Aug 102012
Slate has a good article examining the pros and cons of merging the Olympics and Paralympics. Some worry that the able-bodied sporting events would completely obscure the events featuring athletes with disabilities, while others believe a merger would give such athletes more visibility. I’m in the latter camp. As it is, the Paralympics receive almost no media coverage (although it sounds like the London Paralympics will receive a fair amount of coverage in the U.K.). A merger might result in a measurable audience actually watching wheelchair rugby. And any televised Paralympic event is bound to be more compelling than yet another tediously bland Ryan Seacrest segment.
