326: The Great Individual vs. Team Debate
THIS WEEK
- We have TWO episodes this week, so be sure to catch our 1993 NCAA Nationals commission as well on Thursday!
- Updates on some of the other difference makers we could have talked about last week but didn't. Like idiots. Plus, many more American collegiate medalists.\xa0
- More on the Jade Carey situation
- Jessica thinks it's AWESOME, Spencer thinks it's strategically unsound, and they both think USAG botched it (but whaaaaa?)\xa0
- The great INDIVIDUAL vs. TEAM debate, years in the making
- In the individual corner, Jessica O'Beirne, who gives two giant steaming turds about team medals
- In the team corner, Spencer Barnes, who finds a way to make this about math homework somehow
- We create some much better rules for how the US should be handling individual Olympic spots
- The Youth Olympic Games have started! We need to talk about the "mixed multi-discipline team event"\xa0
- Jessica tells us about Shawn Johnson's interesting appearance on Freakonomics
The Jade Carey Problem\xa0 Strong Opinions About Every Single Nation\u2019s Worlds Team
SUPPORT THE SHOW RELATED EPISODES- 325: Olympics of Difference Makers (Commissioned)
- 324: The Jade Carey Situation & a Miss Val Book Interview Drinking Game
- 323: Miss Val Retires, Inside Men's Doha Selection, and the MLT Debrief
- 322: Mary Lee Tracy Truth & Reconciliation
- 321: Consequences, Felonies, and Tumblers
- 320 Spencer Blogcast: USA Gymnastics Is an Exploding Garbage Monster
- 319: Aly and Lynn Raisman
- 318: 2018 US Wonder Woman Nationals
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