What do you all make of this?
This is a woman and an athlete who’s institutions have failed her. Nothing but respect for the decision she made.
Good for her, and good for Naomi Osaka. There is probably no better time in recent history to normalize and discuss the struggles of keeping good mental health. Sadly, I feel entirely too much glee for how much this will set NBC back financially. No Simone = Less eyeballs = Less ad revenue = Less NBC revenue. The (lack of) coverage from NBC surrounding the 99% of the Olympics not related to Simone Biles has been predictably pathetic, and surely their near-singular focus around Biles is partly to blame for her wanting to step back. I have a laundry list of complaints about NBC's Olympic bullshit, but I'll spare you. Americans: Do yourself a favor. 1. Buy a VPN service, 2. Clear your cache/cookies/browser history (or use a different browser than your usual), 3. Set your VPN's IP address to a Canadian server, and 4. Watch the CBC's Olympics coverage via their website.
Lol. You think this brings less eyeballs? I couldn’t have given two shits about gymnastics and yet, here we are. This is a PR dream. A network would rather have this controversy than a straight forward USA win.