February 09, 2006

Silly Olympic Sports

There are sports I like: tennis, college basketball, swimming, etc. Then there are sports I don't like: football and golf.

Then there's the third category of "how the fuck is this a sport?!!" Poker is not a sport, and yet it seems to dominate ESPN nowadays. In general, I think that sports should either be timed or scored. Judging in sports is too subjective. Anything that has sequins is not a sport.

Today the IOC voted to kick baseball and softball out of the Olympic Games. Here are some others that should also go. I'm not saying that they aren't hard, they just should not be considered as an Olympic sport.

  1. Ice Dancing What the fuck is this nonsense! First, it violates the "no sequins" rule. Second, if this is an Olympic sport, then ballet also qualifies as well. Bill Maher agrees with me on this one.
  2. Curling It's essentially shuffleboard on ice.
  3. Luge/Skeleton What's the difference between going downhill on a sled head first or feet first? Pick one.
  4. Dressage Horseback riders prance around a 60m x 20m sand pit. Maybe if it were a quicksand pit, then I'd call it a sport.
  5. Air rifles What's the fun of shooting if you don't use bullets?
  6. Rhythmic gymnastics Cirque du Soleil tryouts should not be considered an Olympic sport. Also, violates the "no sequins" rule.
  7. Walking Yes, these people can walk really fast, but it's still walking.
  8. Modern Pentathlon It's a series of unfortunate events, not a sport.
  9. Synchronized swimming Nuff said.

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