I assume there must be some people who are really fired up about these "games". But somehow I haven't met a single person who is feeling that way.

For example, I'm in a choir that was invited to take part in a local pre-Olympic event. We had a vote on whether we wanted to, without any discussion we voted not to. No one spoke up in favour of the idea.   I doubt if that was at all untypical.

It's being hyped up by the media like mad, but so what?