Yay, we're 3rd best at jumping off something at the same time.
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Stripped of the kitschy Greek-mythology trappings and long-lost amateur ethos, the Olympic Games amount to a forum for the biggest and richest nations to beat the pants off their smaller, poorer cousins — which they do with monotonous regularity. It’s not a particularly appealing sight. You know that spoilt rich kid in the movies who gets Daddy to buy him the trophy? Frankly, he looks a whole lot like us.
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A league in which the New York Giants routinely demolished the Green Bay Packers, merely because they could spend so much more on talent, would be like, well, the NBA. Or the Olympics.
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I hope they enjoy their $10 000.