The controversial issue of age at the 2008 Olympics

I don't know if its true or not but when I saw some of those girls China had doing the gymnastics, I told myself there is no way they are 16 years old. Im sure China wasn't the only ones bringing in young girls to compete but the fact that their athletes were winning gold left and right, it brought them into the spotlight.  A reason I can believe this is because China wants to win and thats it. When I heard that in their open ceremony they told the girl who was supposed to sing that she wasn't pretty enough so they used her voice and let another girl take the credit. I was stunned, I don't see how you could be so cruel, just to have a better looking girl on stage in front of the world. After hearing that story, the underage controversy seemed 100% possible. A solution to this problem is to lift the age limit and let all ages compete. If this rule stays, China and many other countries will continue to bring in young girls to compete and break the rule. You might ask why is this a big deal, its a big deal because it might start the breaking of other rules in the future. If we dont settle this one, it could have the domino effect and other nations will keep breaking other rules. To save the integrity of the prestigious olympic games we need to stand strong and solve this issue.

In Tigers Woods Absence, America prevails!!

Not sure it was Tiger's fault, but the American team finally won the Ryder Cup after a 9 year drought. The American team was considered a huge underdog without the presence of Woods, but they seemed more bonded. Everyone was playing with heart and passion. Rookies such as Anthony Kim stepped up and pounded Sergio Garcia 5 and 4. Other notables are J.B. Holmes and Boo Weekley who contributed to the Amercan squad. To these guys it was an honor to play in the Ryder Cup, but when you see Tiger or Phil they don't seem as excited to play. It seems to me, they don't want to be there, to them its just another tournament. But to the rookies its their first time to compete in that kind of atmosphere and their pumped to win for their country! Everyone said that we didn't have a chance to beat Europe but we did it. We proved to the world that we don't need the number one player to win. Europe had no problem doing it the previous nine years. What they had was heart and team spirit and this year we prevailed because we had more desire to win. In my opinion the absence of Tiger helped team America come together as a team. It seemed like there was no tension between the players, everyone was focused and had a good time.