Olympic Events

[Cannon Shell]

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

[Cannon Shell]

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

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

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

Golf is in in 2016.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

Golf is in in 2016.

Just what we want to see Pro's playing for a gold medal. Yawn.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by jms62

Just what we want to see Pro's playing for a gold medal. Yawn.

I have a hard time understanding why anyone would want to watch a competition knowing that the participants are vastly inferior to others that could be competing in that sport. It wouldnt be more interesting to watch Tiger and Rory and Luke Donald and Ernie Els and other guys playing for their countries than a bunch of amatuers that no one has ever heard of?

I guess some people like all the flowery prose and nonsense that the olympic telecasts feed you. They are fixing badmiton matches. The damn ping pong players are professionals. Some amateur boxing matches have been fixed. Virtually every female gymnastic participant appears to be a borderline victim of child abuse.

At least the pros there are playing for free

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I have a hard time understanding why anyone would want to watch a competition knowing that the participants are vastly inferior to others that could be competing in that sport. It wouldnt be more interesting to watch Tiger and Rory and Luke Donald and Ernie Els and other guys playing for their countries than a bunch of amatuers that no one has ever heard of?

I guess some people like all the flowery prose and nonsense that the olympic telecasts feed you. They are fixing badmiton matches. The damn ping pong players are professionals. Some amateur boxing matches have been fixed. Virtually every female gymnastic participant appears to be a borderline victim of child abuse.

At least the pros there are playing for free

Your point was well made. I just remember the good old days of a USA vs USSR basketball game where I lived and died with every possession

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by jms62

Your point was well made. I just remember the good old days of a USA vs USSR basketball game where I lived and died with every possession

Well at least one thing hasnt changed, Int'l refs are still horrid

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

It wouldnt be more interesting to watch Tiger and Rory and Luke Donald and Ernie Els and other guys playing for their countries than a bunch of amatuers that no one has ever heard of?

Oh my God, for real?

Isn't that kind of the point?

No. I want to see the amatures who don't get paid, who don't get recognition, who do it strictly for the reasons that they do and who get to do it at - what is for them - the absolute highest level.

It makes me sick to see the professionals here.

... and for the record I don't give a **** about the network drivel that they're trying to spoonfeed and I doubt anyone here does. I'm pretty sure were all beyond that nonsense here.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Oh my God, for real?

Isn't that kind of the point?

No. I want to see the amatures who don't get paid, who don't get recognition, who do it strictly for the reasons that they do and who get to do it at - what is for them - the absolute highest level.

It makes me sick to see the professionals here.

... and for the record I don't give a **** about the network drivel that they're trying to spoonfeed and I doubt anyone here does. I'm pretty sure were all beyond that nonsense here.

The point of what? The olympic ideal is a bunch of bullshit. It is big business, period. NBC tells them what to do, money talks. Have any idea how much tickets to the top events go for?

Are you not aware that outside of the fringe sports they are mostly professionals right? You think those little girls who are on the gymnastic team are going to turn down the millions in endorsements coming to them? You know their parents who have pushed them since they were 5 wont.

I dont get the complaint about professionals in sports where professionals play. Do you not think if there was professional fencing that the pro fencing players wouldnt be here? No one gives a damn about fencing or kayaking or most of those other events except for 2 weeks 4 times a year and then alot of times only if there is an American to root for. There is plenty of these things shown as they are using 4 or 5 channels and the internet. If you want to follow the non pros there is ample opportunity. But if you think that the majority of viewers wish to see Mongolia versus East Timor non-pros in basketball rather than US versus Spain or Argentina or want to see the golf version of Eddie the Eagle for more than a few holes you are mistaken.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The point of what? The olympic ideal is a bunch of bullshit. It is big business, period. NBC tells them what to do, money talks. Have any idea how much tickets to the top events go for?

Are you not aware that outside of the fringe sports they are mostly professionals right? You think those little girls who are on the gymnastic team are going to turn down the millions in endorsements coming to them? You know their parents who have pushed them since they were 5 wont.

I dont get the complaint about professionals in sports where professionals play. Do you not think if there was professional fencing that the pro fencing players wouldnt be here? No one gives a damn about fencing or kayaking or most of those other events except for 2 weeks 4 times a year and then alot of times only if there is an American to root for. There is plenty of these things shown as they are using 4 or 5 channels and the internet. If you want to follow the non pros there is ample opportunity. But if you think that the majority of viewers wish to see Mongolia versus East Timor non-pros in basketball rather than US versus Spain or Argentina or want to see the golf version of Eddie the Eagle for more than a few holes you are mistaken.

Yeah, give me the pros. If I want to see the Eddie the Eagle of golf, all I gotta do is keep teeing it up with the Tampa Show Parlay team.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The point of what? The olympic ideal is a bunch of bullshit. It is big business, period. NBC tells them what to do, money talks. Have any idea how much tickets to the top events go for?

Are you not aware that outside of the fringe sports they are mostly professionals right? You think those little girls who are on the gymnastic team are going to turn down the millions in endorsements coming to them? You know their parents who have pushed them since they were 5 wont.

I dont get the complaint about professionals in sports where professionals play. Do you not think if there was professional fencing that the pro fencing players wouldnt be here? No one gives a damn about fencing or kayaking or most of those other events except for 2 weeks 4 times a year and then alot of times only if there is an American to root for. There is plenty of these things shown as they are using 4 or 5 channels and the internet. If you want to follow the non pros there is ample opportunity. But if you think that the majority of viewers wish to see Mongolia versus East Timor non-pros in basketball rather than US versus Spain or Argentina or want to see the golf version of Eddie the Eagle for more than a few holes you are mistaken.

I can't respond to this without sounding melodramatic and affected so I will simply say that i think it's a shame that an event with traditions that date back so far is being so, well..... changed.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I have a hard time understanding why anyone would want to watch a competition knowing that the participants are vastly inferior to others that could be competing in that sport. It wouldnt be more interesting to watch Tiger and Rory and Luke Donald and Ernie Els and other guys playing for their countries than a bunch of amatuers that no one has ever heard of?

I guess some people like all the flowery prose and nonsense that the olympic telecasts feed you. They are fixing badmiton matches. The damn ping pong players are professionals. Some amateur boxing matches have been fixed. Virtually every female gymnastic participant appears to be a borderline victim of child abuse.

At least the pros there are playing for free

Olympics are about being the best and representing your country. Of course the pro's, aka the best in the world, should be playing. It would suck if Stern makes that rule.

On another Olympic topic... I saw an event that was ballet but they threw balls in the air and caught them. wtf?? Olympic ball catching? How do you give a nutcracker performance a gold medal?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

Olympics are about being the best and representing your country. Of course the pro's, aka the best in the world, should be playing. It would suck if Stern makes that rule.

On another Olympic topic... I saw an event that was ballet but they threw balls in the air and caught them. wtf?? Olympic ball catching? How do you give a nutcracker performance a gold medal?

MMA which I dont even follow would be a great olympic sport if they didnt dumb it down like they do boxing. Could you imagine some 7'5"dude from the hinterlands of Mongolia showing up in the heavyweight division?

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

MMA which I dont even follow would be a great olympic sport if they didnt dumb it down like they do boxing. Could you imagine some 7'5"dude from the hinterlands of Mongolia showing up in the heavyweight division?

I watched some womens wrestling. those chicks are TOUGH!!!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

Olympics are about being the best and representing your country. Of course the pro's, aka the best in the world, should be playing. It would suck if Stern makes that rule.

On another Olympic topic... I saw an event that was ballet but they threw balls in the air and caught them. wtf?? Olympic ball catching? How do you give a nutcracker performance a gold medal?

i think you're referring to rhythmic gymnastics...but you were watching for the chicks, weren'tcha???

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i think you're referring to rhythmic gymnastics...but you were watching for the chicks, weren'tcha???

it seems like i should have been watching water polo!


I was up in Saratoga all week... Olympics were on the back burner!