The Olympics Begin Today

Ladies and gentlemen, it's that time of every four years again. Baseball has grown stale and football is still a month away. Every four years we are #blessed with 2 weeks of awesomeness to help us get through the lull of the sports calendar and my friends that time is now. The Olympics! The ultimate athletic test for all athletes (except all the ones who are too soft to compete because they're scared of bug bites, we'll get to that) Every 2 slash 4 years we get this special two week bender of athletic excellence where we not only get to see what diseases our boy Bobby Costas had contracted, but also get a nice reminder as to why we, the United States of America, is in fact the greatest, and most dominant country in this little world of ours. the timing couldn't be any more perfect, the last 2 years or so this country had fallen off its great platform. Turmoil between citizens has grown the country divided, but for these next 2 weeks, we stand as one, we stand as the United States of America, and we watch proudly as our fellow countrymen/women put their athleticism to the test and essentially tell the rest of the world to pound sand as we rake in all the medals. Yeah the conditions might not be up to par and Rio is maybe a bottom 3 place that should host the events, but for the next two weeks quit your complaining, show some patriotism and take pride in being part of the most athletically dominant planet of all time and just enjoy the spectacle that we call Olympics. With that said, let's move into some thoughts regarding these beautiful games:

- The first thing that comes to mind when talking about this summer's Olympics is the location, Rio de Janero, Brasil. Obviously not the best spot in the ENTIRE world that they could have chose from. Diseases, crime, poverty, poop water, you name it and I'll put money on Rio having it. Not to mention Rio just had the World Cup 2 years ago. I wanna know who the genius was who signed off on not one but TWO major world athletic events in one of the most run down, crime ridden cities in the world. Total drop of the ball there. What the Olympics need to do is just build two cities, one for the summer and one for the winter games, in the US and have us host every year, that way we know everything will be up to par for the athletes. But Kix the olympics is about uniting the world blah blah blah Hey news flash the USofA runs the world and does a better job than anyone else hosting so lets keep it in house.

- The Zika virus. This is allegedly a huge concern for the athletes over there. I'm no Scientist Andy, but I'm pretty sure if you die from a bug bite you aren't strong enough to compete for a medal in the first place. Also, hate to be a complete hardo but there are people over seas sacrificing their lives, dodging bullets every day for our freedom to compete in these games and if I was one of them and caught wind that some "athletes" were scared of a bug bite I wouldn't be too happy with my country. Man up America. (PS if I die from a bug bite you have my complete permission to laugh directly in my lifeless face)

- STAMP IT! Swimming is the most overrated "sport" of all time. NBC loves swimming for some reason and it is literally the worst. Track was for kids who couldn't play any other sport, and swimming was for those who couldn't do track. Swimming is an activity you do in the summer time at the lake when your brother dumps you outta the canoe and you have no other option to get to shore. Also swimmers bodies are weird as hell, figure it out. Also, also Ryan Lochte sucks. Also also also, why were there always fat kids on the swim team? Buoyancy perhaps?

- The Russians got busted for cheating and letting their 12 year old gymnasts use steroids. So what. The complete opposite of a big deal. Its Russia obviously their athletes are all doing steroids.

- Need more Table Tennis, Badminton, and Handball. All three sports are electric factories and never get enough air time. We don't need to see Poland's floor routine for the third night in a row NBC, show me some shuttle cock!

- These Olympics are considered the summer Olympics, but I'm like 75% sure Rio is in the southern hemisphere so its technically winter for them right now. Just something to think about.

So those are just some initial thoughts going into this years summer games, hopefully we get some great storylines for the next couple weeks. But just remember, appreciate what we got here, it only comes around every 4 years and only lasts a couple weeks. Grab some beers, watch some sports at weird hours of the day, and Let's Have Some Fun!