Mike Rosenberg from SI had this to say about the Badmitton "scandal"--
That one is just patently false, too. If you're going to burn us, at least base them in reality.Eight Olympic badminton players have been disqualified for not trying hard enough, and all across America, Badminton Nation is horrified. This is simply not what the sport needs. No, what the sport needs is a good old-fashioned steroids scandal. I knew something was fishy. No man should be able to hit a birdie that hard!
The eight players are from China, South Korea and Indonesia. They are accused of "not using one's best efforts to win a match," according to Craig Reedie, vice president of the International Olympic Committee, an organization that passionately believes in fair play when it is convenient. The tipoff was that the players all wore New Orleans Hornets jerseys.
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