Olympic medalists respond to USOC flag proposal: 'Old Glory doesn't need rebranding'
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American Olympic swimming medalists Gary Hall Sr. and Gary Hall Jr. sounded off on “Hannity” Tuesday following report of a proposal to potentially redesign the U.S. Olympic Committee's U.S. flag logo.
Hall Jr. declared that "Old Glory doesn't need rebranding," and added that the USOC could have and should have better allocated its resources rather than, potentially, to an agency or consultant if any were involved in the logo redesign plans. "What irritates me out of this whole thing is that there is some marketing or branding firm out there that has already been paid a lot of money for these drafts even and these resources, couldn't they be better applied by supporting our athletes or giving it to an anti-doping agency to catch cheaters?" he asked. "The greatest honor of my life was in Montreal in 1976 when I was selected to carry the American flag for the U.S. Olympic team leading into Montreal Stadium," Hall Sr. said. "And the American flag is iconic. It doesn't just represent the greatest country in the world. It represents and symbolizes millions of Americans who have worked hard, who have sacrificed, some of them, with their own lives."More Related News