Olympic sports program review

[heywoodu 15,337]

  On 8/18/2024 at 12:01 AM, NearPup said:

A lot of Europeans are really mad that there is *ONE* Olympic sport that they are the worst continent in.

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Most Europeans really don't care. Like, at all. A very large majority might very vaguely know surfing is Olympic, but that's about it.

 

Also, there's really not a 'European identity' in sports or anything, like Germans cheering for French against a South American team, or Norwegians cheering for Italians against an Asian team or something.

Edited August 18, 2024 by heywoodu

[Grassmarket 3,616]

  On 8/17/2024 at 10:34 PM, heywoodu said:

So from a certain moment in time (now? 2000? 1960?) sports should not be added anymore, no matter if the world of sports changes?

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They can add sports but not take them away.

[De_Gambassi 1,225]

  On 8/18/2024 at 8:16 AM, heywoodu said:

Most Europeans really don't care. Like, at all. A very large majority might very vaguely know surfing is Olympic, but that's about it.

 

Also, there's really not a 'European identity' in sports or anything, like Germans cheering for French against a South American team, or Norwegians cheering for Italians against an Asian team or something.

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If anything, that's more the other way around 

[heywoodu 15,337]

  On 8/18/2024 at 8:35 AM, Grassmarket said:

They can add sports but not take them away.

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But you do realise it's in no way feasible to have it that way, right?  

 

Once a sport is added, it has a permanent place in the Olympics as long as the Olympics exist? We'd end up with a 6 week Olympics at some point in time.

[JoshMartini007 2,559]

Yeah, the sport/event program needs to be able to change as trends and interest change.

 

With that said, once an event is added it should stay for a while (only exception is demonstration events). The addition/removal of an event should be a well thoughtful and researched process and not be done on a whim.

[intoronto 5,862]

  On 8/18/2024 at 1:52 PM, JoshMartini007 said:

Yeah, the sport/event program needs to be able to change as trends and interest change.

 

With that said, once an event is added it should stay for a while (only exception is demonstration events). The addition/removal of an event should be a well thoughtful and researched process and not be done on a whim.

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Yea not a big fan of the one offs. At a minimum 2 to 3 cycles for the individual sports. 

[heywoodu 15,337]

  On 8/18/2024 at 1:52 PM, JoshMartini007 said:

Yeah, the sport/event program needs to be able to change as trends and interest change.

 

With that said, once an event is added it should stay for a while (only exception is demonstration events). The addition/removal of an event should be a well thoughtful and researched process and not be done on a whim.

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Agreed. Which is why I'd like for demonstration sports to be there again, including real coverage and everything, since that would open things up a bit more for adding sports for one Olympics without people expecting it to stick around necessarily.

[dodge 1,027]

  On 8/18/2024 at 1:57 PM, intoronto said:

Yea not a big fan of the one offs. At a minimum 2 to 3 cycles for the individual sports. 

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Normally I’d agree, but we need to flush out flag football first

[intoronto 5,862]

  On 8/19/2024 at 9:46 AM, dodge said:

Normally I’d agree, but we need to flush out flag football first

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Yes but my comment referred to individual sports like squash.

[Nickyc707 382]

  On 8/15/2024 at 10:04 AM, heywoodu said:

That goes for several sports though. For example for rowing one needs a 2km long flat and straight part, which isn't a river, and which can be difficult to have anywhere nearby. Meanwhile, it's a sport that a super low number of people can even afford to do, since simply training in the sport is already massively expensive (thousands of euros even for a single scull that can be somewhat decent).

 

 

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How much does it cost to row in the Netherlands? You can become a recreational rower at my local club in the UK for £16 per month (£192 pa) which would not seem to exclude all but a "super low number" of people from being able to afford the cost of participation. Indeed there are always people to be seen out on the River Soar rowing for much of the year.

 

P.S. If you haven't rowed before you can do an eight week training course for £40.

Edited August 19, 2024 by Nickyc707