There is no way her team is supportive of this even if they say they are publicly. I don't think I could be as a parent nor could I live with myself. The olympics mostly suck I get burned out on them easily. I guess I like a few events and it does have it's moments. I remember some successes and some failures as the best moments. Derek Redmond is my all time favorite olympic moment. This is neither, it's bizarre. She's just giving up, all that work, all that sacrifice, all the great moments she's had seemingly for nothing. I can't see how that's good for mental health but whatever. People can convince themselves of a lot of things.

I don't really understand the parallel you are drawing with Robbins or Duerson. Everybody's story and situation is different, I'm not sure their issues apply here.

Like Rob Base we all have a little joy and pain but I think what makes us human and better off is sharing that. I don't see how this is a good decision for her or her mental health. The worst that happens is she fails and maybe that's what she's afraid of but not knowing seems worse. Nobody will really care if she fails but they will remember this and most probably not fondly. Wouldn't that be worse?

The fact that she did those things in other events just makes this deal even more crazy.

The fact that she did those things in other events just makes this deal even more crazy.

Not reading what is most assuredly a shit show thread.

I think the most fair perspective on this would have to be Simone Biles definitely let her team down, but mental health is a serious topic.

And that really should be where it ended. But selective grave dancing is a joy for MANY here.

I quit on gymnastics as a kid when I screwed up and got hurt on a vault. As a result, I've always respected their athletic skill and risk they're taking. Especially her trying to keep pushing the envelope. But while I don't really watch much anymore, I do know that her performance has been tailing down since at least the Olympic trials. Hers issues aren't brand new. And that the knee jerk criticism here is laughable. Funny how it's usually the guys who know the least about sports.

And it's baffling how you can't (won't? ) see the parallels, especially with Robbins.

But selective grave dancing is a joy for MANY here.

FUCK!!!

AND FUCK BREES! ASSHOLE!

That bastard has been done for three years now.

He's personally cost us two super bowl appearances.

And now I'm pulling for Green Bay to beat the brakes off of Tampa next week.

When do pitchers and catchers report?

Fuck!!

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

I'm sure its the kind of stuff all these girls deal with because the competition is so cutthroat at the top. Lets see the laundry list of fractures and sprains suffered by the girl who lost her spot so Simone Biles could raise her profile and be in a UberEats commercial.

I liked gymnastics, I was small and fearless too. My coaches loved me. The gym was too fucking cold though. If her issues really are mental health related then okay I guess seems odd but that shouldn't be used as a crutch because she is afraid of failing.

Oh ok so she represents America and we should all be extremely proud of her when she does well.

Technically I was drunk (big surprise) and asked her if she liked a tongue up her ass.

Again, your comprehension needs work.

Seems like it is for you at times as well;

https://chicagofanatics.com/viewtopic.p ... 0#p3590209

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Yeah, and people should let this play out before heaping scorn on a 24 year old who felt the pressure of letting her teammates down.

She let them down in the worst possible way though didn't she? If should would have tried and completely failed that's far better than what she is doing. It's really sad.

Well look man, Simone Biles got her spot on the roster at the expense of somebody else who probably put in his as much (if not more over the last four years) time as Biles did. You and I don't know that person's name probably, but they are certainly out there.

For Biles to just bathe in all the adulation, money and fame then quit because "loldontfeellikeit" is bullshit. Its stupid. If this was what she was going to do at the Olympics they should've sent somebody else who at least had the intention of competing.

So here was Simone Biles, unquestionably the greatest gymnast on the planet, crippled — on the stage she owns, performing the tasks she had trained a lifetime to pull off, in the moment that mattered

Technically I was drunk (big surprise) and asked her if she liked a tongue up her ass.

Again, your comprehension needs work.

I really am beginning to believe that it's a generational thing. Between the ex 49er from Wisconsin that quit after year two, to Paul George and now with Osaka and now Biles, young athletes are worried about all kinds of their own long term health more than us olds can usually appreciate. Realizing how short athlete's lifespans have historically been, I get it.

If I’m reading this correctly, she bowed out of the team competition, but will still compete later this week in all four individual events and for the “all around” title.

If that happens, this in bad form.

Unless I’m missing something Paul George never quit he just disappears in the playoffs. But he’s still on the court.

And George publicly wanted to quit.

Did you cape as hard for him as you are for Biles ?

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/how-simone-biles-saved-herself-and-her-teammates-at-the-olympics-171619025.html

Message to all athletes. Having a bad performance? Pull yourself out and be a hero.

Quitting on your team during their biggest event because you had a bad day now Actually Good .

Yes it is.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

She looks like a train wreck and I don't think coming back two days from now is going to go well if she does.

Yes it is.