| Another post in our ongoing series, "Is Henry Payne insane, or merely stupid?" Part of the veil is lifted away. Either Henry Payne is stupid, or he just doesn't understand how competitive sports work. Jordyn Wieber - a Michigan native and the reigning world champion of women's gymnastics, was denied a chance at the Olympic all-around gold medal because the Unites States is too good. ... .
Finishing third in a field from which the top two move to the next round had nothing to do with it. But, we are talking about a personal worldview in which everything is explained by political attitude ... disagreeable science is a plot, art is political propaganda, failure in competitive sports is some kind of liberal conspiracy. This is the same guy, mind you, who a couple of weeks ago felt the need to explore on a political site the nature of Justin Verlander's personal relationship with Kate Upton. |