Feb 14
I think we as a nation [Olympics obsessed community] have moved past the need for NBC to constantly fixate on an athlete and label them as "undefeatable." When will they learn that when they center their entire programming on ONE athlete, you put immense mental pressure on them when everything they do all boils down to their MENTAL GAME. NBC should actually not be allowed to try and market athletes as gold medalist before or during the games. I said what I said. NBC and other broadcasters globally should only be allowed to tell casuals about the athletes - story, background, history, nothing more. No IFs.
#olympics#team usa#ilia malinin#nathan chen#simone biles#winter olympics 2026#milano cortina 2026#summer olympics#winter olympics#gymnastics#figure skating#nbc#olympics 2026#don't at me but broadcasters and media impact athletes more than they think and they should all stfu and let athletes compete#i literally watched nathan simone and now ilia all be impacted by the same thing and it's heartbreaking#someone said 'nbc really has a way of making diamonds out of athletes the way they put so much pressure only for them to comeback with gold#but even then i don't want that to have to be the case for anyyyy athlete i can't fathom the mental work that takes#but i dont think athletes need to go through all the ''extra'' work just to make a ''marketable comeback'' for broadcasters.#controversial take???
