am one of these people. I am a golfer myself, so I do know most of the rules and watch more than one tournament a year. However, with events such as the Olympics, Worlds Cup, and X-Games, I immediately turn into the expert. I find the main sport to be curling in the winter Olympics. I can’t stop the transformation, even though I know that it is happening. I always say that I will continue to watch the sport even after the event is over, but this never happens.

While I may not how I or others act during these sporting events, I do believe that there are many positive outcomes. Mainly, we are opened up to many sports that we would not frequently watch. This allows us to view other cultures and enjoy the same sport that people halfway around the world enjoy all year long.

So in the end i must tip my hat and give kudos to those pseudo Handball or Floor Exercise experts. Because although you may not know it, you are helping to bring human kind one step closer, even if it is only for two weeks.