IceSage
Sage of Ice
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So, who here watched the 2010 Winter Olmpics?
... Ok, so what if you did. That's beside the point. What I'm talking about is the Paralympics. I noticed something. During the Olympics, they were extensively comered on all of Canada's and the US' major networks, like Sportsnet, TSN, CTV, CBC, ABC, and NBC. Than comes along the Paralympics. They are only broadcast on Sportsnet. The only way any other station covers it it by breaking news in the sports section of the news or Olympic Alerts. I don't think it's very fair that the Paralympics aren't covered as much as the Olympics. In fact, I think it's discrimatory. What do you think? Should the Paralympics be more watched, like tje Olympics, or shouldn't they?
It's not covered as highly because it's NOT the Olympics. It's something else, although the same premise. It's exactly in the same field as why your local high school basketball tournament isn't being aired on prime time... They're both basketball, they're both actually rather important, but they're just not in the same field or category.
Another way to view it is that the Olympics are for the "best of the best," and the Paralympics are for the "Best of the completely underpar."