Further proof Bryant Gumbel is an idiot

[zoxxy]

Despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention.

Like, try not to be incredulous when someone attempts to link these games to those of the ancient Greeks who never heard of skating or skiing.

Were there any blacks entering the ancient greek olympics?

Jerkoff.

 

[Pupik]

He pretty much says that if Blacks are not in it, it's not a real sport. Bryant Gumbel is a racist.

Dead on. I seriously doubt anyone's behind the scenes "pushing" the Olympics to white viewers as an alternative to NBA basketball or NCAA hoops. In any case, aren't a majority of TV viewers of the Olympics actually female, which is different than any other sport; thus, there really isn't much of a comparison between that and any other sport?

I can already imagine take on motor racing: "Well, since it's mostly white people and they have a separate area called Victory Lane/Parc Fermé, it's not a sport."

I guess we should strip the Summer Olympics of those sports that didn't exist in Ancient Greeks too? Maybe we should just stick with marathons.

And naked wrestling. Okay, maybe just marathons. And table tennis.

Is that because Gumbel is so irrelevant, or because nobody cares about the Winter Olympics?

Even though Gumbel's got an opinion; the latter part of what you say is true.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

I agree with the general theme of comments here, that this man (of whom I had not previously heard) is an idiot, and that Winter Olympics tends to favour northern-hemisphere nations which have different demographics.

All I wanted to add is a great quote from Irish comedian Dara O'Briain: The Winter Olympics is just three weeks of all kinds of sliding.

 

[Swift]

I want to know why is it that almost everytime a black person in the media's eye talks about the status of a national program or activity that they drag race into it? Man, this mess is getting old...quick.

 

[ledhed]

Ummm the winter olympics are about babes in short skirts skating around with gay guys ....who cares about black or white as long as they are hot ?
The rest of it is all cold people falling down .

 

[Solid Lifters]

Ummm the winter olympics are about babes in short skirts skating around with gay guys ....who cares about black or white as long as they are hot ?
The rest of it is all cold people falling down .

Dude! You forgot about the Women Speed Skaters! That voluptuous Chinese lady who ate the wall... You know I watched that in high-def slow-mo over and over again! Oh, and the Russian Speed Skater, Svetlana! Hotchie , wa-wa!

 

[Zrow]

Women curlers are the hottest. Seriously, they are smokin'.



Curling really seems to be sweeping the nation.

 

[FoolKiller]

Women curlers are the hottest. Seriously, they are smokin'.

No kidding! Did you hear they are doing a calendar?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11394967/


Before two weeks ago I had no clue about curling but now I am obsessed. Too bad there isn't anywhere to play in Kentucky.

EDIT: Just to keep my post on topic.

Bryant Gumbel obviously hasn't been watching the Johnson sisters properly.

 

[Max Powers]

Curling really seems to be sweeping the nation.

Hahaha!