I Think the Commentators Need to Calm Down.

If you've been watching the 2012 Olympics

Then you probably have seen the swimming sports and if you're in America then you probably know that the commentators really like Michael Phelps.

I understand that he's American and he's debatably the best swimmer in the world and he's damn near the world record holder for medals won, I mean America loves Michael Phelps

Obviously

 but honestly, the commentators don't talk about anything else.

They may be a little bit biased...

I think that in the very first heat, Michael Phelps didn't win, he came in second. Because their favorite Olympian wasn't winning, they had to make some excuses.

"Well, Michael Phelps didn't really need that win."

Really? Because he barely qualified at the end of the heat.

So in the next round

Michael Phelps wasn't in it, but the other American was and, get this...

They still only talked about Michael Phelps.

Not entirely, actually, but through most of it. What does Phelps do before a race? What does he do after a race? Why is he so great? All of these questions and more will be answered DURING A DIFFERENT GAME. Save that shit for an interview or something.

Like Phelps, the other American (whose name fails me), comes in second. So what do the commentators think of that?

"Well, that was a good warm up for Phelps and [other American]."

Wat

I didn't change that quote. He actually said that. How degrading to the other swimmers. I understand that you root for your own country and you want to hear more about your athletes, the commentators should be talking about their athletes more, but this is way way overboard.

Not only that but...

During an interview before the match, the anchor asked Phelps...

"Would you say you are the best Olympian of all time?"

HOW THE HELL IS HE GOING TO ANSWER THAT?

mfw

I felt bad for Phelps, there was no way he could respond to that without sounding like a narcissistic douche. So, what did he do? He didn't answer. He shrugged the question off.

Way to embarrass the poor guy on national television.

So, a message to the commentators:

Please

Calm your shit.