In other threads people have mentioned chess and golf. In the spirit of inclusiveness, what else should be included.
I figure if ping pong is in, they oughtta just buy pool tables with convertable tops and have pocket billards as well. Maybe they could start a whole new Olympics - the rec room/backyard Olympics. They could include Croquet, Jarts, bocce, and darts.
If the rec room/backyard games happen next year, between this summer’s games and the upcoming winter games, we’ll need another category for the fourth year.
Don’t forget Holy Board.
Maybe quarters? You could get Official Olympic Flipping Disks™.
Slalom course for cars.
Anything from the Kama Sutra…? Course, that would be scored objectively
Coldfire, you got my vote. I’ve always wanted to be an Olympic Gold Medal winner. I’d be a shoe in.
I’d also like to see any and all variations of skateboarding included in the Olympic Games.
And that includes Tony Hawk Pro-Skater on the Playstation, as well. Imagine, me with not one but two gold medals.
It has to be time for Rugby to be included. I presume there is a reason why it’s not at the Sydney Games (the Aussie’s being Rugby nuts) but there is the Rugby World Cup. Perhaps the powers that be think including it in the Olymics now would be bad timing as the World Cup is still a fairly recent development.
However, there is a really strong international case for Rugby - can’t think of others just now apart from chess. I’d love to see that in the Games.
I’d like to see chess added. (I don’t want to watch- they could play in a hotel room in Iceland and phone it in for all that matters. Just so they print out the game at the end.)
Then we could get a new champion every 4 years. Right now, if someone with the title does not want to compete, he can stall it forever.
Quarters (Gold for sure from anyone who was in my frat)
Cat Shaving (Why? Because it’s there!)
Seriously though, the Sex Olympics is a great idea. Everyone does it, There are few people with world class status, and if it was televised everyone would watch it and want to particpate!
I’m a bit nervous about discussing chess and rugby here, since there seem to be two related threads (and this one has extra fun ideas - I’m good at ‘TV watching’ myself!).
Rugby is probably not played in enough countries yet to qualify for the Olympics.
Chess is widely played, but it is impossible to follow unless you know the rules, and needs no physical skill.
However it is highly competitive and completely skilful as a mind sport.
As I said to RickyJay elsewhere (who has summed things up excellently with his ‘objective judging’ Olympic criteria), my problem is with the word ‘game’ used to describe chess.
‘Game’ sounds like something the whole family plays at Christmas, or something you play with your kids.
Kasparov is playing a match next month in London for a prizefund of $2,000,000. There will be sixteen games, which could last 7 hours each. He’s been preparing for at least 2 months. A battery of commentators using computers will analyse every move.
This is not a game!
Ooooh, the women’s beach volleyball is on - must go!
