EPT2012 Olympics Event Discussion Thread - Page 286
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On August 13 2012 11:22 ShadeR wrote: Since it looks like people are discussing which sports should be in or out of the olympics.... FOOTMINTON Yes please. | ||
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
Taking those sports out of the Olympics would be a HORRIBLE decision. They are huge events, some of the most popular events. You are essentially punishing those sports for having a legit, strong professional scene by taking them out of the Olympics. | ||
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1Eris1
United States5797 Posts
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
On August 13 2012 11:43 lethal111 wrote: I quite enjoy watching soccer, and tennis. Even though I don't play those sports often they are still interesting. I think it would suck if they removed those two sports. And I would hate golfing at the Rio 2016 TT especially in soccer the thing is that noone involved with soccer cares. They even managed to ban the real soccer teams and only players under 21 or something may participate. This is purely because the responsible soccer people care more about their training. The same thing is the NBA currently lobbying for, they too dont want their players at the olympics. Well, and my opinion is, if the sport doesnt want to be there, remove it. Also, i dont know about those being the most popular sports. I know that in germany noone watched olympic soccer. | ||
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fLyiNgDroNe
Belgium3994 Posts
On August 13 2012 04:18 andrewlt wrote: Rhythmic gymnastics is strangely alluring. I wonder why they wear those flesh-colored pantyhoses instead of going bare legged like their artistic gymnastic counterparts, though. Because they perform with subjects, which could potentially lead to problems when connecting with bare legs. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18311 Posts
On August 13 2012 13:37 LaNague wrote: especially in soccer the thing is that noone involved with soccer cares. They even managed to ban the real soccer teams and only players under 21 or something may participate. This is purely because the responsible soccer people care more about their training. The same thing is the NBA currently lobbying for, they too dont want their players at the olympics. Well, and my opinion is, if the sport doesnt want to be there, remove it. Also, i dont know about those being the most popular sports. I know that in germany noone watched olympic soccer. Of course they didn't. Neither their Women or their Men's team made it to the Olympics. | ||
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BoZiffer
United States1841 Posts
On August 13 2012 13:06 jmbthirteen wrote: Go ask those people who won gold in Tennis, Basketball and Soccer how important they Olympics are to them. Charles Barkley said representing his country was the greatest thing he has ever done. You think Andy Murray winning gold wasn't the biggest victory he's ever had? What about team Mexico? Winning gold was life changing for them. Taking those sports out of the Olympics would be a HORRIBLE decision. They are huge events, some of the most popular events. You are essentially punishing those sports for having a legit, strong professional scene by taking them out of the Olympics. Agreed. Well said sir. | ||
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Craton
United States17233 Posts
On August 13 2012 13:06 jmbthirteen wrote: Go ask those people who won gold in Tennis, Basketball and Soccer how important they Olympics are to them. Charles Barkley said representing his country was the greatest thing he has ever done. You think Andy Murray winning gold wasn't the biggest victory he's ever had? What about team Mexico? Winning gold was life changing for them. Taking those sports out of the Olympics would be a HORRIBLE decision. They are huge events, some of the most popular events. You are essentially punishing those sports for having a legit, strong professional scene by taking them out of the Olympics. Which is largely irrelevant to that point at hand. It's going to be a lifetime memory for any competitor that goes, regardless of the sport. Removing sports in favor of other sports just means that some people will never go and others will; you aren't depriving someone who's already been of a memory or achievement any more than you're doing so for athletes that never go because their sport isn't an Olympic events. If anything, I'd remove the sports that have extremely low levels of parity (e.g. Basketball). | ||
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Malinor
Germany4719 Posts
On August 13 2012 16:03 sharkie wrote: Of course they didn't. Neither their Women or their Men's team made it to the Olympics. We truly don't care here for the men's tournament (which is actually the reason why we don't qualify, they don't really try), never have. Women would have been another matter, it is a bigger tournament for them and it was a huge upset we couldn't qualify. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18311 Posts
On August 13 2012 16:21 Malinor wrote: We truly don't care here for the men's tournament (which is actually the reason why we don't qualify, they don't really try), never have. Women would have been another matter, it is a bigger tournament for them and it was a huge upset we couldn't qualify. Oh Germany doesn't care about the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship? That's new to me. | ||
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
On August 13 2012 16:20 Craton wrote: Which is largely irrelevant to that point at hand. It's going to be a lifetime memory for any competitor that goes, regardless of the sport. Removing sports in favor of other sports just means that some people will never go and others will; you aren't depriving someone who's already been of a memory or achievement any more than you're doing so for athletes that never go because their sport isn't an Olympic events. If anything, I'd remove the sports that have extremely low levels of parity (e.g. Basketball). You mean sports that are so obscure that they have extremely few high level competitors? And by your definition we'd have to remove several popular events from the olympics. | ||
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KaluGOSU
United States171 Posts
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Kleinmuuhg
Vanuatu4091 Posts
On August 13 2012 16:34 KaluGOSU wrote: Man, USA dominated basketball. No surprise though! gogog USA I wonder.. did you watch the same finals I did? | ||
Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
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Grettin
42381 Posts
On August 13 2012 16:34 KaluGOSU wrote: Man, USA dominated basketball. No surprise though! gogog USA Dominated until finals. Wasn't even a close victory, not at all.  I said it earlier and i say it again, it would have been embarrassing for USA to lose with the line-up they had.Grats for USA topping the medal charts though! | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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Alethios
New Zealand2765 Posts
On August 13 2012 13:06 jmbthirteen wrote: Go ask those people who won gold in Tennis, Basketball and Soccer how important they Olympics are to them. Charles Barkley said representing his country was the greatest thing he has ever done. You think Andy Murray winning gold wasn't the biggest victory he's ever had? What about team Mexico? Winning gold was life changing for them. Taking those sports out of the Olympics would be a HORRIBLE decision. They are huge events, some of the most popular events. You are essentially punishing those sports for having a legit, strong professional scene by taking them out of the Olympics. Andy Murray's gold is the biggest victory he's ever had only because he's never won a grand slam. He'd trade that gold for victory at Wimbledon in a heart beat. A heart beat. Look at Nadal, he pulled out of the Olympics to give himself some rest in the lead up to the US Open. He's already won gold, so why bother going for a second? | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
Hats off to Gary Barlow for turning up 24hours after losing his baby daughter! 1 slight downer was having Jessie J singing Queen, fml can't have a girl singing that, don't care if the female would have been the best singer in the world, it had to be a man cover, or just play a picture of Freddie singng it. GG YO, lets go to RIOOOOO ITS CARNIVAL :3 | ||
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