They ruined them back in the 90s.
It used to be that they were every four years, both the summer and winter. Now that there is an olympics every two years (either summer or winter) it is less of an event.
American TV coverage became trash. It used to be that they covered the actual sports. Now they just focus on the personal stories of the athletes.
The end of the Cold War also took away from it. It used to be freedom vs communism. Every event had three NATO judges, three communist judges, and a neutral judge.
I couldn't stand watching the social shit, so I stopped
Another key feature of the ruination timeline was when NBC 'outbid' ABC. The thrill of victory and agony of defeat was subsumed by human interest back stories and molly coddled faggotry. Even the theme song devolved from the clarion trumpets of "Bugler's Dream" to the tired trite overwrought John Williams penned imminently forgettable waste of an orchestra, rosin and valve grease.
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