Ok, I know I'll be a distinct minority, and that's ok, but a bit of back story, bear with me. My first memory of the Olympics was in 1968, winter, Grenoble France? I think it was Jean Claude Keely that won big time or was the most popular skier. After that, every 4 years, twice a year, I was GLUED to the TV for 2 weeks. I knew every big name, and some of the lesser names, watched Peggy Fleming, Janet Lynn, Dorothy Hamill, Olga Korbet, Mark Spitz, Nadia Comeneche, Bruce Jenner, Franz Klamer, Alexsiev, Carl Lewis, Eric Heiden, 1980 Hockey, Munich, Jim McKay etc... I watched them all live as they made history, I still have the newspaper clippings. I was the most exciting thing to a kid growing up then, well, to me it was. I know the Eastern Bloc countries used professional athletes, that's what made winning by others so special. It was the Cold War by proxy. But, I loved the sports where there was no judging, you either won, or you didn't. It was by the clock or whoever got to the finish line first. Now, well, now we all have professional athletes. And they can make big money before and after. OK, understandable, training 25 years for a 2 minute game every 4 years is a lot to pay for, and , they need income after they retire. That why we have athletes going 4 and 5 games, and switching to another sport, that, and they are just competitive. For me, its lost its magic, ratings, which equals money has taken over. OK, understandable, NBC is not there to entertain us, its there to make money, but I won't watch it. Contrived drama, hyping athletes who did nothing, over saturation and repeating of personal stories and trooping out the retired summer athletes as commentators, did I mention non-stop commercials, is just too much for me. As I said, I'm certainly in the minority here and for those who watched, good for you, hope it was good, I'll never know as now I couldn't care less. They've lost the original intent and magic, its become political, well, more political now and more money generated. Sad, but true for me.