Of course, that the notoriously doped-up Russians stole the Americans’ Olympic glory was bad enough.

But the International Olympic Committee and the Court of Arbitration for Sport only compounded that unfairness by making the Americans wait nearly two years to resolve this matter. After all, I figured out two years ago the resolution they have finally come.

IOC neutral flag

The IOC and other sports organizations should either ban Russian athletes or allow them to display their national flag. It’s as absurd as it is unfair to keep forcing them to compete as stateless people.

Everyone knows they’re Russians. But banning their flag smacks of the self-righteous way Evangelicals treat LGBTQ people, namely by propagating the canard that they hate the sin but love the sinner.