I have my own thoughts about:
1) holding an Olympic gathering while much of the world is struggling with a pandemic
2) the value, expense, waste, and displacement of Olympics being held in major world cities every four years
3) the cost and damage done to host nations
4) the sheer avarice of the International Olympic Committee and its sponsors, compared to the costs incurred by host nations, cities, and Olympic athletes
5) the value of having multiple nations build and tear down infrastructure rather than having a shared infrastructure and location that gets reused
All that said, I admire the courage, conviction, tenacity, and determination of athletes as well as the shared hope and vision it inspires in the host nations and their audiences.
I still feel terribly for Simone Biles.
Yes, agreed.