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GrouchyGaijin
Dropped: Baseball. Added: IPSC standard pistol shooting.
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Brainiac
I'd drop baseball, the walking race (an absurd spectacle, if ever there was one), shooting, archery, rhythmic gymnastics and the equestrian events. The shot put and hammer throw are stupid, too. Why even throw such things? Why not throw a brick or plate? And somewhere out there is the world's fastest man at walking backwards.
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nisegaijin
dopped: baseball added: futsal, extreme sports
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taiko666
Baseball has already been dropped from the London Olympics.
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Altria
Dropped: Soccer Added: Chessboxing
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flammenwerfer
Drop Soccer, baseball gone for 2012 huh? thats good. How about softball? drop that too and field hockey. team sports with many players and long matches dont need to be at the Olympics. Basketball and volleyball just slip in.
Hammer, discus and shotput are the pure classical athletic discliplines, they will never be dropped.
Add. Rugby sevens (games are only 20mins), downhill mtn biking, bike trials, and Sasuke/ninja warrior/extreme obstacle course!
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notimpressed
nice adds flammenwefer. rugby 7s is a great idea.and also some more diverse martial arts, judo, wrestling and fencing are pretty boring. I would say add skateboarding seeing as snowboarding is a winter olympic sport, but nah. Snowboarding ripped of skateboarding anyway, and olympicizing skateboarding would just make it too gay.
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romulus3
I am not sure if handball is a summer event but in any case, I want it gone!
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Fugumaster7
Totally agree with Nisegaijin. Get rid of baseball and add futsal. Futsal is so much fun to play , not to mention to watch plus it requires so much ball-handling skill and technique.
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capone
add jousting...drop synchronized-anything
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mongolboy
Two words ... synchronized swimming ... this is NOT a sport, get rid of it.
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WhatJapanThinks
For the London games, they are already getting rid of Rounders, I see. To celebrate the return to the UK, appropriate sports to add might be darts, yard- (or 0.9144 metre-) of-ale, and synchronised morris dancing.
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dano2002
why would Rugby be added and baseball dropped? Both are only popular in their respective countries. For me, drop trampoline, rythmic gymanstics, and there are too many swimming "medleys". add baseball, rugby and cricket, 250/500 motorcycle races,
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notimpressed
baseball is only popular in america and Japan, maybe some more I wouldnt really know lol. rugby has a real world cup unlike the world series with only one country competing. Rugby sevens would be great just because there are less people per team, and the game is shorter, and the play is faster. I could do without cricket, because like baseball, is too long and slow. How about some drinking games? which country can hold thier liquor the best?
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Ninjazilla
Drop soccer.Baseball has a new world cup like championship called the classic and the U.S. didnt even make it out of the first round.
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dano2002
First of all there are probably just as many countries that play baseball as rugby. Cuba, costa rica, mexico, puerto rico, dominican rebublic and Korea all play baseball to name a few. And the World Series is actually the world championship because the best players in the world play in the US. These may or may not be Americans. Or you could argue the Baseball World Cup is the championship which Japan won. but then why do all of the bast Japanese baseball players go to the US?
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williamsmith
Drop - All team sports such as baseball, basketball,rugby, soccer, etc.. Add - well this is difficult. Maybe we can make 1 big team sport that everyone can participate in such as protesting/drunken vandalism/fighting with police and other protesters/vandals. Then the Olympics would really have a World Cup atmosphere suitable for London 2012. If not for this what would the British be interested in?
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notimpressed
ok thanks for the baseball education. Noone plays it at all in NZ, probably becasue there is already a hit a bal with a stick game called cricket. Q.why do all of the bast Japanese baseball players go to the US? A.Becasue they are silly and have idolised the states since they were little tykes. Oh and the money. Professional sports in America pays big bucks. I say drop table tennis. That people take it seriously makes me laugh.
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flammenwerfer
dano2002 I disagree with that, Rugby is a worldwide sport, you have named 5 central American nations in your post above, thats not worldwide.
A sevens tournament is all over in two days and requiring only one stadium. Perfect for the Olympics. Anyone of a dozen teams is a medal contender too, which makes it far more interesting than the predictable outcomes of baseball. Baseball only has 8 teams at the olympics, because of the long games, 8 teams is far too narrow.
Countries almost guaranteed to play if possible Australia* Canada* USA South Africa* Romania Georgia Italy France* Ireland Britain* South Africa* China Japan Argentina* Uruguay Namibia New Zealand* Cook Islands* Fiji* Samoa* Korea* Kenya* Tonga.* Uganda* Tunisia* Russia* UAE
Those countries are widely distributed geographically, and many are small nations that have a good chance of medalling such as Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga.
Compare that distribution to say Handball which should be dropped too, which is predominantly a European Sport France, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Croatia, Spain, Iceland, Russia, Slovenia. 9 out of 12 teams at the last Olympics were European.
Volleyball and Basketball are much more international.
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dano2002
notimpressed - did these japanese baseball players talk to you about their dreams? i don't think so. and baseball is played in north america, latin america and asia. two of world's 3 largest economies play it. so, what is the big deal about keeping it? my guess is that because it is not played in Europe it should be dropped. last time i checked england wins about 1-2 medals anyway so who cares.
In any case, i think rugby should be added. but why drop baseball. there are many countries that do play in latin america and asia. and for these countries this is all they have; similiar to rugby for countries like fiji, samoa, etc.
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Ninjazilla
Ditto on handball.but anyway lets face it the olympics are just a farce.
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notimpressed
hey dano2002, my statement was a joke, you must be American if you take yourself so seriously.(thats a joke too) By the way, last I checked NewZealand was not in Europe, nor England. Its actually a country all by itself. Or were you not talking to me?
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cleo
Drop all the big popular team sports fielding professional teams, they don't need the Olympics to keep going and they get more than enough of the limelight the rest of the time anyway.
Bring in darts, shove ha'penny, marbles, billiards, bagatelle, hopscotch, tossing the caber, schutzhund and flyball.
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williamsmith
I also think we need some more sports with sex-appeal, as I watch whatever it is they are doing I would like to be appreciating her figure and sexiness. The Olympics is way too male-physique oriented. Yes, yes I know that it started in Greece but it is high-time we shed the Olympics of this Greek heritage and start looking at some females as they were meant to be. God did not make herself in the image of a Greek guy, this was a mutation.
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capone
add rollerball
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nigelboy
It's not a "sport" per se but I'd like to see this torch marathon nonsense dissapear.
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capone
add naked female sumo...winter or summer, i'm not particular
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notimpressed
do u really want top see plus sized ladies slapping each other around?
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Sarge
Where do I start? OK, first, sports which should be dropped from the Summer Olympics:
Diving - people jumping into a pool doing a few fancy twists? Get serious.
Synchronized swimming - get serious.
Boxing - if I want to see men try to bash each others brains out, I'll go to the pub.
Mountain biking/Road cycling - get serious. That's something that should be done leisurely.
Soccer - get serious. If I want to see a bunch of guys running around a field kicking a ball which almost never makes it into the damn net, I'll... never mind.
Trampoline - get serious. If I want to see people jump up and down, I'll go to the pub.
Sport which should be added to the Summer Olympics:
Wife carrying!
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taiko666
Luckily there's no sport named 'soccer' so dropping it or not is a moot point. However, should there ever be a move to drop Association Football I'd be concerned :-) As for London dropping rounders (sorry, baseball!) that was the IOC's decision. The London committee was planning to build a temporary stadium in Hyde Park for that event. I'm all in favour of adding futsal. It's not widespread in the UK and it would've raised its profile significantly. The UK has "5-a-side" which (surprise surprise) is much faster, more physical but less skilful than futsal. Mind you, the UK wouldn't be able to compete since futsal is an official FIFA sport, which means England, Scotland, Wales and NI can only compete individually.
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Bogi
As breathtaking as it may be for some, sailing has just got to go. In fact, get it off my telly altogether. Mens figure skating, too. What's the point?! Oh, and that bloody marathon.
Replace the above three with nothing, and shorten the whole thing by a few days.
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ahar
Get Snooker and Darts in there. That should give Team GB's medal count a boost!
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DeepAir65
drop baseball, synchronised swimming, rythm gynmastics (whatever the hell that is!) Definitely add Rugby 7's - I think there are many more rugby playing nations than baseball. How many African nations play baseball? Also - how about adding Rally Driving or motor cross?
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Cos
Should be added because they fit so much to olympic business and because it's the shame that those that make the actual show never receive medals :
spitting (especially for Pekin) shopping street fighting bare hand in sports clothes street fighting armoured and equiped like cops shopping poker cheating at poker pork barelling shopping (pleeeeassse the games exist for that) comparative weewee measuring peeing contest stealing shopping (don't forget) brainswashing shopping on credit screaming
Should be dropped : all the freak sports with athletes on drugs (not sure what would be left)
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Altria
Hacky sack, frisbee toss, roller blading, fire poi.
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goosage
Tug-of-War should be added but only if there's a muddy pool in the middle. synchronized swimming is great to watch !
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greenteaonsens
Add: Naked mud wrestling
Drop: who cares?
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Sarge
"Hacky sack"
Ha ha ha!
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notimpressed
roller blading looks too gay, especially when they are going backwards, much like ice skating for men so drop that. Or how aboutthrowing sticks in front of rollerbladers competition?
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Hikozaemon
I think there are plenty of sports less worthy than baseball - I'd keep it and add the much more international sport cricket.
Also add rugby sevens. Drop any sport that requires judges to award "style" points or firearms. I'd like to see futsal added in addition to soccer - both are separate valid sports.
Peace
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Hikozaemon
Japan IOC recommendations:
Sumo, Kendo, Origami, Tea Ceremony, Haiku Composition, Hot Dog Eating, Queuing, Bill-Splitting, Train Cramming, Drunk Orientation, and the Service Zangyo Marathon.
Peace
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notimpressed
7s seem to be gaining popularity. I like drunk-orientaition. I would get a wooden spoon in that event
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niku
Sarge you need to get out more. If you don't want to see these sports, here's a tip: 'Don't watch them'
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sailwind
Time to add some real class sports instead of the usual cheesy selection that the highbrow crowd thinks we actually have to suffer through now on the tube (Water polo??? give me a break).
Time to add:
Pro Wrestling NASCAR Australian Rules Football Darts Belching Contests ( I predict gold for the Russians) Hot dog eating competition (Have to give Japan a shot at the gold)
And Javelin Catching.
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Sarge
niku - Believe me, I won't watch them!
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Sarge
sailwind - Har! But I think the best Japan could hope for in the hotdog eating contest would be silver, as Joey Chestnut appears unbeatable these days. And what makes you think the Russians would get the belching gold?
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timorborder
Save the Marathon, just make it like the original event. Get the competitors to warm up by beating the XXXX out of each other. Then hold the race for those that survive. Trying running a lot more than 42km with spear injuries to the thighs, heavy helmet, leggings (made out of bronze), shield and spear. The winner would be a real hero.
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frontandcentre
snychronised swimming isn't a sport
surfing is (or can be)
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larguero
really we don-t need the sports that have categories. Olympic games are for athletes to compete on who is the best on that discipline on earth, not depending on his/her weight or height. One category for Judo, Karate and Boxing. Why discriminate the small ones that want to practice, say, basketball while the small ones in Judo get a category for their own size?
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kagunlapell
dropped: baseball, the most boring 'sport' (??) ever. add: bomb lunching, car lifting, bazooka shotting, rioting, lying.
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rys2sense
Add MMA or at least Juijitsu. Add Cricket, Rugby, and American-Football
How about poll dancing as an erotic sport? Women only. that would increase ratings.
Get rid of soccer (is that a sport?) they have enough tournements, get rid of pole volting, and add to the hammer throw some targets for them to try and hit and smash.
I think something like what Japan does with those weird ninja obsticle courses would be great as well.
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rys2sense
topless horse back riding. add thongs to ice skating. keg toss (all those sports from the scottish games and toughman contests)
dodge ball! lol.
hog dog eating or some type of food eating contest so Japan can get three metals.
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Nessie
All sports with judges (skating and other exhibition sports). Back to basics: Objective evaluation; mandatory nudity.
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rajakumar
There is a lot sports disciplines not in olympics, they should be added. IOC wants to reduce games expenses/costs, by limiting sports disciplines. Many past olympics have made huge losses for host nations, I think Beijing 2008, will be full house in stadiums,advertisements,corporate sponsors and in live broadcasting worldwide.China's fans,is big enough for huge sucess of 2008 games.
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