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I have no interest in the various ceremonies (I don't even keep paying attention for medal ceremonies) and could hardly care less for watching the opening ceremonies. "Look! Croatia apparently has at least 8 people in it!"
I also don't really care for the sports that tend to be the focus of the Olympics. I don't like "subjective evaluation" sports much so diving and gymnastics are out (plus I'm a little yucked out by the creation of an environment where a 14-year-old doing vaults on a broken leg is considered a great thing).
I don't really care for spring sports because they tend to be really boring to watch, and in swimming most of the formats are just silly. If the goal is to go as fast as possible why limit yourself to a slower stroke. Why not add a sprint where everybody swims with their left foot strapped to their right thigh? If there is an advantage to a certain stroke (such as endurance) then only use it for races that cater to that advantage.
I do like the secondary sports such as team handball, badminton, table tennis, fencing, archery, etc. But these are rarely on TV, though I am hoping that the modern internet age will finally bring me the ability to watch them without having to stay up until the dead-air coverage at 3am.
Also, I hope that will avoid most of the annoying hyping and human interest stories we're forced to watch. So the end result is that I haven't really followed an Olympics since I was a kid but I'm hoping that will change this year.
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