Yep. As a televised competition between national teams i guess it's not that interesting anymore, because neither national feelings nor chemically flavored spor

Yep. As a televised competition between national teams i guess it's not that interesting anymore, because neither national feelings nor chemically flavored sports viewing is at its peak, making them more like a soulless, overengineered dumb movie. Of course, the eyeball-hungry visual media and the IOC will stuff it in ur face at maximum strength, most times with support from local tax-funded public TV channels (at least here in europe). Relevant: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/how-the-gorgeous-sometimes-fictional-sound-of-the-olympics-gets-made/259742/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/how-th...