NationStates Jolt Archive

I think baseball. I can't understand why there would be a lack of top notch major leaguers in the most prestigious event in sports. Synchornized swimming, too.

Curling.....

Triathlon! It takes no skill or physical requirements! ;)

All team sports. The Olympics should be about the individuals performance, not teamwork.

Curling.....

Agreed. I first saw it years ago on the Olympics, and stared, and thought.."What the hell are they doing?", and wondered who invented it..and why.

Ping-pong definitly

Wrestling. Olympic wrestling is sooo fake! If they're going to wrestle, they might as well incorporate the WWE into it.

No contest: Badminton

Wrestling. Olympic wrestling is sooo fake! If they're going to wrestle, they might as well incorporate the WWE into it.
Yea, but martial arts-style wrestling (Judo, Aikido, etc) is actually quite geniune. Believe you me - I've done it against some pretty skilled people.

Ping-pong definitly

Wow. I didn't even know Ping-pong was an Olympic sport, I vote that, too.

Poll Coming.

Baseball, It's boring

it's only America's national past time because it celebrates the ability to run around in a complete circle

JK

as long as the don't take out Bobsledding I'm ok

All team sports. The Olympics should be about the individuals performance, not teamwork.

Seconded.

Poll! Wee!

Let's ban the olympics.

I think baseball. I can't understand why there would be a lack of top notch major leaguers in the most prestigious event in sports. Synchornized swimming, too.


I think there is a great international following of baseball, at least in the western hemisphere and in some parts of Asia. Look at the Dominican Republic for God's sake... If they played, they could potentially have: Albert Pujols at 1st, Alfonso Soriano at 2nd, Miguel Tejada at short, Sammy Sosa in the OF, and alot more that I can't remember off hand...

I think there is a great international following of baseball, at least in the western hemisphere and in some parts of Asia. Look at the Dominican Republic for God's sake... If they played, they could potentially have: Albert Pujols at 1st, Alfonso Soriano at 2nd, Miguel Tejada at short, Sammy Sosa in the OF, and alot more that I can't remember off hand...

Yea, but none of those guys care, to them it's just another opportunity to get injured. So are Sosa's sneezes, but that's another story.

I made a spin-off thread...

Can you believe the IOC wants to cut Fencing from the Olympics to make room for , get this, BOwling and Snooker?

If that ever happens, I'm going to de-safety my epee, buy a ticket to the Olympics and go to the bowling event..then start running the idiot bowlers through with my blade. Same goes for Snooker. It'd be a damn sight more interesting than watching a bunch of fat old farts playing with their balls, fer christsakes.

Bowling? Bowling?! That's the out-of-shape-middle-aged-man's sport! And wtf is snooker? British thing?

remove from olympics:
baseball, badminton, ping pong, curling, all other team sports, all other "hey lets go play " sports.

Ihatevacations']remove from olympics:
baseball, badminton, ping pong, curling, all other team sports, all other "hey lets go play " sports.

The relay is technically a team sport, should that be banned?

Can you believe the IOC wants to cut Fencing from the Olympics to make room for , get this, BOwling and Snooker?

If that ever happens, I'm going to de-safety my epee, buy a ticket to the Olympics and go to the bowling event..then start running the idiot bowlers through with my blade. Same goes for Snooker. It'd be a damn sight more interesting than watching a bunch of fat old farts playing with their balls, fer christsakes.

To be fair, I want to do that with the FIE regarding the rules for electric sabre...

Both threads are dying! Nooooo!

I don't think that any of them should be bumped. They're all useful sports, and the olympics is an international sports competition, right? Or do we just want to bump a sport to spite certain nations (baseball:US, curling:Canada)

I don't think that any of them should be bumped. They're all useful sports, and the olympics is an international sports competition, right? Or do we just want to bump a sport to spite certain nations (baseball:US, curling:Canada)

I don't think we'rre doing it out of spite. I think we're doing it due to the fact that most of them aren't really sports. Like Ping-pong, a recreational activity, but not a sport. And with baseball, the best players in the world aren't even participating, so what's the point? Same with basketball. It's just second-class players.

Football (Soccer). There is already a world cup. The rules about having so many players under this age or that age etc make it non representative. It is a waste of money and time.

Remove all team sports but relay.

Remove all team sports but relay.

Huh? Crew is out?!? :(

The relay is technically a team sport, should that be banned?

Yes.

I have realized over the last few olympics that Americans like SPEED, they like all kinds of olympic races (either sprinting, marathon, swimming, relay, skating, ...) These seem to be the most popular olympic sports in the US.

Other cultures/countries seem to have different tastes. Canadians and Russians make a big deal of figure skating, for instance.

I wonder what olympic sports are the most populars in other countries.

How to know if a sport is popular? It's simple: national television show THAT specific competition live, with absolute priority!

I put other, as in none. Some sports are not as mainstream as others, but that doesn't mean they don't require a tremendous amount of talent and work. Those guys playing ping-pong aren't playing it recreationally, at level it has just as much strategy as tennis.

As for some other sports, just because they are not big everywhere doesn't mean they should be discounted. Baseball may not be big in Europe, but in Americas and Japan it's very big, in some countries it is life itself. They deserve their chance at the spotlight just as much as soccer players or gymansts or sprinters or curlers.

I put other, as in none. Some sports are not as mainstream as others, but that doesn't mean they don't require a tremendous amount of talent and work. Those guys playing ping-pong aren't playing it recreationally, at level it has just as much strategy as tennis.

As for some other sports, just because they are not big everywhere doesn't mean they should be discounted. Baseball may not be big in Europe, but in Americas and Japan it's very big, in some countries it is life itself. They deserve their chance at the spotlight just as much as soccer players or gymansts or sprinters or curlers.

But the Olympics is a world competition, not just for some parts of it. Sports that are "big" in most countries are what deserve to be in the Olympics, like Rugby, and since sports are being added, some have to be bumped, and the ones most insignificant to most of the world have to go. To the countries who do care about them, why not meet annually to decide a champion. There's no point having the world watch Ping-pong or synchronized swimming when only a few want to.

But the Olympics is a world competition, not just for some parts of it. Sports that are "big" in most countries are what deserve to be in the Olympics, like Rugby, and since sports are being added, some have to be bumped, and the ones most insignificant to most of the world have to go. To the countries who do care about them, why not meet annually to decide a champion. There's no point having the world watch Ping-pong or synchronized swimming when only a few want to.
Rugby's not big in the western hemisphere, only Europe, sorry.

The only way to make everyone happy would be to have nothing but running events, and that's boring. Even though rugby isn't popular here, there are some people who are very good at it, and as such they should have an event to compete in. Besides, if more events are added who does it hurt?