Olympic Events

slotdirt · #1 08-08-2012, 08:01 AM

How do red-blooded Americans not know what tetherball is? What has happened to this country?

Danzig · #2 08-08-2012, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

How do red-blooded Americans not know what tetherball is? What has happened to this country?

and rather than baseball, they could add kickball. i really think they need to clean up some of the 'sports' that are included. synchronized swimming?! seriously? that's a sport? i think they are confused between sport and event. anything that is judged should be kicked out.

dellinger63 · #3 08-08-2012, 08:32 PM

Never knew a punch to the nuts, even the second time was considered a common foul in International Basketball

my miss storm cat · #4 08-08-2012, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

and rather than baseball, they could add kickball. i really think they need to clean up some of the 'sports' that are included. synchronized swimming?! seriously? that's a sport? i think they are confused between sport and event. anything that is judged should be kicked out.

I think they need to claen them up too but kinda in the opposite way.

It's not that I wish they'd get rid of basketball, tennis, etc. but just that I hate seeing these kids who have worked so hard and for so long for this chance where it means the world to them and than seeing Kobe et al.

I hate that professonals are allowed. I think it should be all about the other sports, events or whatever you want to call them.

3kings · #5 08-09-2012, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

I think they need to claen them up too but kinda in the opposite way.

It's not that I wish they'd get rid of basketball, tennis, etc. but just that I hate seeing these kids who have worked so hard and for so long for this chance where it means the world to them and than seeing Kobe et al.

I hate that professonals are allowed. I think it should be all about the other sports, events or whatever you want to call them.

I agree with this. If they are going to keep Tennis and the other pro sports they should use the 23 and under rule that they are using in soccer.

Bigsmc · #6 08-09-2012, 08:57 AM

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I agree with this. If they are going to keep Tennis and the other pro sports they should use the 23 and under rule that they are using in soccer.

Not yet Tom. Ryan Giggs, the captain of this Olympic's Great Britain team, is 38.

I love the quirky sports. Let them have their day once every four years. It's the only place we can see them after the demise of Wide World of Sports.

Personally, I have watched several hours of Olympics on tv. Of those several hours, I've watched zero minutes of basketball (male or female) and about 10 minutes of soccer.

Danzig · #7 08-09-2012, 04:27 PM

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Not yet Tom. Ryan Giggs, the captain of this Olympic's Great Britain team, is 38.

I love the quirky sports. Let them have their day once every four years. It's the only place we can see them after the demise of Wide World of Sports.

Personally, I have watched several hours of Olympics on tv. Of those several hours, I've watched zero minutes of basketball (male or female) and about 10 minutes of soccer.

i haven't watched any.

3kings · #8 08-09-2012, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigsmc

Not yet Tom. Ryan Giggs, the captain of this Olympic's Great Britain team, is 38.

I love the quirky sports. Let them have their day once every four years. It's the only place we can see them after the demise of Wide World of Sports.

Personally, I have watched several hours of Olympics on tv. Of those several hours, I've watched zero minutes of basketball (male or female) and about 10 minutes of soccer.

I think you are allowed 2 or 3 overage players in men's soccer. I agree the fun of the olympics is watching the quirky sports, that is why I don't want to see golf or tennis. We already have 4 majors in each every year. That is enough of the same 4 players in tennis winning over and over.

dellinger63 · #9 08-09-2012, 11:24 PM

Any sport that includes a score for artistic anything belongs in a theater or on a stage; not in the Olympics

Cannon Shell · #10 08-09-2012, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 3kings

I agree with this. If they are going to keep Tennis and the other pro sports they should use the 23 and under rule that they are using in soccer.

Why so no one will watch?

Of the sports that people wath swimming, gymnastic, track and field, basketball, tennis virtually all of the participants are pros. Beach volleyball is a pro sport as well.

Look at boxing and soccer, virtually no one shows up or watches

Cannon Shell · #11 08-09-2012, 02:08 PM

Why isnt Golf an olympic sport?
Or baseball?
Or Rugby?
Bowling?
Cricket?
Polo?
Lacrosse?

Cannon Shell · #12 08-09-2012, 02:28 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympi...7414--oly.html

Bigsmc · #13 08-09-2012, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Why isnt Golf an olympic sport?
Or baseball?
Or Rugby?
Bowling?
Cricket?
Polo?
Lacrosse?

Golf is in in 2016.

Danzig · #14 08-09-2012, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

I think they need to claen them up too but kinda in the opposite way.

It's not that I wish they'd get rid of basketball, tennis, etc. but just that I hate seeing these kids who have worked so hard and for so long for this chance where it means the world to them and than seeing Kobe et al.

I hate that professonals are allowed. I think it should be all about the other sports, events or whatever you want to call them.