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A brand new poster child for pathetic athletes
August 6, 2012 at
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One of the worst examples of sportsmanship I've ever seen in my life.
Her coach should have smacked her upside the head.
I don't know the NBC commentator who jaw-jacked for 20 min before hand how Mrs Prissy Bitch was "so much better than everyone" else, but he should be fired immediately.
Not a shred of empathy for this over-privileged little sourpuss. What are you 9 years old? Try to remember this next time you fall flat on your ass: "gracious in victory, humble in defeat."
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looks a bit young... (guess that means I'm finally old)
but then again another stuck up white girl didn't get what she wanted... color me shocked ....
actually that girl from Russia is far more of a bitch so to say compared to the americans.....
Lastly, all you guys are very hard on these girls. I grew up on the same block as 2 former olympians. One a figure skater, the other in gymnastics.
The amount of stress they are under is unbelievable. I'm sure most people here would crack under that pressure before even making it close to competing. Give them a break, seriously they are young girls who have the weight of their country on their shoulders. Thats a bigger task than any one of us has ever had to do in our lives.
I guess sometimes emotions are hard to control and we can't expect too much from a teenager.
Her coach should have smacked her upside the head.
The girl trained her entire life, then made a mistake that cost her the gold. It's understandable that she doesn't have a Barney smile on her face.. geez. so what, she's disappointed. She's still young, not good at faking happiness for the camera.
It's sad that the media took this opportunity to overdramatize this. Now she's going to be remembered as the frowning girl at the Olympics.. that's pretty cruel.
Much worse examples of bad sportsmanship.. heck, go to any high school sporting event..
Anyway, for the Olympics, part of me feels bad for some athletes, but part of me does not for the ones who I can't help but wonder if a big reason they are competing is to become celebrities and get endorsements, etc.
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but then again another stuck up white girl didn't get what she wanted... color me shocked ....
Much worse examples of bad sportsmanship.. heck, go to any high school sporting event..
She had an opportunity to show the world she was the complete Olympic-caliber person and she blew it. All that time and effort lost cause she could not handle reality. Even if she stuck the landing and got a perfect "10" and still acted like a 9 year old my position would not change.
Your HS sports example as a corollary is just plain silly. I'd expect nothing less out of some hack kids, not out of "the world's best" on an Olympic stage.
She had an opportunity to show the world she was the complete Olympic-caliber person and she blew it. All that time and effort lost cause she could not handle reality. Even if she stuck the landing and got a perfect "10" and still acted like a 9 year old my position would not change.
Your HS sports example as a corollary is just plain silly. I'd expect nothing less out of some hack kids, not out of "the world's best" on an Olympic stage.
She had an opportunity to show the world she was the complete Olympic-caliber person and she blew it. All that time and effort lost cause she could not handle reality. Even if she stuck the landing and got a perfect "10" and still acted like a 9 year old my position would not change.
Your HS sports example as a corollary is just plain silly. I'd expect nothing less out of some hack kids, not out of "the world's best" on an Olympic stage.
Are there things she could have done differently? Yeah, probably. But it's pretty easy to be an armchair quarterback and critique every last detail, as if you've never done anything in your lifetime that you could have/should have done differently. It doesn't make her a bad person or not of "Olympic-caliber," it makes her human. The girl spent her life training in sports, not in poise and etiquette. Do we really need to start taking away a person's right to their emotions?
adult professional athletes around the world do far worse than this all the time: leaving the court without shaking anyone's hands, yelling racial epithets to each other, refusing the talk to the press, etc. all she did was refuse to hug one person (after actually hugging the person who beat her) and act like a disappointed human being on the podium. she still talked to the press, only blamed herself, and expressed that she still appreciated the silver.
what she showed was not bad sportsmanship; it was less-than-perfect sportsmanship, which is the case for the vast majority of athletes.
3) The average Olympian makes $15,000 a year and most have no sponsors going into the games and must pay out of pocket for every expense. The United States Olympic Committee rewards Olympic medalists with honorariums. A gold medal brings $25,000. Silver medals get you $15,000. And a bronze is worth $10,000. Some of that money goes to the Tax Man, boys and girls.
The Weekly Standard, a conservative news magazine, ran the numbers and tabulated that the tax bill on a gold is $8,986, silver is $5,385 and bronze is $3,500." When you factor in coaching, gym time, travel expenses, and missing out on sponsorships, it's pretty depressing.
Those tax bills are calculated using a marginal rate of 35% which only kicks in when you make more than $380,000 a year, so.... if an athlete is really making next to nothing, there is no possible way they're paying anywhere near those stated tax values.
Are there things she could have done differently? Yeah, probably. But it's pretty easy to be an armchair quarterback and critique every last detail, as if you've never done anything in your lifetime that you could have/should have done differently. It doesn't make her a bad person or not of "Olympic-caliber," it makes her human. The girl spent her life training in sports, not in poise and etiquette. Do we really need to start taking away a person's right to their emotions?
I just don't think there really is even anything comparable. To train that long and that hard for one pinnacle moment, and then mess it up? I can't even imagine how disappointing that is. To know that you can do better, know that you have done better, thousands of times, and not be able to give it your best when it counted the most... crushing, absolutely crushing.
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Sure she's human, has emotions... save it for later. Especially when you want those damn sponsors. The moment the media spins it around like this...what would she be remembered for? The silver medal or the reaction? Probably the reaction...