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Hanson · Joined: 20 Oct 2004

Booers, Superhero! It may not be YOUR favorite, but it is a sport.

chiaa · Joined: 23 Aug 2003

trigger123 · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:37 pm Post subject:

reading the bbc site, it appears both softball and baseball have been cut, and the IOC refused the applications of sports such as Karate to be entered.
so now there will be fewer sports at London 2012.
now we just need to get rid of beach volleyball...

Hanson · Joined: 20 Oct 2004

Here is a list of sports in the olympics from this site:
http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/index_uk.asp

Aquatics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Canoe / kayak
Cycling
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling

Now, of that list, there are several I'd have cut before baseball and softball if the criteria is athleticism:

Archery, equestrian, shooting, and even weightlifting come to mind. In baseball and softball, you have to be able to run, throw, catch, hit, slide, think, strategize, be flexible, and have coordination. I think baseball and softball have these sports beat.

However, if the criteria is internationalism (is that even a word?), well it might be a different story. Perhaps the cutting of baseball and softball is an equalizer for the 'poorer countries', but as mentioned in the article linked above, it's especially a big blow to a women's sport (softball) after much to-do about getting women more involved in the olympic movement.

stumptown · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:44 am Post subject:

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

Arm wrestling needs to be an Olympic sport, for sure.

Sparkles*_*

kermo · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 5:50 am Post subject:

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

Badmojo · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:29 am Post subject:

endofthewor1d · Joined: 01 Apr 2003 Location: the end of the wor1d.

dodgeball

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

manlyboy · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject:

Have you guys actually played rugby? It's a damn violent sport, and the body needs about a week to recover after a game; and even then you often have to carry niggling injuries into the next match.
There's no way on earth an international rugby tournament with pool matches and finals could be properly completed in two and a bit weeks. The injury toll would be massive, and come gold medal round, you'd be watching a bunch of third and fourth string players running around.
Or are you guys talking about rugby sevens?...a game which is considered more of a merry diversion than an actual "sport" by the rugby community (except maybe in Fiji and Hong Kong Wink

).

squat toilet · Joined: 08 Mar 2005

ed4444 · Joined: 12 Oct 2004

7's Rugby is taken pretty seriously nowadays. Its seen as a place where future full internationals can improve their ball handling and running skills. i think it would be a great olympic sport.