You know, I just don’t get it.

To me, sports epitomize the idea of competition.

Games are a way to challenge a team, and the Olympics are the greatest challenge posed to any country’s athletes.

But that’s all changing.

What used to be a place where sports were played in their most raw sense, and athletes were respected because they were the best their country had to offer is becoming more of an issue of fairness.

For the first time since 1936, the Olympics released two sports: baseball and softball.

Beijing was the last opportunity we had to watch these sports played in Olympic competition.

Why?

The claim was that they weren’t played all over the world, and that the U.S. softball team was “too dominant.”

Too dominant?

Here’s something to think about: Since the sport was introduced in the Atlanta games, the U.S. women’s softball team has gone 28-4 — nothing compared to the U.S. women’s basketball team’s 28-0 record in the same number or years.

Oh well, say goodbye to the sports that set the bar on competition and make way for a more fair, inviting 2012 Olympics.