NBC and Chinese Olympic Scandals

I've been switching back and forth between NBC and CBC the last few days making comparisons between the two networks when it comes to their Olympic coverage. A sad but very true fact is that NBC only shows events with Americans in them. Otherwise it is not worth their time. CBC shows a variety of events of which many have no Canadians in them. Could this be because Canada isn't even in an event at times?... most likely.

NBC is also quite pro-American... almost sickening if you ask me. They have claimed scandal after scandal with the one nation that is dominating more than they are (the Chinese). They also claim that they are being screwed in terms of scores (specifically in gymnastics). While watching the Women's Team Gymnastics final, the commentator repeatedly addressed how the Americans scores were too low and the Chinese too high. There was also repeated mention of the possibility of the Chinese team members being younger than the age they are listed as, as well as throwing out the possibility of information on their age being changed by the Chinese government in order for these athletes to compete in the Olympics. That being said, I don't really know why they have an age limit in gymnastics. No offense, but if you're sixteen shouldn't you be able to dominate a supposed 12-13 year old? The answer is plain and simply "yes." If a twelve year old stomps you in gymnastics, I say give them a gold and forget the age limit. The Olympics are in place for the best in the world to compete with eachother. If the best in the world happens to be 12 or 13, why should you have to take away that right from them? Now I'm not saying these girls representing China are 12 (though they do look the part), I'm simply mentioning the trend that if the US team is facing any difficulties while they are competing, there is always something sketchy they have to mention that is going on with the other team, especially when it comes to host nation China (according to NBC).
I mean, why can't any other country say these things about the US on their television networks? They can't because there would be serious reprucussions, all of which would be negative.

I really like Michael Phelps and what he's done, but I imagined recently that a British network suggested that the US genetically structured their athletes in order to be more successful in their respective sports, especially when it came to my main man Phelps. For instance, Phelps has the perfect body for swimming. The legs of someone who is 5'8, size 14 feet, the torso of a man who is 6'9, and the wingspan of someone 6'7 while standing 6'4 (while also double jointed in his back thus allowing a more powerful dolphin kick) . I'm not suggesting anything by saying this, but GOLLY. These factors are just asking for someone to throw a genetically structured scandal out there. I don't mean to pick on you Michael, but they keep showing why your abnormalities help you so much and I couldn't help but dream that one up. For the record, I don't think you are genetically structured one bit.

And now I digress. Glad I wrote a post after so long. I'll try to be more regular with them from now on.