More Than Olympic Gold

Ray Allen and Dwayne Wade need to shut their fucking mouths.  They are both in favor of NBA players being paid to play in the Olympics.  Here's an article on ESPN about it.  This is going to be a quick and vulgar post.  Hold onto your pants.  Kids, look away. 

Ray Allen is quoted as saying: 

You talk about the patriotism that guys should want to play for, but you (need to) find a way to entice the guys," Allen was quoted as saying in the interview. "It's not the easiest thing in the world if you play deep in the playoffs and then you get two, three weeks off and then you start training again to play more basketball, where it requires you to be away from home and in another country. It's fun, but your body does need a break.

That is complete bullshit and here's why.  Look at the majority of the sports that are played in the Olympics and they don't have paid athletes to start out with.  Hell, most athletes that are trying to make the Olympic teams would pay to make it on the team.  Think about all the sports that take place during either of the Olympic events and how many of them do not have professional levels?  The majority of the sports.

Now, basketball is not the only Olympic sport that has professional players.  It is, however, the first sport to have players come out and say that they need to be paid to play for their country.  That is how fucking selfish these players are.  This is how much of a 'me me me' type of sport basketball is.  I'm not the most patriotic person in the world, but if I had the ability to play my sport against the world's best, I wouldn't be begging to get paid.  I would be asking if I could pay to play.  I would be humbled at the opportunity that comes around once every four fucking years.

If this situation were to pick up any kind of steam with more greedy athletes wanting to get paid for playing and I were part of the Olympic Committee I would just stop pros from participating in the games.  What would be wrong with that?  I think that pros in the Olympics cheapens the games anyways.  They get paid to play every single year.  They shouldn't get the opportunity to play in the Olympics.  The Olympics are a special event.  They don't need over paid, privileged, self righteous pricks thinking that they need more money to play a game that most play for free.  And for national pride.  

Most of the Olympians train for three years just to get a shot at making the Olympics.   Not only do they train for all those years, but they give up everything to train.  Their families give up everything too.  Pro athletes should thank the amateur athletes for their efforts to be in the Olympics.