Olympics  > General Olympics  > Garbage Events
September 10, 2008, 09:14 AM
The challenge:

Name a sport/event that needs to be dropped from the Olympics.

Rules:

1. It can be a summer Olympics or Winter Olympics event

2. You can name just ONE event and then it's someone else's turn

3. You must wait at least 5 turns (5 other members) before naming another event

4. If you name an event like 'the marathon' or 'hockey', you obviously lose


Let's see how many garbage events we can cut out of the program...
September 10, 2008  09:15 AM ET

First on the chopping block:

Race-walking

September 10, 2008  12:49 PM ET

Syncronized Diving

September 10, 2008  01:44 PM ET

Any event that relies solely on a judge's score is junk. Yes, gymnastics, I'm looking right at you.

September 10, 2008  04:29 PM ET

Field Hockey

September 10, 2008  06:51 PM ET

"Any event that relies solely on a judge's score is junk."

You mean like boxing?

September 10, 2008  07:37 PM ET

Rhythmic Gymnastics.

September 11, 2008  12:59 AM ET

HandBall

September 11, 2008  03:42 AM ET

Seventh on the chopping block:

Equestrian

September 11, 2008  09:49 AM ET

Shooting & Ping Pong. What's next....Wii?

September 11, 2008  01:16 PM ET

Uh...that's two event, blue guy.

Yachting

September 11, 2008  01:28 PM ET
QUOTE(#5):

"Any event that relies solely on a judge's score is junk."You mean like boxing?

Yes, like boxing. I have nothing against the sweet science but unless someone gets knocked out then the outcome it's often dubious at the scoring level. Overall it's a sport mired in corruption. At the Olympic level you factor in country bias and it's not any better, and wearing the headgear makes KOs far less likely. Make boxing more of a "two men enter, one man leaves" sport sans judges and I'll pull it out of my junkyard.

September 11, 2008  07:43 PM ET

Bender, you're consistent so I take my hat off to you. And you're right, boxing is corrupt at the pro and international level. I own a gymnastics school so I would want to keep it in the Olympics(It's good for business), but I see your point as well.

September 12, 2008  12:31 PM ET

Race Walking? Seriously, **** is race walking?

September 12, 2008  12:45 PM ET

Curling

September 13, 2008  11:43 AM ET
QUOTE(#14):

Race Walking? Seriously, **** is race walking?

The most retarded event ever. They waddle along like d0uchebags...and there is apparently some type of penalty for going to fast or breaking stride or something.

Google it if you want to see more. But better yet, just trust me on this one Hova.

September 14, 2008  06:58 PM ET

Why the **** is badmitton still an Olympic sport?

October 3, 2008  10:12 PM ET

Not baseball or softball

November 26, 2008  01:26 PM ET

if the mlb let the best players take a break during the season and play in the olympics baseball would still be a sport.

November 26, 2008  04:41 PM ET

ice dancing.

 
November 25, 2009  04:26 PM ET

Olympic Air Gun Events - stupid - guaranteed I can show you 50 people who cannot afford to make it their lifetime, but can outshoot over half the entrants in those stupid events

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