I love watching most sports and have enjoyed the Winter Olympics. I wonder if I am the only one disturbed however by how important chance seems to be in many winter events. I am particularly thinking about short track skating and snowboard cross. The Olympics should be about being the best,not the luckiest.
EVERY sport/game has an element of luck or chance involved, some more than others. I am thinking not only of short track skating, which I absolutely love watching, but also the snowboard cross and - hello - horse racing and NASCAR. NEVER bet the favorite! Even our own sport has luck involved, who hasn't had a momentary lapse of attention and then watched your heat start! Oops. All the prep and training means nothing if a person doesn't show up on game day for whatever reason. This is because our sports and what we like is a reflection of life itself, we prep as best we can and show up to play only to have luck happen anyway.
EVERY sport/game has an element of luck or chance involved, some more than others. I am thinking not only of short track skating, which I absolutely love watching, but also the snowboard cross and - hello - horse racing and NASCAR. NEVER bet the favorite! Even our own sport has luck involved, who hasn't had a momentary lapse of attention and then watched your heat start! Oops. All the prep and training means nothing if a person doesn't show up on game day for whatever reason. This is because our sports and what we like is a reflection of life itself, we prep as best we can and show up to play only to have luck happen anyway.
