Is anyone else annoyed with the olympic medal count?

[RoadRaven]

unity - schmunity

Its the Olympics
Its about competition
Of course there will be a medal count and comparisons

The point is that its about healthy competition and building relationships

[Ana]

It seems as though the overemphasis on the medal counts night after night fails to embody the spirit of the Olympics.

As much as I enjoy watching the Olympics as a tribute to exceptional human abilities, it is marred by the focus on scores, medals and superiority complexes. I often scoff at the dismal commentary.

[Irulan]

It seems as though the overemphasis on the medal counts night after night fails to embody the spirit of the Olympics.

As much as I enjoy watching the Olympics as a tribute to exceptional human abilities, it is marred by the focus on scores, medals and superiority complexes. I often scoff at the dismal commentary.

I think the spirit of the games was very well represented with footage of the sidelines. During some of the girls gymnastics, when one gal was done with a routing, the various girls from different countries would all hug or greet their competitors while waiting for scores. I thought that was very cool.

Listening to the basketball dream team guys talk about how they finally learned that being on Team USA was about being part of something much bigger and more important than an individual star..... awesome.

[Ana]

I think the spirit of the games was very well represented with footage of the sidelines. During some of the girls gymnastics, when one gal was done with a routing, the various girls from different countries would all hug or greet their competitors while waiting for scores. I thought that was very cool.

I was mostly referring to the officials and commentator's views they were presenting on the television and overemphasizing to the audience the medal count. I was very impressed by the interactions between athletes