Originally Posted by
Tooold
Well, I agree with you if by “she can do whatever…she wants” you meant that she could choose to tryout for the team or not. But once she accepted the spot on the 4 person team, I think she did have an obligation to do her part. Even after they got to Japan, if she had stepped down sooner, one of the alternates (or Mykayla Skinner) could have taken her spot. One can argue that she doesn’t owe the public anything (I would probably debate that), but she does owe something to her fellow teammates, the alternates and the Olympic Committee that is supporting her trip to Japan. Even if she had opted out of two events, a modest performance on the mat might have made the difference between silver and gold for her teammates.