Anyone else view the winter olympics as something like diet olympics?

The summer olympics are like coca cola and the winter games are like stop and shop brand.

NBC is putting up ALL The video they say they have at http://www.nbcolympics.com/index.html

i get it on BRavo, NBC, CNBC, etc... so watching all 3 you can get coverage of the less poupular sports.

No hype this year though, (unlike Salt lake and Australia). maybe securety reasons. Looking forward to the down hill skiing and snowboard. I agree summer is better though.

Winter Olympics have less value these days, because Winter X Games are so much better for entertainment value.

Its almost like the Ku Klux Klan olympics, there are maybe 10 black guys in the whole thing. The sports not only favor northern countries but also the super rich. Most of the sports are extremely expensive to compete in.

The Summer olympics have swimming and track events which are just flat out great to watch, Gymnastics which somehow amazes me but only every 4 years, and the great team sports that the whole world competes in Basketball, soccer, volleyball, etc. And then throw in the greatest sport ever BEACH VOLLEYBALL! there is always something cool happening in the summer games hell even table tennis is a pretty good watch.

All the winter games have are races where people go individually, which is absolutely anticlimactic. Seeing them toe to toe is what makes track and swimming so great. For instance right now I'm watching 25 idiots cross country skiing. They also have figure skating which is painful to watch. its like ballroom dancing. The winter olympics are absolute crap

Originally Posted by Steve-O

And then throw in the greatest sport ever BEACH VOLLEYBALL! there is always something cool happening in the summer games hell even table tennis is a pretty good watch.

At minimum it is the worlds greatest spectator sport, the female version, that is.

Exactly^^^