Too many events at the Olympics?
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@antipodean said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
There’s no basketball class for short white dudes.
I thought that was 3x3?
No idea. I chose to ignore it. @mariner4life can’t because he only has Channel 7 jungle access.
While I was waiting for it to buffer 3 more meaningless swimming medals were given out
That 4x400 mixed run was fucking dumb
The Olympics is a bloated corporate shit show
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@mariner4life said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@antipodean said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
There’s no basketball class for short white dudes.
I thought that was 3x3?
No idea. I chose to ignore it. @mariner4life can’t because he only has Channel 7 jungle access.
While I was waiting for it to buffer 3 more meaningless swimming medals were given out
That 4x400 mixed run was fucking dumb
The Olympics is a bloated corporate shit show
If only there was an app you could use to just watch your favourite sports and ignore the others.
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Actually one sport that shouldn’t be there is men’s soccer. It’s the Olympics not a youth tournament. If the best players can’t be there then don’t have it.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
Actually one sport that shouldn’t be there is men’s soccer. It’s the Olympics not a youth tournament. If the best players can’t be there then don’t have it.
There's a good argument that professionals shouldn't attend. If your sport has a professional league, bad luck.
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@antipodean said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
Actually one sport that shouldn’t be there is men’s soccer. It’s the Olympics not a youth tournament. If the best players can’t be there then don’t have it.
There's a good argument that professionals shouldn't attend. If your sport has a professional league, bad luck.
Why is that a good argument? Isn't the Olympics supposed to be the best of the best? Why would forming a professional league to help athletes live, improve, survive, in between Olympics rule those athletes out?
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If the Olympics isn't the pinnacle fuck it off
That instantly rules out a lot
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@antipodean said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
Actually one sport that shouldn’t be there is men’s soccer. It’s the Olympics not a youth tournament. If the best players can’t be there then don’t have it.
There's a good argument that professionals shouldn't attend. If your sport has a professional league, bad luck.
I don’t mind professionals attending as long as this award is the premier award.
No golf, tennis, soccer, baseball, basketball. More too but those are the obvious ones.
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@mariner4life said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
If the Olympics isn't the pinnacle fuck it off
That instantly rules out a lot
I think that’s why the Olympics should also reduce relays and other shit. It just helps the Rich (and same) countries.
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@voodoo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
Why is that a good argument? Isn't the Olympics supposed to be the best of the best?
Exactly. And for a lot of them it's nothing like. Soccer, golf, basketball, baseball, tennis...
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@antipodean said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@voodoo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
Why is that a good argument? Isn't the Olympics supposed to be the best of the best?
Exactly. And for a lot of them it's nothing like. Soccer, golf, basketball, baseball, tennis...
Sure. Doesn't mean that ruling professionals out is the answer. Most of these athletes are pros now
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@rotated said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
I don't understand why the 100m running would be an event in this new stripped down Olympics. It is just cycling but slower.
I dunno, from a standing start I’d back Usain Bolt
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@catogrande said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rotated said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
I don't understand why the 100m running would be an event in this new stripped down Olympics. It is just cycling but slower.
I dunno, from a standing start I’d back Usain Bolt
True but it's no obvious that it would be over 100m. The metric system wasn't around in ancient Greece so it would need to be over some other arbitrary distance.
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@rotated said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@catogrande said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rotated said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
I don't understand why the 100m running would be an event in this new stripped down Olympics. It is just cycling but slower.
I dunno, from a standing start I’d back Usain Bolt
True but it's no obvious that it would be over 100m. The metric system wasn't around in ancient Greece so it would need to be over some other arbitrary distance.
Look feller, you stated 100M. Now that your whole argument has been rubbished you can't go changing things based on obscure history.
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@catogrande said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rotated said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@catogrande said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rotated said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
I don't understand why the 100m running would be an event in this new stripped down Olympics. It is just cycling but slower.
I dunno, from a standing start I’d back Usain Bolt
True but it's no obvious that it would be over 100m. The metric system wasn't around in ancient Greece so it would need to be over some other arbitrary distance.
Look feller, you stated 100M. Now that your whole argument has been rubbished you can't go changing things based on obscure history.
I thought you knew how the Fern 'works'?
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@nostrildamus said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@catogrande said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rotated said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@catogrande said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rotated said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
I don't understand why the 100m running would be an event in this new stripped down Olympics. It is just cycling but slower.
I dunno, from a standing start I’d back Usain Bolt
True but it's no obvious that it would be over 100m. The metric system wasn't around in ancient Greece so it would need to be over some other arbitrary distance.
Look feller, you stated 100M. Now that your whole argument has been rubbished you can't go changing things based on obscure history.
I thought you knew how the Fern 'works'?
Point
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@gt12 said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@mariner4life said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
If the Olympics isn't the pinnacle fuck it off
That instantly rules out a lot
I think that’s why the Olympics should also reduce relays and other shit. It just helps the Rich (and same) countries.
Yeah cos Jamaica is the new Bermuda
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
Actually one sport that shouldn’t be there is men’s soccer. It’s the Olympics not a youth tournament. If the best players can’t be there then don’t have it.
I would replace Football in the Olympics with an elite five-aside competition. Baseball and Basketball should be removed.
Tennis and Golf shouldn't be in the Olympics either. The elite players would rather win a Grand Slam, the Davis Cup or the Ryder Cup than the Olympics.
An Olympic Gold Medal needs to be the pinnacle of an athlete's career.
