Difference between revisions of "Joke sports"
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| + | *Water Polo<ref> Horses can't swim very well, is a misnomer</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 22:55, August 10, 2012
Joke sports are games that are poor substitutes for athletic endeavors that bring out the best in human achievement with a underlying purpose to the event. The inclusion of many joke sports in the 2012 Summer Olympics detracts from the serious events. During those games, atheistic Great Britain won one gold in the joke sports; the United States won ten joke sport gold medals.
Examples of joke sports include:
- Badminton
- Beach volleyball
- BMX cycling
- Dressage
- Rhythmic gymnastics
- Olympic soccer[1]
- Synchronized swimming
- Swimming relays[2]
- Swimming medleys[3]
- Table tennis
- Women's boxing and wrestling
- Pole Vaulting[4]
- Hammer Throw [5]
- Water Polo[6]
Comments
- ↑ The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) imposes rules on players regarding the Olympic Games over the age of participants. This has the effect of prohibiting the best (usually professional) players in the world from competing. The age limit is currently 23 and under. FIFA is trying to lower it to 21 and under; however, the International Olympic Committee is not planning to comply with proposed rules.
- ↑ In running relays, there is a baton that must be artfully passed during the race. No such baton passing exists for the silly swimming relays. Would anyone want a long jump or pole vault "relay"??? However, in swimming relays, strategy is an important component. Placement of the fastest and slowest swimmers in the order is important. Also, precise timing is required as well - the swimmer completing his/her turn must touch the wall before the following swimmer can leave the starting block.
- ↑ It is hard even to imagine how preposterous a land-based equivalent of this might look. Yet swimmers award and receive gold medals for them without raising a single eyebrow.
- ↑ An underwater version would be ludicrous
- ↑ Not a real hammer
- ↑ Horses can't swim very well, is a misnomer
