[sammyg2]

I've spent quite a bit of time in the ring also, but have yet to see a single minute of Olympic boxing from China. I've watched allot of the Olympics so far. Not every minute but at least 2 hours a day, sometimes more.

I know there is Olympic boxing and other more masculine sports going on, I know others have seen them, but I haven't. I get the Olympics on NBC and their spin-off channels and sometime on USA channel, but almost all they show is estrogen sports. Lots of synchronized diving. Lots of swimming, gymnastics, women's beach volleyball, badminton, women's weightlifting, women's cycling and kayaking, equestrian, all kinds of "sports" that cater to the less masculine viewer. They have plenty of human interest stories about the athletes and their struggles, they have some masculine-looking woman (I think) walking around talking about the food in China, but no boxing. It's as if they let San Francisco pick their programming.

I saw the men's basketball team play one game, they must have figured they could get away with that because there are women who will watch because of all the famous names on the team.

I'm all for NBC making money and I understand their need for decent ratings, but they have feminized the Olympics to draw in a larger audience and it is pissing me off.

They still have track and field in the Olympics, right? I hope no one is offended by the javelin throw or running the hurdles or something.