[quote]Chris87 wrote:
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]Chris87 wrote:
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]Chris87 wrote:
[quote]batman730 wrote:
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
I’ll take the olympics seriously when they reinstate rugby union as an olympic sport (which would be a good example badassery for the Cana… I mean aliens). There are plenty of male and FEMALE rugby teams out there as well as a HUGE international fan base. They use the same size pitch as the football (soccer) event, so it’s not like it would be a major inconvenience.
I mean they’ve got BMX, synchronized swimming, MOUNTAIN BIKING (lol), hand ball, ping pong (fucking PING PONG!), trampoline, and in the winter they have CURLING! But no rugby? Give me a fucking break! Rugby is a far more international game than so many of these other “sports”.
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Well, they are going to try rugby sevens this Games.[/quote]
That’s in 2016. And it’s exhibition, so no medals.
It’s complete bullshit. All the fucking dumb ass sports that noone plays, and they can’t put the second most popular sport in the world in the olympics? Really?
And 7s is not the same thing, not even close. 7s versus 15s is like comparing a pick up game of flag football and the nfl.[/quote]
I personally think if a sport is in the Olympics, the Olympics ought to be the pinnacle of that sport, where the athletes train for 4 years with one goal in mind. Weightlifting, swimming, diving, track & field, gymnastics, etc. One fucking shot at your dream, and if you blow it, you have to wait 4 years–and maybe never–for redemption. That’s what makes the Olympics so fucking awesome.
If the Sport has another, more important big stage for that sport, it ought not be in the Olympics. I wouldn’t want American football in the Olympics, even though I am a football fan, because having football at the Olympics would be an afterthought for most of the best players, who aleady have the superbowl. It just cheapens the whole event. I’d also do away with basketball as an Olympic sport, as now the Olympics is just an afterthought for most of those guys, and some even seem to view it as a chore to have the honor to represent their country at the Olympics. Fuck that, I won’t watch Olympic basketball even though I am a basketball fan, I’ll watch the other, “lessor” sports where everything is on the line, all or nothing, just this one event.
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Every sport you listed has world championships every year as well as other big competitions that the athletes place a hell of a lot of emphasis on.
There aren’t any sports out there where the only time there’s a big time competition is the olympics. That would be dumb. The whole point of sports is competition. Only competing once every 4 years is completely backwards.
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Jordyn Wieber won the all around for women’s gymnastics at the world championships last year. Did you or anyone you know watch that? If you asked Jordan whether she’d trade that championship for the opportunity just to compete in the finals for all around at the Olympics, this year, I am pretty confident I know what she’d pick without even hesitating. Sure there are other big meets, and the world championships are a big deal, but they aren’t the Olympics, and pale by comparison.
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It would be the same way for rugby. Olympic gold would be the biggest goal and the biggest stage, just like it is for all the other sports.
I completely agree with you about football though. I just don’t see the point in the US destroying Canada every 4 years and collecting a gold medal for a sport that almost no other country plays well.[/quote]
Fixed that for you.
Carry on
