I have written many times that the last few years do not follow sports for two main reasons: 1) the sport has long been a professional; (2) the rules of a sports competition turned into a puff – they are constantly changing in favor of those in our world who ruled a ball.
On the first point, hope that all understand – look professional disassembly athletes, it is still something to observe the routine work of miners, metallurgists, tractor and so on. Modern sports need to be highly specialized technician to understand what was going on.
But to explain my reluctance to watch sports competitions on the second point, will be forced to appeal to the historical past of mankind – the days of Ancient Rome.
By the time of the reign of the Emperor Nero, the Olympic movement has reached the point of absurdity, becoming a farce, or a cheap show. Anyone who had influence and money, like any way of becoming an Olympic champion and grab a slice of national glory.
The Emperor Nero was no exception and during the two hundred and eleventh Olympiad-67 decided to get the title of Olympic champion in several categories.
With this purpose we changed the program of the Olympic games – there are tournaments, which nobody even heard of, but which the Emperor considered himself the consummate professional. For example, in acting…
That’s just becoming olimpionica in the category of actor and singer, Nero calmed the egos, and only angered him the Emperor wanted to be “the ideal sport” Olympic champion, so to speak, in “physical form.”
So he decided to take part in the chariot races…
But since he was the Emperor in his chariot was drawn by ten horses instead of two provisions. And to the Emperor (Yes, let the Gods keep it!) did not prevent any of the other participants, he did his race in splendid isolation.
But even this handicap for Nero was not enough – he fell out of his chariot, as he was drunk…
While the Emperor slept, the judges decided that its head is more expensive, and declared Nero the winner of the Olympic games in the race in a chariot…
The Emperor accepted the decision in stride, and entered Rome through the breach of the fortress wall, as required by the custom of those times for Olympic Champions…
What I have told this to, You ask?
And besides, dear friends, that the current Olympic games in Rio do not differ from those, which were attended by the Emperor Nero.
See for yourself: the rules in sports that sets (namely, US) who was ahead of his competitors in politics, military Affairs, and medicine. Americans write the rules for myself, throwing the scraps to their podiatary for faithful service.
As a result, in the team medal standings, the US and the UK dominate in splendid isolation…
But the peak of triumph of the absurd at the Olympics in Rio was the semi-final race in the relay among women 4 по100 meters, which plunged the current Olympic competitions in nasonovskii times.
The fact that American women have lost during the race his baton and went the distance!
But that hasn’t stopped the American Federation of track and field athletics – they are staging a showdown worse than those that occur at the Odessa Privoz among the local vendors, has achieved ONLY the THIRD RACE FOR TEAM USA! )))))
And here, in splendid isolation, the American athletes ran the distance again (compare with the part of Nero in the chariot race!), ahead of as a result, the athlete from Jamaica TWO HUNDREDTHS of a SECOND.
Admire is a modern “chariot races”…
AGAIN “THE THIRD ROUND” THAT TRANSCENDS THE SPORT OF POLITICS…
Dear friends, why all this fuss? Can be immediately (before the start of the Olympic games) to present all the American athletes ‘ Olympic medals?
And you can make it even better – all the American athletes who came to the Olympics, to announce the Olympic Champions with the award of gold medals regardless of what place they took…
It is a pity that now is not the ancient times – thanks to the hundreds of “Olympic Champions” who have returned home, would be destroyed, almost all the walls of American cities…
And finally, I share a free “know-how” for the American licking of the sport – to put into practice for American athletes the title of “Olympic champion long service”…
Maybe at least this way Americans will be able to satisfy their vanity? Or have permissiveness there are no boundaries?
