- It's expensive. Tax payers don't want to pay for a party for the rich.
- Watered down television events. There are dozens upon dozens of sports on display, but each time I turned on the TV during Rio's Olympics. I only had swimming and gymnastics on the tube.
- Show the sports, not the faux tear jerker stories about how Olga's horse ran away when she was 7; which is what made her learn how to ride a bike to get to school; which led to her being the best cyclist in Awesomestan; which led her to the Olympics. Just show the race.
- It doesn't feel like the top sporting event in the world when soccer has the World Cup, basketball has the NBA, and golf has the Masters.
- The winter olympics is sort of odd. It seems like an event that only can cater to those in specific climates. Did many in Cairo, Delhi, Lagos, Manila, etc. glue themselves to the TV last month?