11 Learning points from the London Olympic Games

• It is a thing now to swap jerseys with your opponents in track & field - I want it to be a thing in Beach Volleyball.

• People want freedom of choice; corporations and broadcasters tend to agree, but only as long as the people choose whatever the corporations and broadcasters have chosen
• Some countries think too lightly about cheating. I mean, an athlete might want to think a little before serving a badminton shuttle into the net every single time. You could at least bribe a jury member or a referee. Although in that case, you might want to pay an official who doesn't blatantly ignore six knockdowns.
• You can get banned from the Games for a non-effort - and get reinstated with a doctor’s note... what are we, in junior high gym class?
• If you measure the greatest Olympian in terms of total medals, that person will never be a football player, or a basketball player, or any team sport player. The greatest Olympian will also never be a tennis player or a judoka or a boxer - unless you start to add all kinds of random skill based events to the sport: hardest tennis serve, mixed judo, 4 and 8 square meter ring boxing, tag team taekwondo etc.
• A white guy with a grill - even if he wins a gold medal - is still a douche.
• One does not simply throw a beer bottle at the 100m finals.
• Obviously McKayla is not impressed.
• It's not a good idea to try to catch 200 kg with your neck.
• Women can still get jealous at their prettier team mate.
• Not many countries have mastered the art of losing graciously. Even less the art of winning with dignity.