POLL: Do We Glorify the Olympics Too Much?

Athletes train their whole lives for this moment. Millions of people around the world watch the summer Olympics events with awe, from swimming to gymnastics to track and field events.

Is all of this overrated? 

A Patch writer tells us why he thinks so, in his opinion piece 

"It has nothing to do with international brotherhood or world peace," writes James Warden in Dixon Patch. "It’s all about money."

Does Warden make some good points — that the Olympic Games happen too often, waste resources and have "nothing to do with international brotherhood or world peace"?

Or is he just a cynic raining on the parade?

Vote in our poll and tell us what you think!

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