Future Olympic Sports - What Should Be In And What Out ?

[katmai]

So I'm watching this "Handball"--which isn't handball, as real handball is played in a racquetball court--this is more like retardo dodgeball with a net.

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Yeah i tried watching it and had to change the channel after 5mins.

[Admiral Yi]

Norwegian women playing?

[katmai]

Norwegian women playing?

It's been all men's matches when i look, except for one Yi's people vs Liep's people....none of the ladies for either side looked attractive.

[katmai]

Dump field hockey also. My back hurts just watching those players run while hunched over.

Glad to see I'm not the only one having that reaction.

[CountDeMoney]

Dump field hockey also. My back hurts just watching those players run while hunched over.

Glad to see I'm not the only one having that reaction.

Yeah, those field hockey girls were cute in high school with those athletic legs you could chew on for a day, but the Olympics?  Meh.  Dump it.

[Admiral Yi]

Need to keep men's field hockey so Indians don't feel 100% useless.

[Viking]

So I'm watching this "Handball"--which isn't handball, as real handball is played in a racquetball court--this is more like retardo dodgeball with a net.

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Yeah i tried watching it and had to change the channel after 5mins.

WTF? Healthy Pretty Athletic Women being Violent? How the hell can you get bored with that?

[Warspite]

Handball is awesome and really physical. I'll hear nothing against it. In fact, I'm not sure why you Yanquis don't love it. It involves people crashing into each other like lunatics, and bit like AmFoot but with leaner types.

I don't see a need to strip the Olympics of lots of events, aside from idiotic spectacles like the poor-quality football, tennis (four slams is enough), and dressage.

There are some good sports that would make decent Olympic spectacles.

Rugby sevens is a thrilling game and has quite a good international showing. I'm not sure how you could integrate cricket (20:20 is just a slogger's charter) and it would just mean more medals for the Commonwealth but it could be worth a go. And I'm surprised squash isn't already an Olympic sport.

[CountDeMoney]

Handball is awesome and really physical. I'll hear nothing against it. In fact, I'm not sure why you Yanquis don't love it. It involves people crashing into each other like lunatics, and bit like AmFoot but with leaner types.

Dude, we have the NBA and NFL.  We get real professionals crashing into each other like lunatics.


It's a silly, silly sport.

[The Brain]

I've enjoyed handballing in my day but no way in hell it is a spectator sport.

[katmai]

I've enjoyed handballing in my day but no way in hell it is a spectator sport.

You clearly weren't doing it right.

[Admiral Yi]

Has the IOC stopped doing exhibition sports altogether or did Britain just abstain?

[mongers]

Has the IOC stopped doing exhibition sports altogether or did Britain just abstain?

Accoring to wiki:

Although formal demonstration sports were eliminated following the 1992 Summer Olympics,[337] special tournaments for non-Olympic sports can be run during the Games, such as the Wushu tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[338] There were attempts to run Twenty20 cricket,[338] and netball[339] tournaments parallel with the 2012 Games, but neither campaign was successful.

[Admiral Yi]

US chick who won gold in judo is built like a semi.

Incidentally, anyone know why it's called a semi?  Is there a full version too?

[katmai]

It is a Semi-trailer truck for full name.