It’s time to come clean to everyone I know and everyone reading this blog.  I am not interested in the Olympic games.  There, I wrote it, for all to see.

This is not something new, it’s something I have always felt, going back to the first Olympics I watched on TV.  The events are just not interesting to me.

Even a sport like basketball, which I have learned to enjoy because my of my father’s love for round balls going through hoops. does not hold my interest.  The Olympic rules and playing style may be the reasons, but I cannot be sure.

This is not to discount the amazing athletes competing in these games.  Most have made major sacrifices and have largely devoted their lives to the Olympic quest. I admire them. I’m just not interested in watching them on TV.

NBC is in a quandary because audience levels are generally down from the London games on regular TV, but the Internet streaming audience appears to be breaking records.  NBC will still show a profit from the Rio games.

I have tried to get interested in these sports.  As a mostly retired guy, I have some time available to watch during weekdays, but just cannot get into it.

I may be in the minority, but the Olympics don’t do much for me.