Olympic events that shouldn't be

[PNWbrit]

Prompted by the synchro swimming hijack going on elesewhere.

[Stu Gotz]

Softball.

Who else in the world plays softball other than the United States.

One man's opinion.

[Cornholio]

Originally posted by Stu Gotz


Who else in the world plays (insert sport here) other than the United States.

Bzzzt.

Answering this question is half the point of the Olympics, don't you think?

[A-wreck]

skiing.......
I mean who gives a flying fuck about skiing

[CaddyDaddy77]

Table Tennis.

Sure it was neat that Forrest Gump could excell at a sport, but worthy of being in the Olympics, I think not.

[Stu Gotz]

A buddy of mine in college had a good way to cut sports from the olympics.

He said if you can smoke a cigarette while participating, the sport shouldn't be included.

I think the direct quote was "If you're crankin' butts while playing, that's bullsh!t."

[Oarhead]

Curling, trampoline, synchronized diving, and sychro swimming with only 2 people, Ice dancing. Pretty much anything that is not measurable to some degree and is purely subjective should nt be around IMO.

I have just shot down medals for my country in 4 events but cmon, isn't that reaching a bit?

Another one that is being proposed to be put in: golf.

On the fence: shooting stuff, tennis (simply because every year there is some controversy and people threaten to boycott or don't show up. It turns into some soap opera).

I agree with the smoking quote, although another version of it was eating a full meal which kinda kills baseball.

[Schmear]

Originally posted by CaddyDaddy77
Table Tennis.

Sure it was neat that Forrest Gump could excell at a sport, but worthy of being in the Olympics, I think not.

A billion people in Asia now have you in their sights.

[Oarhead]

Originally posted by CaddyDaddy77
Table Tennis.

Sure it was neat that Forrest Gump could excell at a sport, but worthy of being in the Olympics, I think not.

Apparently they changed the rules this year to try and break the asian dominance. The only one I remember is that the server can no longer hide the ball.

[optics]

Rhythmic gymnastics.


Except when done by Will Farrell in Old School.

[StormRider]

I agree with most of these except for curling. I couldn’t get enough curling during the last Olympics. It helps ease the jones between bocce seasons.

[Plakespear]

Equestrian events. Especially since the horses don't even get the medals.

[PNWbrit]

Originally posted by Oarhead
sychro swimming with only 2 people

What!

having more than 2 people somehow makes it more legit? In that case can we include 5 a side flower arranging.

I think the whole judging/subjective debate throws up problems. Some real events with a historic basis for inclusion are at jeopardy with this benchmark - gymnastics, diving, ice skating (not Ice dance), Ski jumping.

What about the freestyle skiing events? Which I'm not sure belong or need to be in the Olympics but there seems to be room for them in the slightly less frantic winter games schedule.

I think we could loose football and tennis without blinking. The olympic tournaments have no value in either sport.

Mandatory cosmetics and sequin tests should be instituted in all events.

[EPSkis]

Summer Olympics?

Almost all of them. with the exception of track & field / Gymnastics.

I was talked into trying out for shotput/discus back on my HS team. Turns out that I was pretty good at it - but it was just so freakin' STUPID I had to quit. However, having done it, I am impressed with those type of track/field events.

Running? Mindless unless there's a pigskin in your hands, but the speed & distance achieved by an olympic-class athlete is always impressive.

[Tippster]

Honestly? I would throw out all "judged" events, even if they're considered "cool" - there's too much room for BS like in Salt Lake. Don't get me wrong - I love to look at the ladies in skating & diving, and Gymnastics (of both sexes) are certainly impressive, but how can you have a true, fair competition that relies on human judgment? If there are no world records on the line, who finishes first, or who scores the most definable points, the "competition" is just in the mind, right? Even boxing switched from judges to a verifiable scoring system.

For example: Every single person involved in the comp stated that Johnny Moseley singlehandedly changed Olympic Mogul Skiing w/the "Dinner Roll." Why didn't that count in his "Air" points? He was faster than some of the podium sitters, so why didn't he get a medal?

Can you really tell the flippy/spinny shit apart in Freestyle Aerials? I can't count that fast, so it all looks rather the same to me in the air, and I reserve MY judgment for the landings.

Citius, Altius, Fortius - that's the Olympic Creed, and should define the competitions. Fastest, Highest, Strongest.

[Woodsy]

Originally posted by EPSkis
Summer Olympics?

Almost all of them. with the exception of track & field / Gymnastics.

dont make me & my wrestling friends come by & snap your fukkin arms off

[Oarhead]

Originally posted by PNWbrit
What!

having more than 2 people somehow makes it more legit? ...

I think the whole judging/subjective debate throws up problems. Some real events with a historic basis for inclusion ...
What about the freestyle skiing events?

I think we could loose football and tennis without blinking. The olympic tournaments have no value in either sport.

I def agree with you on a lot of stuff.
Firstly. Having 8 people doing synchro at least makes it somewhat bearable and easier to screw it up. Don't get me wrong, if it were not for my friends competing, there is no way in hell I would watch it. And I agree that since it is subjective I don't think it should be there. But I can't say that because I am biased.

A lot of the other sports have difficulty ratings for cerain maneuvers which at lest lends some credibility to the judging process. PURE subjectivity has no place in the opympics for me, I competed in an event where the first person to the line wins. period.
I like to watch gymnastics and the shit they do is incredible, but I think (I could be wrong) that difficulty is a contributing factor.

Winter Olympics are only about a quarter of the size of the summer games, there is a lot of room and I am not educated enough on several of the events to make a valuable statement. So here is my uninformed opinion. SInce no other sports are threatened with exclusion since they are no TV friendly in the US, the subjective winter olympics events can stay however I think that some objectivity should be implemented.

Football and tennis I agree, they already have huge tournaments every year and all of the best players actually show up as opposed to the Olympics. However it is still supposed to be the games and we can't jsut throw them out.

[EPSkis]

Originally posted by Woodsy
dont make me & my wrestling friends come by & snap your fukkin arms off

What, you gonna "Greco-Roman" me to SLEEP? Another "sport" I just never understood. There's male cheerleading, then there's wrestling. Sure, I knew a few bad wrestling mf'ers. Some of which were even friends. I did not, however, and I mean EVER.......have a desire to strap on a fucking leotard and gently mount any of them from behind. (Or BE mounted, for that matter.) Rolling around on the floor with another sweaty man simply never appealed to me. But obviously, YOU feel different.

fag

[Stu Gotz]

Originally posted by EPSkis
What, you gonna "Greco-Roman" me to SLEEP? Another "sport" I just never understood. There's male cheerleading, then there's wrestling. Sure, I knew a few bad wrestling mf'ers. Some of which were even friends. I did not, however, and I mean EVER.......have a desire to strap on a fucking leotard and gently mount any of them from behind. (Or BE mounted, for that matter.) Rolling around on the floor with another sweaty man simply never appealed to me. But obviously, YOU feel different.

fag

Woodsy vs. EPSkis

[The AD]

Originally posted by Woodsy
dont make me & my wrestling friends come by & snap your fukkin arms off

or me and my swimming friends come by and drown him.

Back to the original topic. I was just wondering about softball. Why can't women just play baseball? And why do they wear those idiotic shorts?

[The AD]

Originally posted by Oarhead
I like to watch gymnastics and the shit they do is incredible, but I think (I could be wrong) that difficulty is a contributing factor.

Yes, I think difficulty figures into the maximum possible score. For example, a certain type of vault might only have a max of 9.8--you can't score higher. It isn't like diving where the scores are multiplied by a degree of difficulty.

The new figure skating scoring system, by the way, is an improvement over the old totally subjective system. You are actually scored on the elements you complete. It isn't perfect yet, but it's better than the old system. I think they're only using it at a few tournaments on a trial basis so far, though.

[EPSkis]

Originally posted by Woodsy
wow your originality of attack is breathtaking.

you think that up yourself>?

ever been in fight young man?

Where did it end up?

lemme guess, on the ground.

grappling disciplines of any kind are good for making people realize they are making a mistake with out doing them much damage.

& THESE ARE THE OLYMPICS!

acient greciian olympics were basically track and feild & wrestling, no subjectivity just a winner who was faster, stronger, better.

So I guess you heard that before? Must be a popular line of thinking among many of us. And by "us", I mean...oh, nevermind.

Was in 1 fight. By someone that was considerably larger than myself. He swung, he missed. I swung, he ate mailbox, followed swiftly by copious amounts of Mother earth.

I was always a football guy m'self, but some of the meanest s.o.b.'s I've ever known were great wrestlers back in HS & College.

Hey, lighten up, Francine.

Swimmers? Wow - I must be losing it. I can't think of a way to humiliate a swimmer. Lord KNOWS there's a million of 'em...

[dewey]

greco-roman fucking












(compliments: the onion)

[phUnk]

Originally posted by The AD
or me and my swimming friends come by and drown him.

or me and my table tennis friends come by and serve a ping-pong ball into your FACE!

[The AD]

Originally posted by phUnk
or me and my table tennis friends come by and serve a ping-pong ball into your FACE!

And all this time I had you pegged as more of a squash kind of guy.