Each individual incident is unique in its own way.

Jul 29, 2021
8:50:31am

zerome4sooners All-American

so in that sense you're correct. But from a macro sense, athletes quit sometimes (which is where I'm coming from). I agree tho, it's certainly newsworthy.

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RyneK

7/28/21 11:28am

It's a completely unprecedented move that has never happened before in the

CougarTailDevourer

7/28/21 11:30am

Says this guy.

Baron

7/28/21 11:31am

Yup. Sometimes quitting is not an option because the stakes are high and people

CougarTailDevourer

7/28/21 11:33am

Yep. You don't make mistakes. We got it

Baron

7/28/21 11:36am

RE: Yep. You don't make mistakes. We got it

DirtyWater

7/28/21 11:55am

I’ll just say this: if my accomplishments were all known I’d be due nowhere near the praise given Biles

spinner

7/28/21 11:41am

I just never realized some people never let anyone down ever

Baron

7/28/21 11:46am

He’s come through bigly when lives were on the line. He even told us so!

spinner

7/28/21 11:47am

I've been in a few extreme and life threatening situations in my life. One of

CougarTailDevourer

7/28/21 1:09pm

And Simone never has had to overcome anything so I totally get your stance.

Baron

7/28/21 1:16pm

Exactly. You should totally be quadrupling (or whatever) down on this

spinner

7/28/21 1:19pm

I'm certainly not perfect. I just don't think it's okay to let down your friends

CougarTailDevourer

7/28/21 1:27pm

I think your experience bears absolutely no relevance on this question

spinner

7/28/21 1:47pm

You frankly have no idea what she is going through and neither do I

Tricky

7/28/21 11:52am

It's kind of weird how her teammates are more understanding than random people on the internet.

Alpi Gusto

7/28/21 12:04pm

Can't you see? Female Gymnastics IS life or death.

HingleMcCringleberry

7/28/21 11:36am

Olympics was the entire lives of her teammates. Who she literally quit on when

CougarTailDevourer

7/28/21 11:38am

Yeah, too bad she couldn't get more high scores like the vault run she had!

HingleMcCringleberry

7/28/21 11:40am

She could have at least tried. That's what Olympians do. See Kerry Strug.

CougarTailDevourer

7/28/21 11:41am

See the pitcher analogy above. You’re pitching poorly, and we’ve got another

Jay Rick

7/28/21 11:42am

Bad analogy. They didn't have another "pitcher" ready to go.

BLT-Coug

7/28/21 11:55am

They have another gymnast, right? Someone to take her spot?

Jay Rick

7/28/21 12:01pm

See: USA Gymnastics and decades of abuse. Kinda messed up that she felt like she

HingleMcCringleberry

7/28/21 11:44am

But wasn’t her motivation actually to help them? Isn’t that actually the right

Jay Rick

7/28/21 11:41am

If her not competing is helping then then she's not the GOAT. If she is the GOAT

CougarTailDevourer

7/28/21 11:43am

You know I once saw a reliever come in for Nolan Ryan. You must think Ryan sucked.

spinner

7/28/21 11:44am

Another bad argument. She’s great (maybe the greatest) because of her

Jay Rick

7/28/21 11:44am

Nope. As they say, Winners never quit, and quitters never win. What Biles did

CougarTailDevourer

7/28/21 12:01pm

I can see it now..

HingleMcCringleberry

7/28/21 12:03pm

So an injured player who is going to make the team worse should keep playing

Jay Rick

7/28/21 12:03pm

RE: So an injured player who is going to make the team worse should keep playing

CougarTailDevourer

7/28/21 12:15pm

I don’t understand the point of this response, so I assume it’s a nonsequitur.

Jay Rick

7/28/21 1:20pm

This person isn't a winner:

cougfanblue

7/28/21 12:13pm

Her quitting gave them a medal. Her competing would have taken that away.

ochobeeguy

7/28/21 11:51am

Why? Don't they take the highest three of the four scores?

BLT-Coug

7/28/21 11:58am

Athletes have quit in the middle of sporting events all the time

zerome4sooners

7/28/21 1:42pm

I don't know much about the Biles situation and haven't read cougarboards

here's to hoping

7/28/21 2:20pm

Osaka quit French Open after 1st round. LeBron walked out in 4Q in playoffs

zerome4sooners

7/28/21 4:14pm

Osaka is not the greatest of all time, she isn't even the best currently, though

here's to hoping

7/29/21 8:34am

Each individual incident is unique in its own way.

zerome4sooners

7/29/21 8:50am

Yeah, but Gold Medals:

Turnpike Lane

7/28/21 11:45am

RE: Cougarboarders

Puma14

7/28/21 2:45pm

CB need a bulk thumbs down feature for all of CTD’s takes.

flyonawall

7/28/21 3:33pm

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