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Are the Olympics Outdated? - Frank Deford

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/23/Frank_Deford_on_Sports_The_Hype_and_the_Hypocrisy Acclaimed sportswriter Frank Deford addresses political issues surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and argues that the Olympic Games have become outdated as a cultural concept. ----- Frank Deford, senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated and commentator for National Public Radio, delivers a lecture encompassing a wide swath of the world of sports from the Olympic Games to college athletics. Frank Deford is a six-time National Sportswriter of the Year, Senior Contributing Editor at Sports Illustrated, commentator on NPR's Morning Edition, and a correspondent on the HBO show RealSports with Bryant Gumbel. In addition to being the author of more than a dozen books, he has been elected to the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters and has been awarded both an Emmy and a Peabody. Sporting News describes Deford as the most influential sports voice among members of the print media and GQ simply calls him the world's greatest sportswriter.

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Uploaded: July 15, 2008 at 4:44 pm
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Video Comments:

jcadwell1172 (Thursday 17th of July 2008 01:51:16 AM)

you forgot Iraq Man

Aegialeus (Thursday 17th of July 2008 10:58:17 PM)

jcadwell1172 I think Iraq needs something more than the Olympics. But yes an Iraqi national olympic team with equal men and women participants would be positive for them too.

stone1home (Wednesday 16th of July 2008 02:27:42 PM)

Old Frankie doesn't know much about what he calls "Nazi traditions.".

jcadwell1172 (Thursday 17th of July 2008 01:50:20 AM)

why do you say?

stone1home (Thursday 17th of July 2008 05:22:15 AM)

"Nazi traditions" were a myth crafted by a propaganda engine. If anything, that machine is stronger and more pervasive now than it ever was. A few references: "Fascism: A History" (Roger Eatwell); "The Waste Makers" (Vance Packard). For a more immediate example, NPR just used the ignorant turn of phrase "the giant economic forces that are sweeping the world"... what a crock of shit. Media passivation. Now they're running a feature on domestic violence in Russia. Get the point?

NaturalLogorithm (Wednesday 16th of July 2008 08:29:25 AM)

awesome video.

john123wayne (Wednesday 16th of July 2008 07:26:33 AM)

i agree with your coments. i accidentally clicked the negative comment icon.

teemuruskeepaa (Wednesday 16th of July 2008 12:43:51 AM)

Olympics could also be the global forum for games, beyond national boundaries and according to the sense of humanity. The fact that it is run by the patriarchs and their megacorporations, or that it can't always abide by the political consensus, doesn't make it a bad idea. It is valuable just because it is a tradition from the Antique, despite the nazi torch relay. World Cup can be its cousin in the family of global sport games.

bg24955 (Tuesday 15th of July 2008 09:59:10 PM)

2008 is the turning point of olympics

ls1z28chris (Tuesday 15th of July 2008 09:14:23 PM)

World Cup, hell yes! The Olympics are a waste of time.

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