I've already made note of the situation with the Russians violating what agreement may have been made with the IOC for the "Olympic Athletes From Russia" to compete in PyeongChang -- and the very real plausible situation they will NOT be allowed in Tokyo.
Well, this Shaun White thing being the latest, but there's a growing body of evidence that indicates that the USA may need to join them in expulsion from the Olympic movement.
Travis Waldron of the Huffington Post, through Yahoo!, makes a compelling case for the immediate removal of the United States from the Olympic movement.
I've always said that one of the major differences between what we all know is a bunch of drugged USA athletes and the Russian Sochi incident is that, at most, it appears the American one is, at best, a wink-and-nod -- and even Waldron understands and concedes that whatever programs might allow the American athletes to have drugged advantage is privatized.
However, he believes it so prevalent, and the USOC divorcing itself from the issue (including to the chagrin of former Olympic swimmer Nancy Hogshead-Makar) that it needs to be declared state-sanctioned.
There can be no doubt: If the International Olympic Committee ever reaches that conclusion with the USOC regarding American drugged athletes, they're out.
And then you get to the Nassar situation, as well as associated cases involving at least swimming as well.
He has a compelling case. He has openly asked the IOC to throw the United States out of the Olympic movement -- and this incident yesterday should add more fuel to the fire for this.
One has to look 2 1/2 years hence and wonder something: What would a Tokyo Olympic Games look like minus Russia... AND THE UNITED STATES???
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