Sports that shouldn't be in the Olympics

[jefmcg]

Why ban anything?

Let them all in.

Um, because they need an arena and a bureaucracy for every sport. Oh, and ticket buyers.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Um, because they need an arena and a bureaucracy for every sport. Oh, and ticket buyers.

I think Dwarf Flinging would be easy enough to put on, and you'd have no trouble finding an audience.

 

[SteCenturion]

Depends how well it's done, whether it's with concrete posts & gravel boards or just using wood posts.

Ah you see, what we really need now is a Builders & Tradesman Olympics whereby BATO could nurture new & exciting sports such as ....

Fencing *hors category* set on say Mt Ventoux etc.

Bad Pointing a revolutionary new mix of Badminton & pointing.

Extreme paper hanging *on a climbing wall*

Perilous Roof Walking *the Polish & Bulgarians for Gold & Silver here*

Team Delay's *like a Relay of Lies foisted on unsuspecting Housewives*

Olympic Mooning would be a good craic/crack.

Hide 'n' Seek

All dead heats to be decided by an Ultimate Fob Off.

 

[Piemaster]

Tennis, football and the like out. Tennis has a professional circuit and football plenty of FIFA tournaments. Any sports needing points from a judge.
Handball, hockey and @Mad Doug Biker curling in. Smaller sports were the world stage only comes around every 4 years.

Equestrian I'm 'meh' about, in much the same way the spectators were by the look of it - most of the seats were empty at the dressage. Theres an an American jousting TV show is a bit more...engaging.
I windsurf and have sailed a lot so it can stay. But in truth it's actually not a great spectator sport. Athens was noted for little wind and the courses being along way offshore.

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

I'll start...
Tennis
Golf
Football
Rugby 7s
Fencing

I agree with all of these.
Add anything to do with horses,and it completes the list

 

[Donger]

Archery. Nobody moves a millimetre, nobody ever misses, the bows look like they have counterweights, laser guidance and heat-seeking capability built in. Ban the bloody sport unless they all have two hours to whittle their own bows out of willow before the competition starts.

 

[Piemaster]

Archery. Nobody moves a millimetre, nobody ever misses, the bows look like they have counterweights, laser guidance and heat-seeking capability built in. Ban the bloody sport unless they all have two hours to whittle their own bows out of willow before the competition starts.

I've tried recurve target shooting. It's a lot harder than it looks. Bows (I think) are limited to a 70 pound pull - the bow I had was around 40 and I'd be feeling it by the end of a session. 72 arrows at 70 metres and the winner will get most of them in the centre. With the same gear I'd be pleased to get the distance and very happy to hit the target anywhere.
Koreans are masters of it - it's the national sport. I read an article about a couple of UK coaches that went there to study their training methods. Apart from some big Corporations have a Company archer on the pay roll what amazed them was the trainees being expected to shoot a set of arrows then run to the target to retrieve them, again and again.
That said, apart from the team event it's not a great spectator sport, much like the trap shooting I've just watched.

 

[postman]

Water Polo.It's dangerous to the horses.

 

[SteCenturion]

Olympic Scummers Running away from Police Dog Trials .....





Now that I would pay to see.

*No attack suits allowed*

 

[User482]

Air pistol is bloody hard! We have a 10m competition shoot at the club and I have to rely on the excuse that I have nerve damage in both arms....

I tried it once. I managed to hit the frame of the target, the pellet rebounded and hit me on the forehead. At that point, I decided it wasn't for me.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Truly, the only thing that should be banned is TV reporters (namely the BBC) asking the most moronic questions as if we are all about 5 and couldn't possibly understand anything!!

Oh and jingoism, there should be no preference for any country whatsoever, especially the UK.

 

[Shadow]

Oh and jingoism, there should be no preference for any country whatsoever, especially the UK.

Excellent idea. But it would make the whole thing significantly less marketable in the USofA. Being anywhere close to there when 'mercans are involved is painful, much worse than the UK.

Like many have said, get rid of all games where judging is involved - possibly unless you exclude the judges from countries where competitors are competing.

Curling - keep. Fantastic sport. Problem is it is great to play, not to watch. Rather like cycling'c TT's - get rid! A modern problem - sports these days tend to be included if they make good tv.

 

[Chromatic]

I've tried recurve target shooting. It's a lot harder than it looks. Bows (I think) are limited to a 70 pound pull - the bow I had was around 40 and I'd be feeling it by the end of a session. 72 arrows at 70 metres and the winner will get most of them in the centre. With the same gear I'd be pleased to get the distance and very happy to hit the target anywhere.
Koreans are masters of it - it's the national sport. I read an article about a couple of UK coaches that went there to study their training methods. Apart from some big Corporations have a Company archer on the pay roll what amazed them was the trainees being expected to shoot a set of arrows then run to the target to retrieve them, again and again.
That said, apart from the team event it's not a great spectator sport, much like the trap shooting I've just watched.

I watched a bit of the team archery and found it very enjoyable to watch, so much so I sought it out to watch when I could. Maybe it was the format that helped make it enthralling but I really enjoyed it. It may be better watched on the telly than in person though.
Those South Koreans are damned good at it aren't they?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Excellent idea. But it would make the whole thing significantly less marketable in the USofA. Being anywhere close to there when 'mercans are involved is painful, much worse than the UK.

It might help people resist the urge to throw the telly out the window though.

Like many have said, get rid of all games where judging is involved - possibly unless you exclude the judges from countries where competitors are competing.

Yeah yeah .... Oh now there's an idea (although I thought that a judge wasn't allowed to judge when their fellow countryman/woman was competing anyway)!

Curling - keep. Fantastic sport. Problem is it is great to play, not to watch. Rather like cycling'c TT's - get rid! A modern problem - sports these days tend to be included if they make good tv.

I will admit that it is a bit like sailing or snooker (not an Olympic sport... Yet, I know) in that it helps if you actually do or play it yourself so you know what is being done. To the casual observer it can appear a bit.... Dull, I agree.

 

[sight-pin]

Archery. Nobody moves a millimetre, nobody ever misses, the bows look like they have counterweights, laser guidance and heat-seeking capability built in. Ban the bloody sport unless they all have two hours to whittle their own bows out of willow before the competition starts.

The bows do have stabilisers etc that help, but only one sight pin is allowed, It's the alignment between the eye with the string to pin to target is how a target bow is aimed' no other forms of sight are allowed with recurve target bows.
Pulling 40-50llb's + to shoot dozens of arrows is no easy task, their's very much more to it than just pulling a bow back. Archery is a great sport imo.