Olimpic Games needs new rules

The Olympic Games every four years let us admire some sports which TV regularly ignores. Fencing, rowing, shooting at flying, swimming, martial arts and others. In these disciplines often Italy gets good results with champions unknown to the general public. It would be desirable that at least the public TV knows them also after the games.

The Italian TV, who also has a satellite sports channel, could give space with a certain regularity to these sports. Would at the same time pleased to athletes who train hard all year with great passion and little economic compensation. Allow fans of these specialties to be able to follow events not otherwise available. It would also boost the knowledge and development of many different sports.

Of course the Olympics are not those of a time when were admitted only pure amateur. The world has changed and you can not go back. But there is a limit to everything. It can’t be put alongside athletes who live to win an Olympic medal as the highest aspiration with others who are on TV very often, earning millions of dollars or euros. Consider football and tennis. Ronaldino and Messi, Nadal, Federer, Wiliams sisters, Sharapova why go to the Olympic Games. Are they really interested in winning a medal? Who governs the games must have the courage to make some changes. Otherwise sooner or later we will see at the Olympics the Formula 1 and GP motorbike.

Another thing that is becoming scandalous is the purchase of athletes from some countries, such as various Arab Emirates and others. The African athletes are now on the market as in football. There is talk of naturalization that is that. An athlete in a few days from a country becomes citizen of another country. There was a case in the last Olympics. A meeting of women's beach volley between Russia and Georgia. The meeting was held regularly and ended with the victory of Georgia and great joy for all Georgians except for the Abkhazians and South Ossetians. Hugs and kisses at the end of the meeting, as practice, between the four players. The next day, however, the Russian Federation issued a press release to announce that their team had lost not against Georgia but against Brazil. In fact the two girls who wore the Georgian shirt were two Brazilian naturalized just before the Olympics.

Then there are those acquired by marriage. Africans always excel in this. Often they fall in love with blond Nordic and married them. In these cases are not the wives who become African, but the Africans become Nordic wearing their sweaters in stadiums. Italy does its part in this. We had a player like Fiona Mei, born in England of Jamaican parents and married to former Italian athlete Mei, known when she raced under the symbols of the Union Jack. Is in activities the Cuban Magdeline Martinez Italian by wedding. In the national women's team of volleyball plays the Cuban Aguero married in Italy. The Aguero, great champion, has already won two Olympic gold medals with the team of his country, Cuba. The same applies to the German Josefa Idem, married with his Italian coach, who has participated in seven Olympics, racing the first two times under the flag of Germany and in the subsequent five were the Italian jersey. For these cases I have a question. If they get divorced, an event not uncommon, for which country will they compete? Will we continue to beat them even if they choose to return to compete for their original country?