Biathlon 2019 - 2020 Discussion Thread

[Agger 1,660]

11 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

VAR was supposed to fix the bitching about referee mistakes in football and look, there is more bitching about VAR now. The idea of "fixing" or "improving" something looks good on paper but then reality kicks in. The same will happen if biathlon even thinks of laser rifles. And will the athletes use their personal rifle all the time like today? Obviously not IMO.

 

Wouldn't that mainly be bitching about VAR in the Premier League? 

That one's really about terrible implementation.

[Monzanator 4,487]

1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said:

Didn’t say we had to do with gender-on-gender, I just said that there’s not point to having the gender relays.

 

Athletes who are like #4 or #5 or any team would disagree. If you only want two best per nation for a mixed relay then it hurts the depth of the roster. If you're #5 then you have no shot of making the team. Several lesser athletes have thrived in the relays which helped their status for individual races (Peter Sendel or someone like that).

[Werloc 3,161]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

This would be the best option then: anyone can field a relay of 4 athletes and they can choose whomever of their nation they want, no limits on men or women. Full equality

 

Full Quality, you mean? 

[Monzanator 4,487]

Just now, Agger said:

 

Wouldn't that mainly be bitching about VAR in the Premier League? 

That one's really about terrible implementation.

 

Trust me, there is bitching about VAR in Poland too

[heywoodu 14,953]

1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said:

Not opposed to an Open relay. I think every sport will have to have an “open” class one day.

 

Obviously I was sarcastic. That'd be the start of the death of women's sports.

[Olympian1010 7,954]

1 minute ago, Monzanator said:

 

Athletes who are like #4 or #5 or any team would disagree. If you only want two best per nation for a mixed relay then it hurts the depth of the roster. If you're #5 then you have no shot of making the team. Several lesser athletes have thrived in the relays which helped their status for individual races (Peter Sendel or someone like that).

That would actually encourage smaller nations, so I have literally zero problem with that. Again, we’re still assuming a conclusion from something we haven’t tried.

[heywoodu 14,953]

2 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

Athletes who are like #4 or #5 or any team would disagree. If you only want two best per nation for a mixed relay then it hurts the depth of the roster. If you're #5 then you have no shot of making the team. Several lesser athletes have thrived in the relays which helped their status for individual races (Peter Sendel or someone like that).

What if you're the number 6 in a team though?  

[Monzanator 4,487]

2 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

What!? That’s such a Red Haering. That has nothing to do with what we were discussing.

 

Laser rifles are like hamburgers from grass IMO

 

Hell, maybe we just switch to e-sports and have Fourcade & co. play a biathlon game online

[Olympian1010 7,954]

Just now, heywoodu said:

 

Obviously I was sarcastic. That'd be the start of the death of women's sports.

3 classes: Men, Women, Open. It’s the best solution until I hear a better one.

[heywoodu 14,953]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

3 classes: Men, Women, Open. It’s the best solution until I hear a better one.

 

So basically double chances for men. Yeah...no.