On Feb 15, 9:22 am, lal_truckee wrote:
Mike wrote:
... all aimed at Bode ...

Actually all aimed at idiot sponsors who're afraid their idiot customers
might take offense at someone actually having fun.

Three points:
()Was this "repression" the last significant idiocy of the Bushkultura?
()As near as I can tell, Bode was the ONLY participant in the Winter
Olympics who understood what it was all about - a gathering of
international athletes to promote harmony and understanding, competition
secondary. He was right - it's about the party, not the races. Go read
some of the founding documents of the Olympic movement.
()You don't have to be part of a team to compete in WC races - Bode
should have blown the USSA off and competed on his own; I bet he would
have made far more money off the Europeans than he pulls down now.

Yes, yes, and yes.

And Mike, where did you hear that this was Bode's last year?
--
Marty