ACCORDING TO LIZ NICHOLL WE ARE A SPORTING SUPERPOWER

It is no surprise that the language of politics has entered the sports arena.  As a so-called sports superpower we have won more medals than China.  Isn't that great?   Medal tables should be abolished.  They are political propaganda.

The commentators fawn at the feet of winners in adulation. They make me sick.  Losers are forgotten, hardly ever  acknowledged or thanked for taking part.  Winners take all.   

The Olympic games should be abandoned.  They are too expensive for one country to put on.  The legacy is a number of stadiums in a capital city favouring the people who live there. 

Far from being an inspiration, they are a bad example to others.  The philosophy is, if you win, you will be famous and rich.  As in football, the values are all wrong.  The very meaning of sport is undermined.  Nowhere is this truer than in the USA where sport is totally controlled by commercial interests.