The Paralympics Are A Joke

Thats right I said, it. Disabled Sports are a joke and any athlete participating is not a real athlete. In fact, disabled athletes shouldn’t even get a get an Olympics, they should just participate in the Special Olympics. Well now that I have your attention, let me first tell you I do not feel this way and strongly support disabled sports, because I too am a disabled athlete. But apparently people feel this way, because the Paralympic’s are in no way supported by are main stream media. In fact I bet most people don’t even know there is a Paralympics after the Olympics. How long is it going to take before disabled athletes, or even disabled people are recognized as part of our society? But than again, I am sure there is good reason disabled sports don’t get coverage, after all, the Spelling Bee and Texas Hold ‘Em must be much more popular for ESPN.

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