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Scandal as Olympic sport: the figure-skating controversy is the latest in a long line of scams to expose the phoniness behind the Olympic ideal
0 Comments | Insight on the News, Sept 2, 2002 | by Tom Knott
The Russian guy will be out of the news soon enough, and the International Skating Union will promise to conduct a thorough investigation. Before long it will be business as usual until the next scandal. And then, as always, people will insist they are shocked by it.
How could this happen? How can this be? Oh my. Boo-hoo. This is an attack on the games themselves. This is not just some pathetic revelation involving the IOC whores. This undermines the essence of the games.
Right. Tell us a new one. Didn't the shelf life of that line expire with Johnson's gold medal in 1988?
The IOC whores know better. They know everybody will be back for more.
Washington in 2012?
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The champagne is on ice.
Who knows what's genuine? Who cares?
It is all about the self-gratification of a few, the white doves and the official sponsors.
TOM KNOTT WRITES FOR Insight's SISTER DAILY, THE WASHINGTON TIMES.
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