they kill more than one bird with a stone. The American/Israel proxy army got whipped in Syria, so it's time to go after Russia. The controllers know how important sports are to the dumbed down American masses, so it's great way to vilify Russians. Added to that, they have to try and blame Hitlery's election loss on the Russians in order to cover up all the heinous things that came out on her from the leaked emails. "Oh yeah, the Russians hacked our elections, evil evil Russians."
The American guys juice more than the Russians, but they are the politically correct color, so they get a free pass.