A couple days ago I blogged about the Olympics of the past, and the Olympics of the future....
"The agony of defeat."
There's quite a bit wrong with the Olympics.
There are problems with the Summer games being held this year in China, amid protests.
Women ski jumpers are protesting because they will not be allowed to have their sport participate in the 2010 Winter Games.
And this....
Imagine training with your team for a sport.
You are from a small country.
You are from a poor country.
Cuba.
Your dream is partially realized.
You arrive in the United States to play qualifying games for soccer.
And then, seven members of your team defect....
You sat on the plane with your teammates in all your glory.
The Olympics!
Then your teammates betrayed you.
The agony you now feel having your dreams dashed....
Cuba's Livan Vasconcelos is comforted
by a member of the coaching staff after the defeat.
The team only had ten remaining players. ESPNsoccer
Imagine training for years, in your small country of Cuba, for the Olympics.
You fly on the plane to the United States, with a last minute plan.
You will betray your teammates for your freedom.
Imagine the agony you go through in making your decision.
Imagine the agony you go through in knowing what your family will go through back home.
The Olympics was never meant to be about politics.
It just never seems to work out that way.
Read the story about the Cuban soccer team on ESPNsoccer.net
Cuba's Defection Dilemma í here
