Should we take the Rio refugee team story with a grain of salt?

As the Olympics launch in Rio, our razor sharp q sports panel deliver their opening remarks.

In a special Olympic edition of the panel, guest host Rachel Giese checks in with sports journalists Dave Zirin, Morgan Campbell, and Megan Greenwall.

At issue today: 

• The U.S. basketball team has decided to stay in a luxury cruise ship instead of the athletes' quarters in Rio. Is that decision fair game? Greenwall says the disparity between the millionaire athletes and their poor counterparts is an uncomfortable reality, simply made more visible by their living quarters. "We don't like thinking about that," she says. 
   
• The amazing story of Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini and the first stateless refugee team at the Olympics. Zirin takes the feel-good story with a grain of salt, wondering if there's a humanitarian equivalent to greenwashing. Pointing out the scores of Brazilians displaced for the Olympics, Zirin says the all-refugee delegation may be a distraction from "the thudding reality" that the Olympics brings to cities. Campbell says the Visa-sponsored team may also be brilliant marketing. But Greenwall counters that we can't forget the real achievements of these extremely marginalized competitors.  "We can be cynical about the business interests, but still root for these athletes." 
   
• Our panel shares their wildest dreams about what the Olympics could look like, stand for, and accomplish. Greenwall imagines the games as an international series of single-sport tournaments. Campbell dreams of fair compensation for the athletes at the heart of the games, and the loosening of sponsorship rules. And Zirin delivers a list that includes human rights tribunals for the IOC, and tug-of-war competitions.