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So, with the Olympics under way, considering the original Olympics were performed in the all together, combined with certain people's tempermants being what they are here at NSG, the topic of nude sport ought to be be broached.


So, which sports, Olypic or not, ought to be performed nude and which ones ought to be performed clothed?

A few thoughts:

Any "sport" where there's an "aesthetic" component - gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, figure skating, synchronised swimming, and so on - should be done nude. That lowers the influance of costumes and enhances the aesthetic aspect - wouldn't we much rather see a fine human form than a flash costume?

Swimming - the controversial swimsuits must go.

Athletics/Track & Field - I'd go with a minimalist outfit here - allow a jockstrap for the guys or a sports bra for the gals to keep the floppy bits strapped down, otherwise clothing is a hinderance. Maybe allow shoes, but I don't know some great Olympians were shoeless...

Fencing - protective gear required here - keeps the injuries and fatalities down.

Ball sports: soccer/football, volleyball, handball, tennis, etc. either don't need clothes or require a minimum - jock strap/sports bra for the floppy bits, knee/elbow pads max.

Beach Volleyball - Bikini babes minus the bikinis will make this a major spectator sport...

Judo - a big part of the grappling comes from the gi. Gotta keep it.

Boxing - helmet, gloves, and jock strap (or sports bra - lets get womens boxing up and going in the Olympics!)

Shooting, archery, sailing, canoeing, kayaking, and the like - whatever protective/safety gear is needed, otherwise nude.

What other ones am I missing?

Comments?

Women's wrestling of course.

Pervert.:tongue:

not hockey,you can't tackle somone if you'r nude

Tennis. People like Serena Williams would have ...a bit more trouble playing. *cough*.


Golf would be horrifying.

Ice Hockey, and Curling...My neeples are getting erect just thinking of the temp...:tongue:

Tennis. People like Serena Williams would have ...a bit more trouble playing. *cough*.


Golf would be horrifying.

Weight lifting would be worse, and it would give a whole new meaning to 'clean and jerk'.

not hockey,you can't tackle somone if you'r nude

You are greatly mistaken.

Ice Hockey, and Curling...My neeples are getting erect just thinking of the temp...:tongue:

can imagine getting tackled while nude?normally tackles consist of being pressed to a wall

anything that excludes running or jumping... then again it'd make the hurdles so much more interesting to watch.

Pervert.:tongue:

Nay - traditionalist. :P

not hockey,you can't tackle somone if you'r nude

Err.. it's check , not tackle, eh?

Tennis. People like Serena Williams would have ...a bit more trouble playing. *cough*.

Indeed.

Golf would be horrifying.

As opposed to the infamously hideous golf outfits?

anything that excludes running or jumping... then again it'd make the hurdles so much more interesting to watch.

Somewhat agreed - as in the OP, jocks or sports bras to keep the floppy bits strapped down, otherwise why?

As opposed to the infamously hideous golf outfits?

Good point. I think I'd prefer them being nude. :p

Err.. it's check , not tackle, eh?


i didn't remember it!i only remembered the finnish word,which is ''taklaus''

can imagine getting tackled while nude?normally tackles consist of being pressed to a wall

That'd be a check, not a tackle. A tackle would be holding and wrestling a player to the ground. That'd be at least one of a variety of penalties in hockey...

i didn't remember it!i only remembered the finnish word,which is ''taklaus''

Ah! That explains it.... very interesting. : D

Good point. I think I'd prefer them being nude. :p

Indeed. : D

Ah! That explains it.... very interesting. : D

yeah,don't ask me of it's etymology.i guess it comes for ''tackle''

That'd be a check, not a tackle. A tackle would be holding and wrestling a player to the ground. That'd be at least one of a variety of penalties in hockey...

Or a typical goal celebration. Which would be made infinitely more alluring with nekidness... *gets lost in imagination*

That'd be a check, not a tackle. A tackle would be holding and wrestling a player to the ground. That'd be at least one of a variety of penalties in hockey...

Ice hockey is not a summer Olympic sport (and you wouldn't be wanting to do that nude!). 'Tackle' is a legitimate word in field hockey and does not have the connotation of rugby.

And I'd certainly not want to have no shoes when playing hockey if the ball is speeding towards me.

Runners wear suits partly to decrease air resistance, I believe; if they were nude, they'd have to shave all parts of the body to achieve the same effect :eek:

Ice hockey is not a summer Olympic sport (and you wouldn't be wanting to do that nude!).

1) The topic isn't limited to the Olympics.

2) The topic isn't limited to the Summe Olympics.

'Tackle' is a legitimate word in field hockey and does not have the connotation of rugby.

We were talking about real hockey.

And I'd certainly not want to have no shoes when playing hockey if the ball is speeding towards me.

No balls in real hockey. Might be a ball in field hockey, but that's not what most of us mean when we say hockey...

Yeah, I'm taking the piss.

Runners wear suits partly to decrease air resistance, I believe; if they were nude, they'd have to shave all parts of the body to achieve the same effect :eek:

Same with the "new" swimsuits. If the clothing allows an unfair technological advantage, do away with it, as it's no different from doping.

And it's a weird world when the swimmers wear more than the runners who wear (marginally) more than the (beach) volleyballers.

Women's volleyball. :)

1) The topic isn't limited to the Olympics.

2) The topic isn't limited to the Summer Olympics.

Naked bob-sleigh. Cool Runnings indeed.

I've been saying for quite some time that interest in virtually all female-only sports would go up if the players were nude.

Summer sports:

wrestling
hurdles
gymnastics

Winter sports:

Slalom skiing
Ski jump
Luge.

I'm a terrible person. *nod*

Nude Football would be interesting, and it'd make for some hilarious commentary.

"That man's caught more balls than any other receiver in history!"

"Oh, the Quaterback's been sacked!"

Somewhat agreed - as in the OP, jocks or sports bras to keep the floppy bits strapped down, otherwise why?

i imagine if i was faced with the prospect of etiher running and jumping over a hurdle or running and hitting my genitals full-force into a wooden bar i'd be inclined to jump extra hard. We'd probably squeeze better results from a lot or sports people based on this system.

All of them. *nod*

Women's curling.
*nods twice*

I hereby request that sumo wrestling go the other way (clothed from neck to ankle)

Fencing. More deaths that way. :D

Father/son sack hop.

Well, theoretically they could do naked fencing and replace the weapoins with large feathers...

Father/son sack hop.

How about a real three-legged race?

Two words:


NAKED CHESS


Admit it, it's pure brilliance.

Athletics/Track & Field - I'd go with a minimalist outfit here - allow a jockstrap for the guys or a sports bra for the gals to keep the floppy bits strapped down, otherwise clothing is a hinderance. Maybe allow shoes, but I don't know some great Olympians were shoeless...

Ball sports: soccer/football, volleyball, handball, tennis, etc. either don't need clothes or require a minimum - jock strap/sports bra for the floppy bits, knee/elbow pads max.

but what if 'those' bits aren't floppy? :p

Judo - a big part of the grappling comes from the gi. Gotta keep it. except without the gi... it would up the challange more.

What other ones am I missing?
winter sports... sorry, but frostbite is not nice on some areas of the body.

Geco-Roman Wrestling... nude.

Ping Pong/Table Tennis - nude.

Weight lifting - Nude

Any sport that involves hot guys. I really couldn't care less that many people, therefore, wouldn't watch.

Also, any sport that involves hot girls.

Tennis, for example, can cover both sexes nicely. Just make sure you're careful in choosing what matches you watch.

Summer sports:
hurdles
gymnastics

Winter sports:

Slalom skiing
Ski jump


I'm a terrible person. *nod*Apparently i am too, for having thought the same. :)
Gymnastics - pommel horse, vault, uneven bars and rings! w00t!

Women's volleyball. :)

Definitely.

Naked bob-sleigh. Cool Runnings indeed.

:::cringe:::

I've been saying for quite some time that interest in virtually all female-only sports would go up if the players were nude.

Most likely.

Summer sports:

wrestling
hurdles
gymnastics

Winter sports:

Slalom skiing
Ski jump
Luge.

I'm a terrible person. *nod*

Gymnastics certainly should be. Remember that the root is "naked".

gymnasium Look up gymnasium at Dictionary.com
1598, "place of exercise," from L. gymnasium "school for gymnastics," from Gk. gymnasion, from gymnazein "to exercise or train," lit. "to train naked," from gymnos "naked." Shortened form gym is attested from 1871. Introduced to Ger. 15c. as a name for "high school," in Eng. it has remained purely athletic. Gymnast (1594) in the modern sense is a back-formation of gymnastic, (1574) from Gk. gynmastikos "pertaining to or skilled in bodily exercise."
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=gymnastics&searchmode=none

I hereby request that sumo wrestling go the other way (clothed from neck to ankle)

Maybe something like this women's sumo outfit?

http://www.fscclub.com/history/images/sumo-hist02.jpg

(Also, note to self: remember this picky the next time someone claims all Japanese women are hot...)

Any sport that involves hot guys. I really couldn't care less that many people, therefore, wouldn't watch.

Also, any sport that involves hot girls.

Tennis, for example, can cover both sexes nicely. Just make sure you're careful in choosing what matches you watch.

:hail:

everything

1) The topic isn't limited to the Olympics.

2) The topic isn't limited to the Summe Olympics.



We were talking about real [sic] hockey.

I should really read more carefully, thought the original guy meant field considering it's summer. Then again, he is from Finland.

No balls in real hockey. Might be a ball in field hockey, but that's not what most of us mean when we say hockey...

Yeah, I'm taking the piss.

It always has surprised me how little coverage field hockey gets compared to ice, despite having a much greater popularity in more countries (I should actually find numbers for this). I'm glad to see the BBC devoting some airtime to the sport this year.

Same with the "new" swimsuits. If the clothing allows an unfair technological advantage, do away with it, as it's no different from doping.

And it's a weird world when the swimmers wear more than the runners who wear (marginally) more than the (beach) volleyballers.

Agreed (though I think, considering how little they wear already, volleyballers should be nude).

Also, what do you make of the runner with the high-tech prosthetic leg?

It always has surprised me how little coverage field hockey gets compared to ice, despite having a much greater popularity in more countries (I should actually find numbers for this). I'm glad to see the BBC devoting some airtime to the sport this year.


Ice Hockey is the only true hockey!

Agreed (though I think, considering how little they wear already, volleyballers should be nude).

Regular volleyballers practically wear a burkha compared to beach volleyball, or even track and field/athletics.

That I am particularly attracted to exceptionally tall women, and that several of Japan's top volleyball players are both exceptionally tall and model beautiful (Megumi Kawamura (http://www.bidders.co.jp/if/miss06/subwin19.html), a 193 cm tall national level beauty pagent contestant, in particular comes to mind) has nothing to do with why I like watching volleyball. Nothing, I tell you! :wink:

Also, what do you make of the runner with the high-tech prosthetic leg?

Haven't heard about that. Tell me more.

Ice Hockey is the only true hockey!

Amen, bro!

Men's bits aren't heavy enough to get damaged when flopping about.
Remember also that the athletes of antiquity performed naked.
So, i say, as far as there's no running or jumping women involved, the sport can be performed nude. Hmm, maybe a toque and helmet should be worn when people wave heavy objects (bats, for example) about.

Ice hockey is for frozen popsicles...

It always has surprised me how little coverage field hockey gets compared to ice, despite having a much greater popularity in more countries (I should actually find numbers for this). I'm glad to see the BBC devoting some airtime to the sport this year.

Field hockey's awesome, I love it. Used to play it through the youth teams of one of the best clubs in the country. Right wing. Great fun.

Daistallia: Don't forget the sleeves and gloves.

*inner chauvinist emerges*

All them wimmins sports!

*inner chauvinist runs like heck, trying to escape angry female athletes*

I apologies on behalf of my hormones.

Regular volleyballers practically wear a burkha compared to beach volleyball, or even track and field/athletics.

That I am particularly attracted to exceptionally tall women, and that several of Japan's top volleyball players are both exceptionally tall and model beautiful (Megumi Kawamura (http://www.bidders.co.jp/if/miss06/subwin19.html), a 193 cm tall national level beauty pagent contestant, in particular comes to mind) has nothing to do with why I like watching volleyball. Nothing, I tell you! :wink:

Heh, I'm sure quite a lot of people watch it purely for 'aesthetic' reasons :)

Haven't heard about that. Tell me more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Pistorius

Holds world records in the Paralympics and tried to qualify for the able-bodied Olymipcs this year with high-tech prosthetic legs.

Amen, bro!

Ice Hockey is the only true hockey!

Bah. Listen to Nadkor.

Heh, I'm sure quite a lot of people watch it purely for 'aesthetic' reasons :)

Beach volley even more so, what with the Japanese team's bikinis being "so small that the country name had to be abbreviated on their bikini bottoms." (http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/16006608/) http://209.85.48.9/html/emoticons/wub.gif

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Pistorius

Holds world records in the Paralympics and tried to qualify for the able-bodied Olymipcs this year with high-tech prosthetic legs.

Very interesting. I'm not sure which way I'd call on that one.

Competitive pornography should be nude. The strict dress code is probably why it's watched less than most other sports.

Men's bits aren't heavy enough to get damaged when flopping about.
Remember also that the athletes of antiquity performed naked.
So, i say, as far as there's no running or jumping women involved, the sport can be performed nude. Hmm, maybe a toque and helmet should be worn when people wave heavy objects (bats, for example) about.

Ice hockey is for frozen popsicles...

... no running or jumping women? that take out most of the summer sports!

Two words:


NAKED CHESS


Admit it, it's pure brilliance.

well, I would admit I got some interesting images of where the peices would be stored...

I was going to say male gymnastics but the horse... you know...:eek2:

I was going to say male gymnastics but the horse... you know...:eek2:

it would be a penalizing thing since the horse can't be touched by a leg... :p

The Olympics can't truly be Olympics unless it's done in the true Greek Spirit - naked as the day you came kicking and screaming into this world. Protective gear is for sissies. *nods*

All gymnastics, at the very least.

All gymnastics, at the very least.

You do realize that the vast majority of the female gymnasts are minors, right? After your posts in the pedophilia thread...hmmm....

Water polo, wrestling, swimming (not diving due to streamline necessity and impact potential).

No sport should be played naked. Think of the children. And no, I don't mean think of *them* nude.

it would be a penalizing thing since the horse can't be touched by a leg... :p

Indeed.

Ping Pong, lmao...

Womens= clothing should not be worn

Mens= clothing should be worn

j/k

Volleyball for the win!

Swimming, gymnastics, field events, volleyball, tennis, basketball, track. I realize some people are not comfortable running flat-out in the buff. Allow such people to bind floppy parts using no more than 10m of 1cm or 5m of 2cm medical tape.

Ice sports are a bad match for nudity, IMO, in general. We could make an exception for figure skating, as it has been done in the nude, but it makes falls nastier. Ice can cut you up.

And ping pong. Definitely ping pong.

Heh, I'm sure quite a lot of people watch it purely for 'aesthetic' reasons :)

Funnily enough, when I was watching the Japan-Venezuela match earlier, the female NHK announcer was constantly commenting on which players were cute.

Team Japan needs "better" uniforms. :wink:

Winter sports:

Slalom skiing
Ski jump
Luge.

I'm a terrible person. *nod*

Given that you propose the athletes here court freezing to death as part of the sport, yeah, I'd agree with that.

Very interesting. I'm not sure which way I'd call on that one.

Yeah, me too. I feel that, if the legs are made to be like human legs with the same strengths and limitations, then why should he not run with able-bodied people? But, officially, he's still disabled.


Beach volley even more so, what with the Japanese team's bikinis being "so small that the country name had to be abbreviated on their bikini bottoms." (http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/16006608/) http://209.85.48.9/html/emoticons/wub.gif

Funnily enough, when I was watching the Japan-Venezuela match earlier, the female NHK announcer was constantly commenting on which players were cute.

Team Japan needs "better" uniforms. :wink:

Mmm. I've met some people that didn't know it was an Olympic sport, and were instantly hooked upon seeing videos online :tongue:

Synchronised swimming.

nude wrestling is a must

and seriously I think nude swiming will actually increase the world records

Tennis. People like Serena Williams would have ...a bit more trouble playing. *cough*.


Golf would be horrifying.

Golf is already horrifying.

I think men's swimming, men's gymnastics, men's track and field .. I'm getting a bit excited here. Must stop now.

I think if curling is considered an olympic sport, it should at least be played in the nude to spice things up a bit.

nude wrestling is a must

and seriously I think nude swiming will actually increase the world records

No, the drag on a nude body is measurably greater than the drag on a swimmer wearing the new Speedo LZR suits.

Historians tested the effeciency of doing events nude versus clothed. Turns out, things work better clothed, less jiggling. I can only hope that it was co-eds, and not wrinkly classical historians doing the testing...

No winter sports should be done in the nude, or at least no male sports *cough*shrinkage*cough*

I vote for judo, but...

...when the girls are fat or/and ugly then they should be removed from the game.

Men will have to wear clothes all the time, except on the Gay Games.

Howabout instead of making people be nude. Let them have a choice. Either that or lingerie. lol

No no no. No choice! Remember about the ugly ones !

Do you want to watch TV, two fat cows are playing tennis naked?

No no no. No choice! Remember about the ugly ones !

Do you want to watch TV, two fat cows are playing tennis naked?

Yeah I agree. Only full-breasted women.

Having male swimmers compete nude would add an extra level of strategy to the games.
"How have you been preparing for the relay, Dave?"
"In order to reduce drag, I got myself circumcised and completely shaved last week and I've spent the past 12 hours with a block of ice stuffed down the front of my pants."

Having male swimmers compete nude would add an extra level of strategy to the games.
"How have you been preparing for the relay, Dave?"
"In order to reduce drag, I got myself circumcised and completely shaved last week and I've spent the past 12 hours with a block of ice stuffed down the front of my pants."


That would not contribute to the pleasure that I get from watching male swimmers.