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Re: events you want removing from olympicsThey actually use "Laser pistols" now, which, IMO, takes some of the skill away from shooting. No wind, no gravity, no coriolis effect over longer range...(Original post by Captain Jack)
Definitely shooting for me. I know it's a real skill but I simply don't like guns...
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Edit: Olympic Golf? (From above).
That's not even a sport! It's a game. Might as well have Olympic darts and snooker... -
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsI agree.(Original post by Pensivedore)
Since golf is being reinstated, I'd like it removed now, before 2016. -
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsThere's more to be an olympic sport than whether it feels right(Original post by mikeyd85)
I'd have no problem with that. Cycling round a track I've never understood tbh - you cycle outside... that's the point... to get some fresh air. Swimming I could maybe let in, as well as rowing, but diving and sync swimming... nope. Gymnastics... I just don't see the appeal.
Basketball is hardly played to a professional level outside of the USA... seems pointless. Others just don't feel like Olympic sports. Imagine you met someone who told you they were and Olympic Gold winner, only to then find out it was in Olympic Ping Pong. Not saying I don't rate table tennis - love playing it - just doesn't seem right as an Olympic sport. I'm sure there's a word to more accurately describe this, but I'm really tired today and I just can't think of it... damn it! -
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Re: events you want removing from olympicshorse riding, it's crap, seeing the first guy go round the course is equal to seeing the following 50.
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Re: events you want removing from olympicscan't believe this joke of a sport is being given olympic status(Original post by Pensivedore)
Since golf is being reinstated, I'd like it removed now, before 2016.
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsThere are risks to every sport. Tom Daley could crack his head open on the 10m platform...(Original post by Clare~Bear)
To compliment and contrast the thread about games you want added, this is for the sports you think should be removed.
This could be a whole sport or just one event from that sport that you think is boring and pointless.
I cringe every time i watch the vault and the beam in the gymnastics, I'm surprised health and safety allow it . The girls are so young and could easily fall at an odd angle and break their neck and be paralyzed for life. Is it really worth it? one landed funny yesterday and was lucky to just bash her nose a bit.
Plus that would just ruin the sport of gymnastics. What would it be with only uneven bars and floor? -
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsIs there though? If that's the case, why don't we have Olympic darts and snooker? Both can be played to incredible levels. If it's a fitness thing, then why Olympic golf? Why equestrian? Why curling* in the winter Olympics?(Original post by social outcast)
There's more to be an olympic sport than whether it feels right
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsso because you dont understand it we should get rid of it(Original post by SleepySheep)
The one with the horses and top hats, what's that all about
Not everybody who rides in rich(Original post by notnek)
"Dressage is just a way to embarrass horses". I'm not sure who said that but I do feel the same when I watch it!
But I don't know enough about it to argue for removing it. Plus I don't want to disappoint the upper classes. -
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsTennis should be wiped from the face of the Earth forever. It is even more boring thqn cricket.
Any sport that isn't the pinnacle of an athletes career should be removed. So football and tennis, then get rid of utter crap like table tennis and archery. -
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsfeel is a personal opinion, feel is not a words associated with strength fitness or any other Olympic value(Original post by mikeyd85)
Is there though? If that's the case, why don't we have Olympic darts and snooker? Both can be played to incredible levels. If it's a fitness thing, then why Olympic golf? Why equestrian? Why curling* in the winter Olympics?
*Yes, whilst fitness/strength will help, it's not the be all and end all.Last edited by social outcast; 01-08-2012 at 16:33. -
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsAll sports which require a rating based on personal judgement. Such as gymnastics, synchronised swimming, etc. not that I don't enjoy watching these events, I just dont feel that they're fair to be judged at the Olympics
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsAgreed. Hence I'm going with what I feel (and getting the neg brigade that comes with it!(Original post by social outcast)
feel is a personal opinion, feel is not a words associated with strength fitness our any other Olympic value
). And feel is certainly associated with all sports. Take "feel" out of sport and you end up with competitive robots, all competing at their very best 100% of the time. It'd be ****ing dull. Feel is what makes sport interesting.
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsMaybe not rich but I'm sure most of them are comfortable. You have to have a bit of money to be able to give your kids horseriding lessons.(Original post by social outcast)
Not everybody who rides in rich
And there's a good chance that this is an understatement. Judging by the accents and names of the competitors, most of them probably come from middle-upper class families.
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsYour problem right but you could say they same for nearly every Olympic event(Original post by notnek)
Maybe not rich but I'm sure most of them are comfortable. You have to have a bit of money to be able to give your kids horseriding lessons.
And there's a good chance that this is an understatement. Judging by the accents and names of the competitors, most of them probably come from middle-upper class families.
But this isn't an argument for removing it.
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsTable tennis is incredibly dynamic and requires sharp reactions, judgement and a solid knowledge of the effects of different spins on the ball. I'm not having a go at you or anything, I just think it's definitely a credible Olympic sport(Original post by mikeyd85)
I'd have no problem with that. Cycling round a track I've never understood tbh - you cycle outside... that's the point... to get some fresh air. Swimming I could maybe let in, as well as rowing, but diving and sync swimming... nope. Gymnastics... I just don't see the appeal.
Basketball is hardly played to a professional level outside of the USA... seems pointless. Others just don't feel like Olympic sports. Imagine you met someone who told you they were and Olympic Gold winner, only to then find out it was in Olympic Ping Pong. Not saying I don't rate table tennis - love playing it - just doesn't seem right as an Olympic sport. I'm sure there's a word to more accurately describe this, but I'm really tired today and I just can't think of it... damn it!
