Tom criticizes the inclusion of certain modern sports, such as three-on-three basketball and breakdancing, in the Olympic Games.

“they're doing three on three basketball too that feels honestly like something they should do in the Special Olympics but to see that here is insulting”

The Olympic Games should be reserved for the traditional athletic events depicted on ancient Grecian urns.

“i'm an Olympics purist I kind of only want like the sports that ever appeared on the Grecian erns”

The Olympic brand is currently in decline due to systemic corruption, doping scandals, and a departure from its original principles and values.

“when you think of the Olympics as a brand, right, what an incredible brand because of what it stands for. But if you denigrate, like, if you, if the foundation of that brand is eroded and the principles and values upon which it stands no longer become, are no longer kind of like practiced in reality”

The Olympic organization is currently suffering from the same systemic greed and institutional rot found in other major sports organizations.

“I think that we're at a time in human history where this disparity between the wealthy and the poor is at the biggest I think of our lifetimes and maybe the biggest in history, and that kind of greed I think does infect these brands.”

He questions whether the dominance of the United States in international basketball is nearing its end.

“Now, is our time as being the basketball leader in the world, the United States, is this finally coming? Are we is it closer to the end than I mean we haven't had an MVP in a long time so I don't think so.”

He believes the United States will remain capable of fielding the best basketball team in the Olympics for the foreseeable future.

“I still think you're going to have the concentration when you when you put it all together. I still think, you know, America is going to be able to put the best team on the court Olympics after Olympics after Olympics.”

Providing athletes with gold-plated medals instead of solid gold is practical due to the high cost of production.

“I don't think it needs to be real gold. Like honestly, I if anything, I think it's better to like give them a check and then that fake gold.”

Athletes should receive real gold medals rather than gold-plated ones for their achievements.

“I feel like the least you could do to is give an athlete a real gold medal.”