I would love to see them work out some kind of double-elimination format for the knock-out rounds of the Olympic tournament -- the idea that no team is eliminated until they've lost two games.

And especially if it could arrange things so that all four teams from the semis get an even shot at the Silver medal, too.

The current format sucks if you're like, say, Russia, and meet up with the eventual Gold medal winner before the final-four round. And even in the final-four round, the winner of the "bronze" game should still get a shot at the Silver medal if they haven't already lost to the team that otherwise would get it.

But time and television constraints..