Opinion: “Olympic Badminton Players Kicked Out of London Games. Really?”

Thursday, 02 August 2012 | by Pat's Picks

Eight badminton players from China, South Korea and Indonesia have been booted from the Olympic for trying to lose, which would guarantee them a good position in the next round.  Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins can’t get over that the “game of the bored-silly rich and the backyard dads, could be so . . . bad?” She goes on to say that, regardless of the sport, watching elite athletes take dives is disheartening at best, and at worst, defrauds spectators.

SOURCE: Washington Post