Now we’re getting close to the end of the least watched Olympics ever, at least for me, some thoughts to share.
Stupid sports that shouldn't be in the Olympics:
- 3x3 basketball
- Artistic swimming
- BMX freestyle
- Dressage
- Karate
- Rhythmic gymnastics
- Skateboarding
- Sport Climbing
- Surfing
- Trampoline
Sports that are too big for the Olympics:
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Football
- Golf
- Tennis
Sports that should be in the Olympics:
- MMA
- Cricket
- Pub sports (darts, snooker, pool, bowling, etc.)
- Squash
- Chess
- Kabaddi
Sports that have way too many events:
- Swimming
Highlights/Lowlights:
- Cyclist who thought she had won road race, when someone had finished a minute before her
- Djokovic having a meltdown (great tennis player, horrible person)
- Simone Biles – mental health advocate or choke artist?
- I have watched very little actual coverage of the games – the US broadcast is pitiable and almost unwatchable. Primetime tends to be full of replays of events that I already know the results from via the BBC Sports app, excruciatingly poor features, or live events featuring heavily favorite Americans. And WAY TOO MANY ADVERTS. Just awful. The only positive (though you hardly notice it) is that it is being broadcast in 4K with Dolby Atmos
- Shared gold in high jump was nice
- Any event where the American competitors are expected to win but don’t is highly amusing simply due to the sheer shock and disbelief in the commentary (a good example – not qualifying for the 4 x 100m final)
- The American coverage having to convert every single measurement in metres into feet and inches because Americans can’t handle the metric system
- Should a country who engages in systemic doping still be competing?
- Should there be an age limit in all sports? For example, some of the skateboard winners were weirdly young
- For a country with such an emphasis on winning, it is very strange that the US sorts the medal table by total number of medals won rather than by number of golds won, number of silvers won then number of bronzes won.
ReplyDeleteArguably ANY sport requiring subjective judging should be out of the Olympics - the measuring tape or the finishing line should be the ONLY measure of success.
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ANY sport where Olympic gold is not the pinnacle of achievement in that given sport should be eliminated.
ANY team sport (incl hockey, unfortunately) - Out!
But I did like the mixed gender medley events (esp as GB won a fair share of these).
Age shouldn't matter, but quite how Sky Brown (who lives in LA) got embraced by the UK media as "one of our own" kinda escapes me. NO chance of an actual UK skateboard star - crappy skate parks round here are centres of dog shit & threatening "yoof".
WTF happened to Kabaddi ?? Now THERE's a sport which got it's Warholian "15" in the UK & then fcuked off back to obscurity.
p.s. There ia heavy paradoxian conflicit in your post.
ReplyDeleteThe extensive list of sports which shouldn't be included.
Followed by.
"I have watched very little actual coverage of the games"
Given the knowledgeabvle list above, I suspect the statement is lies.