The games were never important.
They have become irrelevant, and the more they shout “I should be relevant because I am important” the more irrelevant they become.
Angels can fly because they don’t take themselves seriously (Chesterton quote).
Entertainers who think that the entertainment is more important than reality need to get chained up in Plato’s cave.
Hey, they need to open the games with a flag burning...c’mon man...