Nation, we have a problem. I think you all know what the problem is, just no one wants to talk about it. I'm finally going to break the seal and talk about the elephant in the room... or should I say, the shuttlecock in the room.
That's right, the problem is Batmitton or Badminton... you see? I can't even spell it right! And neither can our badminton team... or should I say, the United States of America!
We rained gold swimming, we got track, we do really well in many other sports, but, as a national power, we rank... well, we don't even rank in badminton. If you've watched the Olympics, you've noticed that the Americans seem to do well, except for the fact that we are still in second place in the medal count... Huh? How is that possible, you say? It's because of badminton.
China has won 5, yes 5 gold medals in badminton, 2 silvers, and 1 bronze. Seriously, I had no idea how many different ways you could win in badminton, but China found 8! 8! How many ways have the United States? Anyone? Anyone? 0.
We suck! Seriously people, it's a backyard game you play at cookouts... cookouts! Really, we own cookouts, and we can't even medal in the sport that makes cookouts cool? And oh yeah, we have to hit a shuttlecock! Shuttlecock! OK, I mean that make cookouts... um... awesome? Whatever! The fact is, we should be about badminton. It should be raining GOLD as it has with the Chinese. Instead, we stank up the court!
It rained gold in swimming for us. 16 Gold medals, 8 silvers, and 6 bronzes. Why? Because we rocked it baby... perhaps our problem is as simple as this. Maybe our USA Badminton teams should take note of what our USA Swimming team did and follow suit.
Click here to see "Call Me Maybe" as performed by our USA Olympic Swim Team
The only other solution I can possibly imagine is to start standardized testing in badminton and to blame schools and teachers when our students don't perform well. Come on people! China shouldn't beat us in gold medals just because they're better at backyard BBQ games... let's get on this!
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God bless, and GO USA BADMINTON!
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