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Sinone on the Cover of SI's Olympic Preview
Counting the Eggs Before They Are HatchedMedia is the biggest reason why Simone Biles withdrew from the all around competitions of the ongoing Tokyo Olympic games. And media is also the main issue why Naomi Osaka withdrew from Roland Garros two months ago.
Truth Be Told
And the sad part is that in both cases, media people were just doing what they normally do, their dirty jobs.
The issue with Naomi Osaka who withdrew from the French Open was because of an issue with her fulfilling her media interview and news conference obligations, Simone Biles withdrew because of another type of pressure but from the same source, the news media.
News Conferences
Media was the main issue with Naomi because they were just too hard and too malicious on their intent to break these athletes down emotionallly and psychologically (what when they were already physically and emotionally drained).
Truth Be Told
And the sad part is that in both cases, media people were just doing what they normally do, their dirty jobs.
The issue with Naomi Osaka who withdrew from the French Open was because of an issue with her fulfilling her media interview and news conference obligations, Simone Biles withdrew because of another type of pressure but from the same source, the news media.
News Conferences
Media was the main issue with Naomi because they were just too hard and too malicious on their intent to break these athletes down emotionallly and psychologically (what when they were already physically and emotionally drained).
Reporters are just so eager to throw their stupid and crazy questions at the faces of these athletes, many of which are below the belt and ill-timed, and then they ask the same kind of questions if not the same questions all together, over and over again in the hope of making these athletes blow up on camera.
But unlike the issue witb Naomi, who had an issue with media obligations which is part of the contract she signed, Simone's issue was partly self-inflicted.
Darling of the Press
Her media interviews weren't mandatory. They could have begged off of these on cam appearances and interviews as they weren't mandatory.
But the media has their own ways of messing with your heads. They labeled Simone as the Greatest of All Time (the GOAT) and she eventually owned and embraced it like anyone else on her position would.
Foresight
Team USA should have known better than to place this extra load on the back of Simone and in her head.
If anyone in the team was smart enough, a media blackout should have been implemented, I mean we are in a pandemic. There are so many reasons to sequester and quarantine their athletes and let them concentrate on their training without any outside interference or distraction. Interviews can be done when the goals and the golds were secured. And not bragging about how they will be bringing home the bacon like it's a given -- it's not, that's arrogance, stupidity and disrespectful.
Predators
Anyway, they couldn't even stop a predator from within their organization who was preying on their own, so how could we expect them to stop predators from the outside? And besides any publicity is good publicity, right?
But unlike the issue witb Naomi, who had an issue with media obligations which is part of the contract she signed, Simone's issue was partly self-inflicted.
Darling of the Press
Her media interviews weren't mandatory. They could have begged off of these on cam appearances and interviews as they weren't mandatory.
But the media has their own ways of messing with your heads. They labeled Simone as the Greatest of All Time (the GOAT) and she eventually owned and embraced it like anyone else on her position would.
Foresight
Team USA should have known better than to place this extra load on the back of Simone and in her head.
If anyone in the team was smart enough, a media blackout should have been implemented, I mean we are in a pandemic. There are so many reasons to sequester and quarantine their athletes and let them concentrate on their training without any outside interference or distraction. Interviews can be done when the goals and the golds were secured. And not bragging about how they will be bringing home the bacon like it's a given -- it's not, that's arrogance, stupidity and disrespectful.
Predators
Anyway, they couldn't even stop a predator from within their organization who was preying on their own, so how could we expect them to stop predators from the outside? And besides any publicity is good publicity, right?
They lavished their athletes and treat them like royalty and celebrities, and it wouldn't be unlikely that a few will and have acted as divas.
Crap, someone has to be answerable for this and the culture and atmosphere they have created. But we wouldn't know if anyone really would take the blame. This is almost unique just for Team USA women's gymnastics.
Crap, someone has to be answerable for this and the culture and atmosphere they have created. But we wouldn't know if anyone really would take the blame. This is almost unique just for Team USA women's gymnastics.
Relentless
Biles was constantly being promoted and marketed as the GOAT, even having an image of a goat on her outfit. Media was all over her, asking her could you ever be beat? Wait, what?
Biles was constantly being promoted and marketed as the GOAT, even having an image of a goat on her outfit. Media was all over her, asking her could you ever be beat? Wait, what?
And constantly telling her you will be the most decorated gymnast of all time, yada, yada, yada.
Now when the pressure was just too much and the resulting shit hits the fan, will media even own up to their part in all these? Of course not, moving forward they will even up the ante and milk this until it's dry. They were only doing what they were supposed to be doing. Well somebody has to do the dirty jobs. And besides, they were only giving their intended audience what they wanted to see. So see how this goes?
Now when the pressure was just too much and the resulting shit hits the fan, will media even own up to their part in all these? Of course not, moving forward they will even up the ante and milk this until it's dry. They were only doing what they were supposed to be doing. Well somebody has to do the dirty jobs. And besides, they were only giving their intended audience what they wanted to see. So see how this goes?
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