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I thought it was a poorly written article.
He started off the article with the premise that the American people are are racist because they don't like the all black basketball team and they are showing this by saying they hope the team loses. Okay, that's his premise, let him run with it. I was think to myself, "is America really racist and this is how they are expressing it? Or is America just frustrated by the earlier performance and have become so apathetic to the team that they don't care if they win or lose?"
But then he goes off on another tanget saying that the NBA style and International style are different and if the US wants to compete they have to change their style of play. Then proceeds to compare it to the 1972 Summit series. How does style of play relate to racism??? Some one tell me because the writer sure didn't?
Finally his conclusion is the opposite of his thesis. He basically says thet the US team doesn't care about whether they win or lose because they are already making money and that money is important to them and the Olympics is just a fun vacation away. So basically he's saying that the Olympics should go back to only allowing amatures.
Three completely different ideas in this opinion piece. What a bad article. It makes no sense. I have to stick with the first though that America just doesn't care about the basketball team.
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