OLYMPICS

What is the purpose of the Olympics? The modern reason based on their revival in 1896 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin was to promote improvement in national and international understanding through sport- NOT every conceivable sport,though. What has happened? They have been taken over by big money, the media, with no thought for the original concept.The classic 'sports' were Foot Races (track and field as we now recognise them), Wrestling,Boxing,Martial Arts,Equestrian, Pentathlon, and Weightlifting. Present day we now have World Cups, World Games,with the equivalent for every sport conceived by man, so why do we need them all for the Olympics? If I was a Footballer, for example, I'd rather be a World Cup Winner than an Olympic Gold Medal Winner - wouldn't you? The point of all this - cut down on the sports, it's getting ridiculous; even darts are being considered! As for sliding down an iced track on a tray...unbelievable; good luck to the winners, but it's not a sport in the true sense of the word. Get back to the originals and as for all the hype, backhanders, and God knows what else with different locations - keep the Games permanently in Greece - it would certainly help with their present economics!(As long as the Greeks don't mind - it was their original idea, for goodness sake).I can see in the future at the rate we are 'progressing' that the Olympic Games will last two to three months and have as many 'sports' as there are days in the year.What do you think?