Poker as an Olympic event?
 

I knew this would happen once people began to consider synchronized swimming to be a sport.

That would be a great event.

If they make poker an Olympic sport (a snowball's chance in hell of that ever happening! :) ), then they oughta also consider beer drinking as an Olympic-caliber sport as well! Bottoms up!

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i hope you're being sarcastic. i managed my college's synchro team and let me tell you, these women are amazing athletes. not only do they have to be good swimmers, but they have to be great gymnasts--both of which are olympic sports. plus they have to be flexible, able to hold their breath while moving (try running and holding your breath!), and, as the name puts it, they have to be synchronized with up to 7 other people!

i hate when people judge what they don't know...

So something being difficult makes it olympic worthy?

-Rudey

beer-pong as a olympic sport sounds good.

Do you give the steroids to the cards or the players?

Thankyou.
I was on my highschool synchronized swimming team. Let me tell you, it is not easy.
I did it for 4 years. Our coach was a task master. She worked our butts off.
I'd like to see some of you try it (the ones that don't consider it a sport)

I know this kid who can paint such cool pieces of art. He said it's hard and wanted to know if the Olympic Committee will let him join but I'm not the decision maker, so I said I don't know.

-Rudey

They're well conditioned, like dancers. Ballet is not an Olympic sport, and synchronized swimming shouldn't be either in my opinion.

Synchronized Swimming looks harder to me than Rythmic Gymnastics. Sorry, though, I find them both pretty dull to watch.

When will yoga be an olympic sport is the question.

-Rudey

I would say that just because someone doesn't consider it a sport doesn't mean they don't think it's hard. For example, I readily recognize that ballet is extremely difficult and physically demanding and that it requires a great deal of athleticism. But it's an art, not a sport.

I'll put on my flame-protective gear now, but I would take figure skating out of the Olympics for the same reason -- if part of the (very subjective) judging criteria is "artistic merit," then as far as I concerned, it's not a sport. It may be a very, very worthwhile activity, but it's not a sport.

Not a flame, but would you say the same thing for parts of Gynmastics? I see a number of parallels there. By the way, I don't agree with you but understand the argument.

I would not say it for the more "traditional" part of gymnastics -- pummel horse, parallel beams, rings, etc., but I would say it for the "floor presentation" (the correct name of which I can't remember) where artistic presentation figures into the score.

Yeah, Ms. MysticCat thinks I'm crazy on this one as well.

Floor Exercise. I don't know, those things look pretty brutal to me.

I can agree, but not that much more brutal than some ballet/modern dance I have seen. I guess that's the catch for me -- why is one considered sport but the other is considered art and would never be called sport, even though both involve similar kinds of athleticism?

I see your argument, and I can somewhat agree with you because while race car driving is considered a sport. I don't see it as one. To me a sport is one where it requires some athletic ability (i.e figure skating, sychro, gymnastics). I don't see any athletic ability in race car driving. Skill, for sure, athletic ability, no.

synchro is a judged competition. they are judged on many different points, resulting in a winner and loser. ballet is not. ballet is done as a performance art. ballerinas cannot receive perfect 10s for their performances.

synchro is no different than figure skating, wrestling, gymnastics, etc. just because there's not a ball involved doesn't mean it's not a sport.

did i say that was the only reason it should be in the olympics? i don't think so. get over it.

Well they can do ballet and someone can give it a 1-10 score.

-Rudey

I was never on it...but umm OK.

-Rudey
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