FIG wants Hamm to give back gold -

SI.com - Gymnastics:�FIG wants Hamm to give back gold - Friday August 27, 2004 10:30AM

Not only should Hamm not give the gold back, but he should tell them to stick it! This is almost like going back on any championship game and asking the team that won last year to "be good sports" and hand their trophy over to the other team because the ref missed an important defensive pass interference call. You can't go back and undo like that. I would not be surprised at all if the IOC starts implementing the option of instant replay in case there's a close decision or in case there's some controversy in the future. So ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the playing of team X's national anthem, just as soon as we get permission from the other teams that's it's okay to award a champion. Hey, I got pulled over and received a speeding ticket, although there were 50 other speeders around me going faster than I was. Stuff like that happens. In a world of "good sportsmanship", there needs to be a sense of fairness to the winners as well. Don't try sluffing off your responsibilities on to me just because you can't take care of it yourself. What do you think I am, a school teacher?