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Christopher68
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The two that immediately come to mind are the synchronized swimming and the events with horses.
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PatriceA
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I’m all for adding motorcycle racing, why not. If they can get it added to the event list, go for it!
Anybody that thinks they should dump the horse events has probably never rode a horse or tried dressage themselves. Its not a sport for the weak even though some may find it boring to watch.
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PatriceA
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So you have a personal gripe with the Olympic Committee, you want to advocate dropping a sport because you are upset that they cut events so a certain country wouldn’t be able to dominate that particular sporting genre. Seems a bit vindictive. Why not complain to the officials involved with cycling and push to have the events added back to the schedule?
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JonCarlos1984
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Highly disagree. Although it should be amateurs and not professionals in the Olympics. Tennis is an amazingly athletic sport that has a wonderful artistry to it.
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pnewton
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Yes, I ride horses. I still think they should dump it. It does take talent, but so does playing the violin. It is an elitist activity and the horse is too critical to the sport. Like I said, let these riders switch horses around if it really is all about the rider.
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pnewton
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Then womens baseball.
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Bill_Martin
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I love MotoGP and Superbike racing. I’m all for adding it too, but it’s fun to see people object.
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migueltojose
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It’s like anything else these days… you think “who would like that?”… and then it turns out there’s like a bazillion people “who like that” and you think… oh my, “I had no idea, cuz I don’t care for it”. So, it’s another case, of oh, so many,. where you have to rethink it and say, so it’s not my thing but, that’s okay… at least at the olypmpics we’re talking about athletic events, but, it’s not a stretch to carry it forward to other aspects of life… should we include tattoos, body piercing, hot dog eating, best porn…, lest I go out on a limb and dare tosay… “God forbid”…
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NeedImprovement
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just be glad they don’t do these events like they did in Ancient Greece (sans clothing!).
. . . Who would’ve ever suspected it ? . . . Beach volleyball is an ancient Greek sport. :doh2:If we could force them to keep their clothes on, what about having beach golf ? It would be like playing the entire game in a sand trap. To make it more interesting, we could introduce a rule where the sand wedge is illegal . . . then people could bet on how long it takes before a golfer begins to break his clubs in frustration.
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Cat
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But equestrian events are among the original Olympic events, the oldest sporting events in the Games. If any events have to be dumped, seems a shame to get rid of the oldest events in favor of events that didn’t even exist until this century, just because those events attract a large, partying audience and therefore lots of sponsors.
By dumping the ancient events, we would be turning the Olympics into a commercial venture. I think we should oppose this trend and ask that the traditional (ancient) events be continued.
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pnewton
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What about keeping the tradition alive of having an animal show, but rotating the animal? Equestrian this year, next time have a dog show, then cat show, then all animals. Or we could just open the competition to all owners of animals to showcase them and their training, judging each inaccordance to their species.
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He_Man
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As mentioned, i’d love to se Mixed Martial Arts. A truly international sport, arguably the fastest growing, and safer than boxing. But I doubt it would fly given the image (unfair, IMO) of brutality the Olympics wants to shy away from.
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JonCarlos1984
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^ Mixed Martial Arts’ major problem is the image that it portrays itself as. It has a very WWE image, rather than an image of high level martial artists competing against each other. The UFC is a horrible presentation that takes away from the skill and abilities of the respective fighters and this culture surrounding leads the fighters to carry themselves in a similar manner.
I don’t see this changing. I personally love Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and practice it myself, I love the competition of it, but I loathe the way it’s presented. Disrespectful and tasteless.
Perhaps an olympic amateur version of it can do some to help this. Presented in a manner no differently than Judo or Wrestling competitions. Would love to see Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as an Olympic sport at the very least.
I don’t see this changing. I personally love Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and practice it myself, I love the competition of it, but I loathe the way it’s presented. Disrespectful and tasteless.
Perhaps an olympic amateur version of it can do some to help this. Presented in a manner no differently than Judo or Wrestling competitions. Would love to see Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as an Olympic sport at the very least.
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JonCarlos1984
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Olympic Boxing itself needs a serious clean up. Unfair scoring, overturned outcomes, a point system that often leads fans arguing about clear winners?
It needs an overhaul to more a professional boxing style scoring system even if we’re working with 3 or 4 rounds. They don’t even count knockdowns as scoring situations and that’s very peculiar since it’s still a competitive fighting sport.
Then there is the debate on whether any combat sport is moral anyway, haha.
It needs an overhaul to more a professional boxing style scoring system even if we’re working with 3 or 4 rounds. They don’t even count knockdowns as scoring situations and that’s very peculiar since it’s still a competitive fighting sport.
Then there is the debate on whether any combat sport is moral anyway, haha.
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didymus
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How about changing the mix every Olympics?
Next summer games drastically cut the number of swimming and track events, substitute rugby for football & increase other events or add new ones.
Next summer games drastically cut the number of swimming and track events, substitute rugby for football & increase other events or add new ones.
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Cat
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This would make it difficult for athletes to train.
And it would really be a bitter disappointment to train for the Olympics, and then discover that your sport isn’t in the Olympics after all. In some sports, athletes have longevity (e.g., equestrian events), but other sports are very difficult (and horrifically expensive) to keep training for past the young years (e.g., figure skating, gymnastics).
I still remember how horrible it was the year that Pres. Carter nixed the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow for the U.S. athletes; athletes like gymnast Kurt Thomas lost out on all kinds of fame that could have led to a larger income that would have provided for him and family for decades. Now no one remembers him, or any of the other 1980 Olympians who never were Olympians.
It would also be very difficult for their sports federations to be able to adequately plan and fund the sport. These federations need to know whether they are working to train and fund Olympians or just athletes.
Sponsors would be beastly hard to attract. Sponsors would not know whether they are supporting an “Olympic sport” or just a regular sport. Imagine doing an ad campaign using “Olympic athletes” to position their product, and then learning that they AREN’T Olympic athletes after all.
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Tampa_Dave
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Ping pong (I don’t care if they call it table tennis). And badminton.
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johnnyjones
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Rollerball should be banned, it was dangerous in the 70s. Womens weight lifting should be elevated and all other sports removed.
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LilyM
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Wouldn’t be remotely a problem if the sports which were to be included in a particular Games were announced far enough ahead of time. I suppose you’d have to at least do around the time the host city was chosen, so that they would know what venues etc were required. Which means at least a good eight year lead up.This would make it difficult for athletes to train.
And it would really be a bitter disappointment to train for the Olympics, and then discover that your sport isn’t in the Olympics after all. In some sports, athletes have longevity (e.g., equestrian events), but other sports are very difficult (and horrifically expensive) to keep training for past the young years (e.g., figure skating, gymnastics).
I still remember how horrible it was the year that Pres. Carter nixed the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow for the U.S. athletes; athletes like gymnast Kurt Thomas lost out on all kinds of fame that could have led to a larger income that would have provided for him and family for decades. Now no one remembers him, or any of the other 1980 Olympians who never were Olympians.
It would also be very difficult for their sports federations to be able to adequately plan and fund the sport. These federations need to know whether they are working to train and fund Olympians or just athletes.
Sponsors would be beastly hard to attract. Sponsors would not know whether they are supporting an “Olympic sport” or just a regular sport. Imagine doing an ad campaign using “Olympic athletes” to position their product, and then learning that they AREN’T Olympic athletes after all.
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