Gladiators used to put their lives on the line every day as part of their act….these acts were refered to by the Romans as “SPECTACULARS”……

Niether are these people risking anything except dead ratings, nor are they to be associated with spectacular events….

If you want to call a public entertainment show “Gladiators”, then strap a camera to the average U.S. Army soldier laying his life on the line every day……while you’all sit there and lionise these people as anything but the gym flunkies that they are…..Steroids anybody?

When we can throw our support behind people that actually make a living from risking their lives, we might get a better picture of “shows” like this one.

Meanwhile, the title of “Gladiator” should be expunged from the record. Call it something else….Real soldiers are dying every day to enable you to sit and watch these fools go up and down an obstacle course….and as for this being a SPORT….I despair. sport is played by people without media coverage….people who get up and do it for nothing.

Anything else is a business, a bunch of “professional” gymnasium addicts running up and down a field/court….

IF you don’t like this comment….tough…Winnie will probably expunge it…