"Who is Buddy Green?" An excellent question! However, unlike Ayn Rand's similar query ("Who is John Galt?") in her internationally acclaimed novel Atlas Shrugged, the answer to this supposed mystery does not yield a world Saviour... despite Mr. Green's self-promoted alter-ego.
Unlike Buddy, you might be aware of what is called the RBC Olympian Program:
"The RBC Olympians program hires both Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes as community ambassadors who bring Olympic messages of excellence and leadership to Canadian communities .Athletes are provided with the opportunity to gain valuable skills that will help them prepare for life after sport, while also receiving much-needed funding to help them realize their Olympic and Paralympic dreams."
"Interesting... I wonder who the RBC Olympian representing Triathlon is?" Another excellent question! (Truly it's a pleasure having such an astute audience). Let us brainstorm together the obvious possibilities (as there are not many Canadian Olympians, the list should be quite short): Simon Whitfield, Lauren Campbell, Brent McMahon, Kathy Tremblay, Kyle Jones, Kirsten Sweetland, and Paul Tichelaar. Hmm, oddly enough none of these fine hard-working athletes are the Olympians representing Triathlon in the RBC Olympians Program.
Well maybe it is a young up and comer (possible future Olympian) receiving this vital (not to mention rare) support; that doesn’t seem so bad. Since the Canadian triathlon scene is so small, this list is fairly finite as well: Paula Findlay, Andrew McCartney, Kyla Coates, Andrew Russell, Marianne Hogan, Jeff Phillips, Alex Coates, Andrew Yorke, Connor Hammond, Alison Hooper, Jordan Bryden... the list goes on (I apologize to all those “known’s” that I did not list, this list is by no means exhaustive, simply a few off the top of my head).
While the contents of the latter list are debatable, one thing is for certain – Buddy Green is nowhere on the radar, and the fact that I can bet with favourable odds that you have no idea who I am talking about, speaks volumes.
So now to answer the initial query to which I’m confident you’ve figured out the solution to already. “Who is Buddy Green?” Buddy Green is the supposed Olympian receiving RBC funding, carrying the Olympic torch, and publicizing an elaborate lie about himself to RBC, impressionable youths, the Canadian athletic scene, his supposed fans (however mislead), and his fellow triathletes (however unconvinced and unknowingly).
The reason I am so incredibly offended by this farce is because of the 40+ true Olympians and potential future Olympians that work so hard and have earned that support many times over the wannabe’s and the delusional like Buddy Green. To my knowledge, Buddy Green races community triathlons and other age-group calibre races. On his RBC Olympic profile, he cites his most memorable sporting accomplishment as a swim meet at the age of 17 (he now appears to be in his late 20’s).
There is too little support and too many deserving athletes to have it wasted on a delusional, morally depraved, age-grouper. A small part of me feels bad for poor Buddy, I am sure he truly believes he is a 2012 Olympic threat... however; such naivety doesn’t justify such a grotesque embellishment. This elaborate lie ends here.
Peace and Love.
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