The reason why I have been most upset for the past 4 days

More nuttiness. The comment about lottery players being stupid is par for the course really.

We should ask ourselves: should the Olympic champions really be revered as role models? One thing that strikes us is the constant refrain: “all these years of sacrifice have matured in this medal.” Sacrifice? Shouldn’t sport be fun and exhilirating? What is the point of sacrificing four years for a low-probability week of ecstasy?
Shouldn’t the lottery money (which after all is provided by people of lower than average intelligence) be spent on the less fortunate and less active, rather than on the deCubertinian, elitist goal of creating people with uber-thighs?