It's time to take the games back to Greece.

Mount Olympus, Greece.

I must confess:  I'm not much of an Olympics watcher. Sure, I watch the odd gymnastics competition or a swimming race here and there, but I have little interest in spending hours following of any sporting competition. Perhaps it stems from the fact that since my high school soft-ball playing days, and a few stints of Ultimate Frisbee on various beaches, I haven't really ever engaged in any team sport and I'm more inclined to saunter down a path instead of going after some personal speed record.  Unless they make "hiking at your own pace in random places" an Olympic sport, there's very little chance I would ever be a medal contender.  And that's all by choice.

That said, I do respect the many athletes who dedicated countless years of hard work to get to be that ultimate contender. In addition, I'm amazed at the effort that goes into building all of this infrastructure to house thousands of athletes, fans, coaches, etc., in countries where the Games are held once, but where it will probably not return for many years.  Thus, I think it's time to take the games back to Greece permanently. It makes so much more sense financially and logistically to return the games to its legendary locale.  Then there's the bribing that goes on with countries trying to be the next host country, and the fact that some countries will never qualify even though they would benefit tremendously from the influx of visitors.


So, take it back to Greece, and let countries take turns being torchbearers for each game. It would still take a long time for every country in the world to bear the torch, but at least every country can have a shot at doing this. Maybe one country can bear the torch for the opening, and one for the closing... makes a lot of sense.  Plus, I'm sure that Greece would welcome the economic opportunity to rebuild itself from the money generated
each Olympic year.  I think the winter games should also be held in one spot--maybe Canada. Then you'd have one part of the world hosting one game and the other part of the world hosting the other game.

Who's with me?