Thursday, August 16, 2012

olympic innovation! (pt. 2)

I have an idea which will improve the entertainment quality of the Olympics, while simultaneously providing a richer appreciation of the amazingness of the athletic feats being witnessed. In every individual event, there should be one average joe or jane inserted, picked at random from the population of the host country. Watching your local baker Al chugging out a nineteen-second 100-meter dash, will perhaps make you more suitably awestruck by those sub ten-second scores. Watching Ms. Mousopolos, kindergarten teacher, notch a "DNF, rescued by hook" in the 200m breaststroke, will make her a greater hero in the eyes of her kids, and provide a rich source of YouTube material for everyone else. And each host country should be obligated to field a contestant or team of non-athletes for any event in which they have no entry. Think how much fun that will be when we get a host country with no water polo team.

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