Everybody else is doing it...

Talking about the Olympics, I mean. So here I go. Honestly, it's getting old. I'm tired of watching them. The same thing over and over. And over again, when Brooke records it and watches it the next morning (c'mon, Brooke, hardcore fans stay up late to watch these things). But anyway, here are my thoughts. Most of this can be filed under my "This. is. Ridiculous." section:

-Hero worship.

We all know who I'm refering to. Yes, he's an amazing swimmer. But calling him the best athlete ever just because he happened to be able to enter eight events? What about the events where they have to compete multiple times just to win one medal? Rowing, track, boxing, weightlifting... and have you been following our basketball teams? The men have been crushing every team they play and the women's smallest lead was something like 37 points (thanks Ray). My personal favorite, U.S. women's beach volleyball, has been killing. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh have played 10 games and are playing in the semi-finals tonight. So basically if they win the gold they will have played around 14 or 16 matches. Shouldn't they get 14 or 16 gold medals for playing in all those games? Mmm-hmm.

And... ummm, hello? A few of M.P.'s races were relays. That involved multiple people. But who's getting all the glory? Yeah. What about that one where we came from behind and won? Michael Phelps didn't win his leg. And did anyone else see that piece NBC did about how M.P. was genetically built to be a swimmer? Sure, he's tall and double-jointed. But the fact that he has broad shoulders and a flat backside comes from him being a swimmer. Look around, NBC reporter, all the other athletes on the platform (and pretty much across the Olympic athlete board) have broad shoulders and flat backsides, including most of the women. Even Facebook called him out among the rest of the winners for congrats. Don't get me wrong, he seems like a great, humble guy and he's easy on the eyes, but give other athletes credit too.

- Media coverage.

I already mentioned some problems I have earlier, but I'm going to focus on NBC being stupid right now. They paid millions of dollars to get exclusive coverage of the Olympics. And now they're not letting any other media have video of the events. They could make soooo much money for that if they wanted. And besides, that's not being a very good sport, is it?

-Sports that shouldn't be sports. Or in the Olympics.

Badmitton. Handball. Ping pong.

And then there are the sports that already have world championships or should. Soccer and tennis players already compete across the world. Baseball and softball are being taken out this year. What keeps basketball in?

Who makes these decisions? They have some 'splainin' to do.