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    Has sports/entertainment media just gone tto damn far?

    Another top athelete taking time off due to mental health reasons , Simone Biles withdrew. Earlier this year the Japanese tennis player Namoi Osaka took an extended amount of time off and missed at least one major over mental health reasons. That time off seemed to coincide with a time when she was priivately caring the knowledge that she would have a major role for her country in opening Olympic Ceremony.
    Biles had an akward rountine befor dropping out of the team competition but denied any injury and Osaka played flat out bad tennis and got taken out in the third round of a gold medal tournoment she could have won.

    Other atheletes , especially individual sports stars have recently acknowledged their mental health issues which I appaud them for. Now I'm wondering if the tremendous pressure these kids are under has been magnified by sports media and their endless hype and "backstory creation" making each contest feel like the most important sporting event of all time.?
    It just seems like the sportsrazzi is up their ass before they are.

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    CRT messages in primetime ridiculous programming.....A white mother was explaining how her daughter's whiteness was offensive and she should feel bad for expressing her whiteness without approval.
    All and any Olympic participants who take a knee or turn their backs should be banned forever in sports.
    Look at that pink-haired lady from the soccer team (I think)...got so full up with her own self-importance....now they'll be lucky to place 5th...............she was also complaining that men in the male soccer team was earning more than the women...........ya don't earn anything by coming in last.......unless you're Kapernic (sp)

    EH??? I didn't think they were getting a salary for participating in a volunteer sport............
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    That's why the UFC is where its at. Dana White and the rest of the UFC brass haven't touched this nonsense.

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    How many athletes worked hard for many years dreaming that someday they would compete.....

    It does make me wonder if these are underlying mental health issues or created out of being political symbols rather than just athletes?

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    Quote Originally Posted by stjames1_53 View Post
    Look at that pink-haired lady from the soccer team (I think)...got so full up with her own self-importance....now they'll be lucky to place 5th...............she was also complaining that men in the male soccer team was earning more than the women...........ya don't earn anything by coming in last.......unless you're Kapernic (sp)


    I saw pink hair in some commercial the other day and had to wonder why a sponsor would not find her presence offensive to many?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Xl View Post
    That's why the UFC is where its at. Dana White and the rest of the UFC brass haven't touched this nonsense.
    UFC is basically the only major sports league I watch now. It is the only major sports league that is still about the sport itself as opposed to political messaging, wokeness, etc. It's truly amazing how liberals manage to destroy everything they get involved with.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RMNIXON View Post
    I saw pink hair in some commercial the other day and had to wonder why a sponsor would not find her presence offensive to many?
    She is in a Subway commercial. You have to remember a few years ago Subway had a child molester as a spokesperson.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RMNIXON View Post
    How many athletes worked hard for many years dreaming that someday they would compete.....

    It does make me wonder if these are underlying mental health issues or created out of being political symbols rather than just athletes?
    Use of these tactics...their prayer is that it dissolves the issue of being losers..........
    "I didn't lose, because I'm an activist!! I WON because I got my message out. By the way, I want a raise......."
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    Quote Originally Posted by nathanbforrest45 View Post
    She is in a Subway commercial. You have to remember a few years ago Subway had a child molester as a spokesperson.
    The Apple/Tree Conundrum........
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    I have to imagine that their is a great deal of pressure on some of these individuals that they are not used to.
    The soccer and basketball players are professionals anyways and used to it.
    The archers and waterpolo contestant is going to go back to their jobs somewhere.

    But a top tier gymnast, swimmer and even a skateboarder may be looking at retirement money based on what they do at the Olympics because the sports are popular enough to draw advertisers and TV coverage of some of these sport need commentators. And that money can be large. Mary Lou Retton is worth $8 million and that makes a comfortable life. Michael Phelps is worth 80 million.

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