This is a topic about about what sports should be in the olympics and if you dont like a sport then you can say what sports should be in and sports needs to go out.

For me I dont think that Tennis or Rugby should be in the Olympics instead i want Softball, Baseball, Sumo, 2020 Cricket, Surfing, Lacrosse, Netball and Canoe polo.

Canoe polo.

Yep. Sure. Can list making become an Olympic sport?

NO

Damn dude ya would of won yaself gold for sure ;)

Soccer, golf and tennis should definitely not be in the Olympics.

athletics - because without the opening ceremony being in the same venue we all know its doomed :lol:

seriously though, golf, tennis, football

bring back baseball and softball

Yep. Sure. Can list making become an Olympic sport?

How about making threads on pointless subjects?

This is a topic about about what sports should be in the olympics and if you dont like a sport then you can say what sports should be in and sports needs to go out.

For me I dont think that Tennis or Rugby should be in the Olympics instead i want Softball, Baseball, Sumo, 2020 Cricket, Surfing, Lacrosse, Netball and Canoe polo.

Rugby got kicked out of the Olympics under dubious circumstances in the 20's and the Sport suffered greatly in its exposure for decades after. It is a globally popular sport and has as much right to be in the Olympics as Baseball plus the requried venue would be less likely to be a white elephant than a Baseball field in most countries.

Cricket isn't needed in the Olympics, and too much Cricket is watering down the significance and tradition of the full Test match.

I'd love to see Surfing in the Olympics but realistical mother nature is too fickle to provide competion conditions in most coastal countries and on the requried dates of competition. An Artificial wave pool is an expensive ask. The only group currently capable of designing anything near satisfactory "Surfing" wave pools is ASR Limited http://www.asrltd.com/
http://www.aquaticgroup.com/equipment/wavetek_surf_system.asp

Walbanger i said 2020 Crickert not Test Crickert. With the Surfing if the host city is on the Coast then they must have Surfing.

I Love 2020 Crickert but i hate Test Crickert.

darts and snooker :yes:

Walbanger i said 2020 Crickert not Test Crickert. With the Surfing if the host city is on the Coast then they must have Surfing.

I Love 2020 Crickert but i hate Test Crickert.

I know that but i don't want to see more variations or tournaments taking away any status from Test Cricket, like it or not it is still the highest level of the sport.

You know very well you can't just chop and change olympic sports depending on the geographical location of the host city. Either Surfing is in or not at all.

This is a topic about about what sports should be in the olympics and if you dont like a sport then you can say what sports should be in and sports needs to go out.

For me I dont think that Tennis or Rugby should be in the Olympics instead i want Softball, Baseball, Sumo, 2020 Cricket, Surfing, Lacrosse, Netball and Canoe polo.


Maybe wrestling in Kissel (jelly fight)?It's much more popular than something like netball or canoe polo:P


I would say tennis (because players don't really care about the Olympics) should be out and cross-country running should be at the Olympics.

Squash pls:)

Bouldering would be a cool Olympic sports imo.
Cheap to implement and fantastic events.

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Walbanger i said 2020 Crickert not Test Crickert. With the Surfing if the host city is on the Coast then they must have Surfing.

I Love 2020 Crickert but i hate Test Crickert.

I've never seen Crickert before. Can you enlighten us? Also why isn't honey wrestling an olympic sport?

Add
- Cricket (Twenty20)
- baseball
- Lacrosse (maybe)
- Ultimate (frisbee)
- Frisbee golf
- Skateboard Vert ramp
- Ironman triathlon ( 2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.25 km) bike and a marathon (26 miles 385 yards, 42.195 km) run,)

drop
- Equestrian
- Badminton
- Table tennis (we all know why that isn't happening)
- shooting
- Synchronized swimming
- Rhythmic Gymnastics
- Water Polo (maybe)

This is a topic about about what sports should be in the olympics and if you dont like a sport then you can say what sports should be in and sports needs to go out.

For me I dont think that Tennis or Rugby should be in the Olympics instead i want Softball, Baseball, Sumo, 2020 Cricket, Surfing, Lacrosse, Netball and Canoe polo.

Softball and baseball, as said make cities build white elephants. Unless it's in a city which likes the sports (which outside N America, SK and Japan is very rare, and cities in those countries would have suitable venues anyway) the venue becomes useless. See Athens for more info.

Sumo is only played by one country in the main. It's like having gridiron in the olympics.

Surfing? Eh, maybe. Lacrosse I suppose but I'm not fussed either way.

Netball is a commonwealth sport. Nothing more.

Canoe polo I'm going to assume is a result of your addled brain making too many lists and becoming insane as a result. I literally had to wiki this, it seems very obscure and as odd as real polo.

Rugby and 2020 cricket would be good inclusions IMO. If you don't want sports which are fully professionalised, I guess you could get rid of football and tennis, then again, swimming is pretty much professional and great swimmers are, like great tennis players, celebrity professional athletes. Phelps = Nadal = Woods = Messi. Can't see much of a difference. It is true though that football players don't care about the olympics and it simply clogs the schedule with an unnecessary tournament. Tennis ditto.

Table tennis may be dominated by one country but is very popular and is played world over. It may be boring to watch but just because one country dominates it doesn't mean it should be kicked out.

You know a sport which doesn't belong there? Besides synchronized swimming and those weird artsy fartsy gymnastic routines, I'd get rid of shooting. Sure, it's eye skill, like alot of games. It's not athletic and it doesn't belong in the olympics IMO.

Softball and baseball, as said make cities build white elephants. Unless it's in a city which likes the sports (which outside N America, SK and Japan is very rare, and cities in those countries would have suitable venues anyway) the venue becomes useless. See Athens for more info..
I am sure its not anymore useless then building a championship worthy golf course or equestrian center that goes largely unused afterward. The problem with Athens is that made the stands fixed (AFAIK) so the stands couldn't be reconfigured for say a small soccer stadium or entertainment venue.

I am not sure what the exact specifications for cricket are but even though it wouldn't be idea perhaps they could both share a stadium?

I am sure its not anymore useless then building a championship worthy golf course or equestrian center that goes largely unused afterward. The problem with Athens is that made the stands fixed (AFAIK) so the stands couldn't be reconfigured for say a small soccer stadium or entertainment venue.

The baseball stadium in Athens is turned into a football one mate. It is home of the team "Ethnikos Piraeus" Not very elegant, but better than nothing, and the team tries slowly to improve and expand it. You guys are as always pulling info out of your ass. Instead of using Athens as an example of how Olympics should be made, you fancy Beijing where everything is deserted. This is borderline of having an agenda, or being just ignorant.

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I am sure its not anymore useless then building a championship worthy golf course or equestrian center that goes largely unused afterward. The problem with Athens is that made the stands fixed (AFAIK) so the stands couldn't be reconfigured for say a small soccer stadium or entertainment venue.

I am not sure what the exact specifications for cricket are but even though it wouldn't be idea perhaps they could both share a stadium?

I see your point and I wouldn't have golf or many of the horse events.

However, golf courses are fairly common though and don't need stands. As for equestrian, a lot of the events merely require expanses of land, eventing for instance, and jumping doesn't need a whole lot of work (dressage does and it can go).

Add
- Cricket (Twenty20)
- baseball
- Lacrosse (maybe)
- Ultimate (frisbee)
- Frisbee golf
- Skateboard Vert ramp
- Ironman triathlon ( 2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.25 km) bike and a marathon (26 miles 385 yards, 42.195 km) run,)

drop
- Equestrian
- Badminton
- Table tennis (we all know why that isn't happening)
- shooting
- Synchronized swimming
- Rhythmic Gymnastics
- Water Polo (maybe)

I agere with you with sports to add but the Ironman Triathlon would be Great.

But i agere with you o sports to drop apart from Synchronized swimming and Rhythmic Gymnastics becouse the people are Crazy and they are very good looking when they do it.

The baseball stadium in Athens is turned into a football one mate. It is home of the team "Ethnikos Piraeus" Not very elegant, but better than nothing, and the team tries slowly to improve and expand it. You guys are as always pulling info out of your ass. Instead of using Athens as an example of how Olympics should be made, you fancy Beijing where everything is deserted. This is borderline of having an agenda, or being just ignorant.
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No reason to be a defenseive twat. I have no "agenda" and I am not the one that first gave the Athens example. I know there are other Olympic cities with little used venues as well beside Athens. And I hardly have a hard on for the Beijing games and I know they have they have a hard time of it at adaptive reuse perhaps more then any other.

I remember reading years after that the Athens baseball stadium was largely going unused (as of not that long ago?). Its not like I just conjured up the idea out of thin air. How long has that soccer club been playing there.

Come on guys. Its mainly about the venues and not the sports.
You are free to open a thread at the skybar.