Sports that should be dumped from the summer Olympics

[Cube Inmate]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

But back on topic: badminton seems like a recreational activity to me, not a sport. Ping pong is 1,000 times better than badminton.

They ain't playing backyard badminton here, coach. It's an awesome sport...and I'm a white guy.

[Looch City]

If you have ping pong, might as well have beer pong as well?

[GirlySports]

took a quick look around at continental championships

Sports in the Pan Am Games but not in the Olympics (as of 2016)
Baseball
Billiards
Bowling
Karate
Racquetball
Roller Sports
Squash
Water Skiing

Sports in the European Games but not in the Olympics
Karate
Sambo
*3 on 3 basketball and 6 on 6 soccer

Sports in the Asian Games but not in the Olympics
Baseball
Bridge
Bowling
Cricket
Khabaddi
Martial Arts (Jujutsu, Karate, Kurash, Pencak Silat, Wushu)
Sepak Takraw
Sports Climbing

Sports in African Games but not in Olympics
Karate
Petanque
Nzango

[ResAlien]

All of the human NASCAR stuff. So boring.

[polak]

Water Skiing? Wtf? Do they do tricks?

[nik-]

In all honesty though, I'd be totally fine with them taking all judged aesthetics events out.

[puckedoff]

Originally Posted by nik-

In all honesty though, I'd be totally fine with them taking all judged aesthetics events out.

You mean women's beach volleyball?

[nik-]

That's not judged.

Unless it's me judging da bootay

[Looch City]

Originally Posted by nik-

That's not judged.

Unless it's me judging da bootay

Miss Universe Olympics Edition?

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by polak

Water Skiing? Wtf? Do they do tricks?

pretty much

[undercoverbrother]

Archery: Stupid, unless it is done while riding a horse bareback and shooting a targets.

Golf: really, maybe if they had to carry their own clubs and had to run to each shot.

Sailing: Yeah the wind does more than the "athlete"

Shooting: Maybe a summer version of the Biathlon, and then it can stay. Standing and shooting a pistol is like Darts.

Ping Pong: seriously, nope, not a chance.

One of the two versions of Wrestling please.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

took a quick look around at continental championships

Sports in the Pan Am Games but not in the Olympics (as of 2016)
Baseball
Billiards
Bowling
Karate
Racquetball
Roller Sports
Squash
Water Skiing

Sports in the European Games but not in the Olympics
Karate
Sambo
*3 on 3 basketball and 6 on 6 soccer

Sports in the Asian Games but not in the Olympics
Baseball
Bridge
Bowling
Cricket
Khabaddi
Martial Arts (Jujutsu, Karate, Kurash, Pencak Silat, Wushu)
Sepak Takraw
Sports Climbing

Sports in African Games but not in Olympics
Karate
Petanque
Nzango

Yeah unless it is building them, #### off with that being a sport.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Iggy City

Miss Universe Olympics Edition?

Being asked geopolitical questions while playing beach volleyball

I'm writing a letter.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Yeah unless it is building them, #### off with that being a sport.

How the hell is that a sport and chess isn't? If we're going down that road, why not choose the king of board games?

Hell, let's just go nuts. Include everything from poker to hungry hungry hippos and be done with it.

[polak]

These guys probably move around more than half the sports in the games.



Leave it.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Archery: Stupid, unless it is done while riding a horse bareback and shooting a targets.

Golf: really, maybe if they had to carry their own clubs and had to run to each shot.

Sailing: Yeah the wind does more than the "athlete"

Shooting: Maybe a summer version of the Biathlon, and then it can stay. Standing and shooting a pistol is like Darts.

Ping Pong: seriously, nope, not a chance.

One of the two versions of Wrestling please.

Yeah and one of the pathetic sailor chicks was whining that it was too windy the other day. I'm sorry, I thought you were an Olympic fataing athlete.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by polak

These guys probably move around more than half the sports in the games.



Leave it.

Easy Forest

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

I just want to chime in and say that if shooting a gun and firing a bow and arrow are olympic sports, then darts should be an olympic sport, along with firing a crossbow, throwing a boomerang, whipping a slingshot, tossing a throwing star, and any other projectile you can imagine. Hell, even javelin, shot put, and discus should be thrown into that group as well while we're at it.

Javelin and discus are olympic sports (Javelin and discus are among the legacy sports, which is a perfectly adequate reason for having them.)

Other than that, I don't think this argument makes much sense. It's like saying that if one team sport where you try to get a ball into the goal should be in, then all of them should be. It's silly.

Shooting is a super popular and common hobby and one of the sports that actually resembles an everyday activity. Competitive archery is an age-old sport, probably as old as bows, and has plenty of hobbyists all around the world. I vastly prefer stuff like this over super-artificial marginal sports like polevault.

For me there should be three basic criteria for a sport to be an olympic sport:
- Popularity and worldwide coverage (badminton is globally a huge sport btw)
- Tradition (wrestling, javelin, archery etc.)
- Basic/common human activity (short/long distance running, short/long distance swimming, long/high jump, sailing, cycling...)

Judo, taekwondo, boxing and wrestling are among the most popular martial arts, and martial arts are very popular sports/hobbies, so I don't have a problem having them represented. Karate I believe will be added for the 2020 olympics. MMA is a popularly TV sport, but the number of actual MMA athletes isn't that high.

Gymnastics I agree is kind of a dubious as a sport, but it's also among the most popular solo sports in the world and gets great ratings so pretty easy to see why it's there.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Itse

Javelin and discus are olympic sports (Javelin and discus are among the legacy sports, which is a perfectly adequate reason for having them.)

Other than that, I don't think this argument makes much sense. It's like saying that if one team sport where you try to get a ball into the goal should be in, then all of them should be. It's silly.

Shooting is a super popular and common hobby and one of the sports that actually resembles an everyday activity. Competitive archery is an age-old sport, probably as old as bows, and has plenty of hobbyists all around the world. I vastly prefer stuff like this over super-artificial marginal sports like polevault.

For me there should be three basic criteria for a sport to be an olympic sport:
- Popularity and worldwide coverage (badminton is globally a huge sport btw)
- Tradition (wrestling, javelin, archery etc.)
- Basic/common human activity (short/long distance running, short/long distance swimming, long/high jump, sailing, cycling...)

Judo, taekwondo, boxing and wrestling are among the most popular martial arts, and martial arts are very popular sports/hobbies, so I don't have a problem having them represented. Karate I believe will be added for the 2020 olympics. MMA is a popularly TV sport, but the number of actual MMA athletes isn't that high.

Gymnastics I agree is kind of a dubious as a sport, but it's also among the most popular solo sports in the world and gets great ratings so pretty easy to see why it's there.

Gymnastics is a "dubious sport". They are athletes, they actually strive to attain the motto Citius - Altius - Fortius.

Shooting, is a skill, you don't require the same level of physical ability to shoot as you do pummel pommel horse.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by polak

Water Skiing? Wtf? Do they do tricks?

I would assume a slalom course.