I don't have any articles are back up facts to support my theory, so please allow me to insert a opinion without having linked 1000 paged articles or stats from internet experts...
Its my opinion that the olympics have been outsourced by the internet and better communications. The world is, information wise, much smaller and more connected than ever. Not only that, most professional sports have many people from all over the world playing in them no matter where the professional sprot is located. When i was a kid, I would watch the olympics, but I don't even watch it anymore.

So, who's watching? I'm not, are you? Are these the best athletes in the world? Opinions please and if you have links to support or dispute my theory, please feel free to post them.