“Organizations like the IOC (and NFL … and NBA …) have to learn that, in most cases, fans like to see players acting naturally instead of in some sort of pre-packaged, sterile way. You can’t expect them to devote years of their lives to train for a sport and then react exactly how you want them to react once they experience the greatest moment of their playing careers … They partied on the ice because THEY WON THE GOLD [REDACTED] MEDAL. End of story, and good for them.”
— Michael Rand, “Friday (Olympic beer and cigar controversy) edition: Wha’ Happened?”
February 26 2010 12:37 PM
