Thanks for sending in this week's take, Eli. For those that don’t know about the controversy, allow me to lay out all the facts. During a round robin match of Olympic curling between team Canada and team Sweden, the Swedish team accused Canadian curler Marc Kennedy of double touching the stone. As a quick overview of the rules of curling: there are curlers who launch granite stones towards a target and the closer the stones land to the target the more points they get; it’s basically shuffleboard but on ice. The Swedish team was complaining that Marc Kennedy touched the base of the stone after releasing it, which is strictly prohibited. Now, I watched the video myself, and you can only see half of the stone, but his finger definitely gets extremely close to the granite at the very least. However, this whole issue seems blown way out of proportion. Even if Kennedy did touch the stone, it was barely enough to change the speed or trajectory of the stone and to the naked eye there is no visible change in its movement. The real controversy stems from the general air of reverence surrounding the sport of curling. The sport is based on the honor system and those who cheat are expected to resign immediately. Kennedy felt the accusation of cheating was baseless and adamantly defended himself to the point of cussing out his opponents. I don’t think the issue is that he might’ve cheated. I think the issue is that he crashed out on national television. So, I agree with Eli that this is a complete overreaction. The sport is based on the honor system so if he says he didn’t cheat, then he didn’t. Canada went on to win the gold medal match and I think we can treat their win the same way we do with any other controversial championship: just put a little asterisk next to it.