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[Olympics] Which Sports Are Missing, Which Should Be Eliminated

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by Lil Pun, Aug 12, 2008.

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  1. Christopher

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    Why would anyone even defend the scoring in boxing?


    I mean, Olympic boxing makes professional boxing look legit!
     
    #81 Christopher, Aug 13, 2008
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    ADD:

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  3. AGBee

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    Laser tag.

    American football would be hilarious.
     
    #83 AGBee, Aug 15, 2008
  4. yeo

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    They should add dragon boat racing. Same idea as rowing but a lot noisier and a lot more fun!
     
    #84 yeo, Aug 15, 2008
  5. Lil Pun

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    Why do you think that?
     
    #85 Lil Pun, Aug 15, 2008
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    Probably because it would be so one sided. USA 76 - China 3
     
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  7. Lil Pun

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    If it were even allowed, which it never will be, I doubt that the NFL or NCAA schools would allow their players to go play.
     
    #87 Lil Pun, Aug 15, 2008
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    I don't have any idea how you could come to those conclusions from having watched any Olympics ever. There have been multiple boxing, gymnastics judging fiascos during international competitions. The only basketball problem that I ever heard of funny business going on was the 72 game between the US and the Soviets. Everything in gymnastics, diving, and boxing is subjective while there are only certain calls in basketball, ie charging/blocking, that are really subjective.
     
    #88 CometsWin, Aug 15, 2008
  9. rrj_gamz

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    Why not raquetball?

    Lose Beach volleyball..Seriously, I love bikini clad women, but this shouldn't be a sport...regular volleyball is fine...
     
    #89 rrj_gamz, Aug 15, 2008
  10. Hayesfan

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    They are two completely different styles of the sport. Have you ever played beach volleyball or indoor volleyball?

    If you get rid of one you get rid of both. Just like Softball and Baseball, they are fundamentally similar but it's two completely different games.
     
    #90 Hayesfan, Aug 15, 2008
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    Watched trampoline for the first time. WTF? Seriously??
     
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  12. professorjay

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    It looks like a very gymnastics-like event. Perhaps it could be lumped in with gymnastics as an auxiliary event, where it wouldn't be included with the all-around.

    It doesn't look any more or less exciting than any other gymnastics event.
     
    #92 professorjay, Aug 15, 2008
  13. dsnow23

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    Add: croquet, washers, Kubb, Kickball, beer drinking, street skating, downhill mountain biking, women's strip poker, chess, dodgeball, surfing.

    Lose: Gymnastics, synchronized swimming, synchronized diving, swimming, basketball, tennis, weightlifting, wrestling.












    j/k about basketball.
     
    #93 dsnow23, Aug 15, 2008
  14. Lil Pun

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    But you were serious about swimming? About gymnastics?
     
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    Yes. And beer drinking.
     
    #95 dsnow23, Aug 15, 2008
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    they need a slap fest like those guys on 1560 the game. haha
     
    #96 LFE171, Aug 15, 2008
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    Golf definitely needs to be added. Man, now Tiger is old and his domination is going to start falling. At least we still have Phil Mickelson and Fiji has Vijay Singh. :D
     
    #97 tawfiqmp, Aug 15, 2008
  18. Lil Pun

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    Oh, I didn't notice your adds.
     
    #98 Lil Pun, Aug 15, 2008
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