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ST Poll: What sports should BE in the Olympics that currently are not? -- nm

Posted by Beaker 🍺 (aka Anniebecca) Aug 9 '24, 08:03

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Sumo wrestling -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 13:31
Long drive golf. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 9, 09:24
Arm Wrsetling -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 9, 08:49 2
- Rock paper scissors. -- nm - Loyola Aug 9, 08:53 1
  - good answer good answer -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 9, 09:09
I think it would be interesting to have an ultra of some sort. 50K is 'only' 8K longer than the marathon so perhaps 100K? - JD Aug 9, 08:48
Underwater Torpedo -- (link) - Dano Aug 9, 08:42 [youtube]
Competitive Couch Potato-ing. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 9, 08:37
Circus acrabats flinging one another from the swinging bars. -- nm - Loyola Aug 9, 08:21
Corn Hole and Washer Toss (speaking of games to drink beer while playing) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Aug 9, 08:19 8
- I've never heard of washer toss. Is it rings like a washer you use with screws? - Krusty Aug 9, 08:32 7
  - throw washers at a box that has a smaller circle in the middle of said box. points for each. Great fun with a few beers -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 9, 08:48 5
    - I'd give it a go. Also, I can put that set together from a hardware store for way less than $95. -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 09:12 4
      - oh for sure; just wanted to show you the setup :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 9, 09:19 3
        
        Oh, I definitely appreciate your showing me what it is. -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 09:47
        
        we built our own and use real washers. much more solid. the ones you buy tend to be cheaply made and flimsy -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 9, 09:39 1
        
        Smart. And that's what I was getting at. You can easily make it for a fair price. Now I want to give it a try. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 09:48
  - Washing machines FTW! -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 08:35
Dodgeball -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 08:18
snooker -- nm - mud Aug 9, 08:18 11
- and darts. more games to drink beer while playing is always a plus :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 9, 08:18 10
  - They've banned alcohol drinking for the competitors at the PDC, WDF, and BDO level during pro tournaments. - JD Aug 9, 08:36 7
    - lame -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 9, 08:48
    - I heard that on a UK podcast I listen to and was quite surprised. They did mention that the players just down a whole bunch of pints before - Krusty Aug 9, 08:47 5
      - To the IM, I'd swear that there's a sine wave function to my drinking and bowling success - JD Aug 9, 09:00 1
        
        That's awesome. Some people do swear that drinking will make them better at certain things. - Krusty Aug 9, 09:05
      - It's like how if you study drunk, you have to take the test drunk. -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 08:56 2
        
        Hahahaha! -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 09:03
        
        Wait. That's a thing? - JD Aug 9, 09:02
  - Darts would be cool -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 08:29 1
    - Jarts! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 9, 08:35
Food scavenging at a garbage dump. -- nm - Loyola Aug 9, 08:16
Ninja Sports. -- nm - pmb Aug 9, 08:16
MMA (the ratings would be massive) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 9, 08:14 1
- the doping scandals would be insane -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 08:16
Ultimate Frisbee -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 9, 08:10 1
- I saw this being mentioned for LA2028 as a strong possibility. Not sure if it's popular elsewhere. -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 08:14
Fish noodling -- nm - decline Aug 9, 08:08
To grow the brand, football. -- nm - David Aug 9, 08:08 8
- Besides us and Canada does any other country play football? That was supposedly the issue with baseball and softball, not enough countries play - Krusty Aug 9, 08:11 2
  - I would like to see baseball at the Olympics. - Loyola Aug 9, 08:17 1
    - I think basketball is a permanent sport and isn't likely going anywhere with so many more countries around the world being much better at it today. - Krusty Aug 9, 08:37
- NFL just announced Mens and Womens Flag Football at 2028 Games -- nm Posted by Remlik (aka Remlik) Aug 5 '24, 15:20 -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 08:09 4
  - Yeah, I don't know what you know about flag football, but it's somewhat different from ACTUAL TACKLING. - David Aug 9, 08:11 3
    - Pretty sure the Olympics will not welcome concussions. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 08:15 2
      - Sure, there are none of those in BOXING. -- nm - David Aug 9, 08:23 1
        
        Well, those are classic concussions. -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 08:28
Cricket. Squash. (both coming next time I think I remember). Chess. Pickleball. softball. Kite flying. I guess baseball, but its so boring. -- nm -- (edited) - tRuMaN Aug 9, 08:07 6
- because flying a kite is the pinnacle of excitement? :) -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 08:25 1
  - Kite Fighting would be a fun watch -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 9, 08:26
- only if it is Boxing Chess -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 9, 08:14
- Kite flying and pickleball? Are you trying to give me an aneurysm? :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 08:12 2
  - you dont have to watch all the sports. just most of them. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 9, 08:24 1
    - Heh. :-) I do try and watch as many as possible. I think the only ones I skip are dressage and synchronized swimming/diving. - Krusty Aug 9, 08:49
Lacrosse but would likely not be many countries with teams participating. -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 9, 08:07
Halo -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 08:07
Bring back Tug of War. -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 08:07 7
- Dismemberment is a not impossible result of high level competitions. -- nm - Reagen Aug 9, 08:42
- The great thing about it would be how easy for many, many nations to field teams. You could have a massive bracket. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 9, 08:21
- Word. -- nm - Loyola Aug 9, 08:18
- Ayup. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 9, 08:13
- Agreeance!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 9, 08:11
- Actually, yes -- nm - ty97 Aug 9, 08:10
- Yes! -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 08:09
Baseball at least has depth around the world. Not sure of anything else notable. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 9, 08:06
Cricket. Imagine the global ratings. -- nm - ty97 Aug 9, 08:05 5
- aren't cricket games super long though? maybe a shortened version like they do with rugby 7's -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 9, 08:09 3
  - I think mafic has noted there is a short(er) format version -- nm - ty97 Aug 9, 08:10 2
    - There is. It tends to run about the same length as a baseball game. Test cricket is not possible as that's the one that goes for days. -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 08:13
    - . -- nm* - ty97 Aug 9, 08:11
- I'd be ok with this addition -- nm - JD Aug 9, 08:06
I might say pickleball but I'm not sure how international the sport is at this point in time, hopefully for 2028 -- nm - rollo Aug 9, 08:05 12
- I would be so annoyed. It's a boring and ridiculous sport. -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 08:09 11
  - that's just like, your opinion man -- nm - rollo Aug 9, 08:55 1
    - :-) - Krusty Aug 9, 09:31
  - The name itself actually irritates me. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 9, 08:26
  - I kind of agree and we've got badminton. -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 08:15 3
    - Badminton can be fun to play and watch at a high level. I've seen pro pickleball and holy crap was that boring to watch. I tried to give it a chance - Krusty Aug 9, 08:17
    - (one of 5 events the US has never won a medal in) -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 08:16 1
      - Thailand was in the gold medal round and got Sara to watch it. -- nm - Remlik Aug 9, 08:20
  - Olympic bocce! -- nm - ty97 Aug 9, 08:12 3
    - Now we're talking! :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 08:13
    - croquet! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 9, 08:13 1
      - Ha! They dropped it many years ago. -- nm - Krusty Aug 9, 08:14
Baseball and softball not included is a crime -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 9, 08:03 1
- We have ball fields nearly everywhere, not sure how adaptable they are for other sports like cricket -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 13:27

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