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Abolish judged sports from the Olympics.

Ray9

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The modern Olympic Games are destroying themselves with events that require judged scores. In order to save itself the International Olympic Committee should take steps to remove all events involving acrobats doing tricks from the games. The circus is dying in all civilized countries but it is absurdly reappearing in the Olympic Games. Any event that involves judges holding up scorecards should be taken out of both the summer and winter Olympics in order to preserve the pure nature of sport and to honor “real” athletes.

The modern Olympics were revived in 1896 and held in Athens Greece where the games originated in antiquity. An unfortunate mistake was made by allowing circus events like gymnastics into the games where judges issued a score for performance. Circus events like figure skating and gymnastics should be immediately removed from the winter and summer Olympic Games because they involve acrobats doing tricks not athletes participating in events where a clear winner is determined by results not opinion.

The infested commercialism of the modern Olympic Games has subverted the intent of competition by and for athletes into a global American-Idol mindset that demeans the spirit of the games and turns it into the circus of show business. Kids flipping around on snowboards reduce the games to a ridiculous revival of the old Ed Sullivan Show where people would run onto the stage spinning plates on the tops of poles.

The modern Olympic Games are becoming a variety show of kids doing tricks instead of real athletes participating in real events, especially endurance events that were the heart of the original Olympics. Past Olympic marathon competitors have got to be absolutely appalled at the cheapened direction the modern Olympics have headed in.

Acrobats getting good scores based on cuteness make great television but what’s next?-Olympic juggling? The only things missing in the modern Olympic Games are the elephants, tigers and clowns.

Both the summer and winter Olympics can be saved by abolishing all events that require judging so we can get back to the original purpose of the games which was for athletes not acrobats. Don’t hold your breath. Commercial advertisers will never allow this to happen because they can make millions on the cuteness of gymnasts and very little on the un-cuteness of track athletes who jump into a bobsled and hurtle down an icy hill at 100 mph.

Most of us got sick of Ed Sullivan years ago.
 
The modern Olympic Games are destroying themselves with events that require judged scores. In order to save itself the International Olympic Committee should take steps to remove all events involving acrobats doing tricks from the games. The circus is dying in all civilized countries but it is absurdly reappearing in the Olympic Games. Any event that involves judges holding up scorecards should be taken out of both the summer and winter Olympics in order to preserve the pure nature of sport and to honor “real” athletes.

The modern Olympics were revived in 1896 and held in Athens Greece where the games originated in antiquity. An unfortunate mistake was made by allowing circus events like gymnastics into the games where judges issued a score for performance. Circus events like figure skating and gymnastics should be immediately removed from the winter and summer Olympic Games because they involve acrobats doing tricks not athletes participating in events where a clear winner is determined by results not opinion.

The infested commercialism of the modern Olympic Games has subverted the intent of competition by and for athletes into a global American-Idol mindset that demeans the spirit of the games and turns it into the circus of show business. Kids flipping around on snowboards reduce the games to a ridiculous revival of the old Ed Sullivan Show where people would run onto the stage spinning plates on the tops of poles.

The modern Olympic Games are becoming a variety show of kids doing tricks instead of real athletes participating in real events, especially endurance events that were the heart of the original Olympics. Past Olympic marathon competitors have got to be absolutely appalled at the cheapened direction the modern Olympics have headed in.

Acrobats getting good scores based on cuteness make great television but what’s next?-Olympic juggling? The only things missing in the modern Olympic Games are the elephants, tigers and clowns.

Both the summer and winter Olympics can be saved by abolishing all events that require judging so we can get back to the original purpose of the games which was for athletes not acrobats. Don’t hold your breath. Commercial advertisers will never allow this to happen because they can make millions on the cuteness of gymnasts and very little on the un-cuteness of track athletes who jump into a bobsled and hurtle down an icy hill at 100 mph.

Most of us got sick of Ed Sullivan years ago.

Why do you watch it if it pisses you off so much?
Or, why does it piss you off so much if you don't watch it?
 
I disagree, in some sports judging is needed and is reasonably to moderately fair due to plenty of judges doing the judging.

And fair is fair, it may be subjective but usually judging or refereeing is fraught with possibly misjudgment on the part of the judge/referee but with most judging sports having multiple judges, it is a law of averages and often the most worthy wins (again, not always but often).
 
Nice rant! Salmon swim against the current as well, but there is a reason for that.
 
Why do you watch it if it pisses you off so much?
Or, why does it piss you off so much if you don't watch it?

No anger. Just stating the obvious.
 
No anger. Just stating the obvious.

Mmm...not so obvious. The athletes you are talking about aren't doing "tricks", there is an incredible amount of athleticism that goes into it, as well as a somewhat standardized routine...and it's not like they just pick some guys off the street to do some judging, there's a ton of knowledge, expertise, and discipline, that goes into judging methodology for those events.

Not sure I see what the problem is here...
 
Mmm...not so obvious. The athletes you are talking about aren't doing "tricks", there is an incredible amount of athleticism that goes into it, as well as a somewhat standardized routine...and it's not like they just pick some guys off the street to do some judging, there's a ton of knowledge, expertise, and discipline, that goes into judging methodology for those events.

Not sure I see what the problem is here...

No one sees the problem. What we do see is some bitter person who doesn't like something about certain sports. He doesn't have to watch them.
 
That's unfortunate.

No, what's unfortunate is that you let what other people do bother you. None of this has anything to do with you, but you gotta stick your nose in it and try to ruin it for people who enjoy these sports by advocating a ban.

Typical bitter, angry conservative- trying to make everyone as unhappy as you are.

Here's some advice: why don't you go find something that you enjoy doing. That way, you won't have time to s*** on other people's enjoyment of activities that they like.
 
The Olympics are a joke to start with in this way.

All represented athletes are "chosen" or "selected" by coaches or a committee, not always does the "best" or fastest athlete make the team. Name recognition plays a huge part, who has a more compelling story and who is a favored son. There have been many athletes that got past over because they weren't a favorite or someone, I'd be willing to bet the pedophiles had a say in who made the team(s).
 
The Olympics are a joke to start with in this way.

All represented athletes are "chosen" or "selected" by coaches or a committee, not always does the "best" or fastest athlete make the team. Name recognition plays a huge part, who has a more compelling story and who is a favored son.

Guess what? That's just life.
 
I disagree, in some sports judging is needed and is reasonably to moderately fair due to plenty of judges doing the judging.

And fair is fair, it may be subjective but usually judging or refereeing is fraught with possibly misjudgment on the part of the judge/referee but with most judging sports having multiple judges, it is a law of averages and often the most worthy wins (again, not always but often).

The motto of the Olympic movement is "Faster, Higher, Stronger"

Sports are measured not judged. If a competitive activity can't be measured, it is not a sport, it is a performing art.

The Olympics needs to ban all judged events - Gymnastics, Diving, Synchronized Swimming etc

I would also say that the Olympics should be individual based so out would go all teams sports too.

Lastly the Olympics are about humans not animals - so out would go events with animals.
 
The motto of the Olympic movement is "Faster, Higher, Stronger"

Sports are measured not judged. If a competitive activity can't be measured, it is not a sport, it is a performing art.

The Olympics needs to ban all judged events - Gymnastics, Diving, Synchronized Swimming etc

I would also say that the Olympics should be individual based so out would go all teams sports too.

Lastly the Olympics are about humans not animals - so out would go events with animals.

So you think the achievements in the fields of gymnastics, diving, etc. etc. have not gone "faster, higher, stronger"? Because when looking at figure skating competitions in the mid seventies and looking at the ones performed now, they have clearly gone faster, higher and stronger.

The olympic games are just fine as they are now, no need to remove judged events because that would also include sports like the sky jump where there is also a judging part. And I love the long jump, it is an exiting event.

About sports involving animals you could be right, but Equestrian at the Summer Olympics has been there for the first time in 1900. It has a long standing tradition and again, it is nice to look at and to me it is also very patriotic to want it to remain at the Olympic games (we win medals in it).
 
So you think the achievements in the fields of gymnastics, diving, etc. etc. have not gone "faster, higher, stronger"?

The objective of gymnastics is not to maximize height, speed or distance...but to to be aesthetically pleasing

Judging gymnastics (and any other judged event like diving, synchronized swimming, ice skating, snow boarding etc) is like judging a painting. It's all in the eye of the beholder.
It's not sport unless it's measurable IMO

In synchronized swimming you get points deducted if you're not wearing makeup and smiling

Yes I know that performers train hard to skate, dive, vault etc but that's not the point. You may as well make body building an Olympic sport if that's your criteria.


...the olympic games are just fine as they are now, no need to remove judged events because that would also include sports like the sky jump where there is also a judging part. And I love the long jump, it is an exiting event...

No they're not fine as they are. The Olympics are bloated and too big...the only real Olympic sports are track & field, swimming and boxing/wrestling.

Not sure what a sky jump is but a long jump is measured so it's part of track and field.


...about sports involving animals you could be right, but Equestrian at the Summer Olympics has been there for the first time in 1900. It has a long standing tradition and again, it is nice to look at and to me it is also very patriotic to want it to remain at the Olympic games (we win medals in it).

Gymnastics has been at the Olympics since its inception as a modern sporting event I think...but that shouldn't save it.

If an event is subjective and needs to be judged, it doesn't classify as a sport IMO. It classifies as a performing art.
 
No one sees the problem. What we do see is some bitter person who doesn't like something about certain sports. He doesn't have to watch them.

I see the problem. I nevrr watch judged events. It isnt a sport if there is not a winner and if it takes a judge there is no winner. Problem with boxing too. Most go to the score cards.
 
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