A list of sports I have no interest in seeing at the Olympics

[kabbes]

P'raps, but the point was about racing against competitors. Weather conditions are a separate factor (e.g. field events where you throw/jump separately, but can have varying conditions for each of those jumps).

If you have a headwind, you’ll end up slower than if you have a tailwind. So you can’t directly compare one 100m race with another. That’s why you need to have heats and then a final rather than just compare everybody’s times

Aye, that's a really tricky one. Again, if you want to have a competition based around that kind of sport at all, those variables are basically going to be inherent within that sport. Does that make it inherently unsuitable as an Olympic sport?

"Somewhere suitable for sailing" (or surfing) does also create the issue of either a) drastically reducing the number of eligible host cities or b) resulting in those events often not taking place in the host city.

All I know is that I sat through what was already 20 boring minutes of a medal race, watching the Brit painstakingly get into silver medal position, and then just before the end they abandoned the race. Forget the competitors, I felt like my time had been robbed. I certainly can’t be arsed to ever watch sailing again.

 

[Dr. Furface]

I normally love watching people surfing but the one night I bothered staying up to watch it, it was the most boring thing I’ve seen in these games. Two guys for the most part sitting on their boards, bobbing up and down, letting good waves go as they tried psyching each other out or something that I didn’t understand or care to. Dull af.

 

[Ted Striker]

Why does it make more sense in racing? At least until you get to the middle-distances, you're still just running as fast as you can in your particular lane, regardless of whether there's someone next to you or not.

Yes, I get it, but there is a tangible impact of how oppo's run, to assist you with pacing, tactics and targeting etc. You could change races to independent time trials for purity and (now) efficiency (following my recent recommendations), but even in the proposed Funsponge Olympics I think removing races is a bit too far.

Whereas heats of some of the Fake Sports (e.g. Diving), no-one apart from the families are really interested in the heats, are they? It's like World Cup qualifiers. And it pollutes the scheduling with noisey events that I am not yet due to get excited about.

 

[Ted Striker]

I normally love watching people surfing but the one night I bothered staying up to watch it, it was the most boring thing I’ve seen in these games. Two guys for the most part sitting on their boards, bobbing up and down, leaving good waves as they tried psyching each other out or something that I didn’t understand or care to. Dull af.

The Kite surfing was a little bit cool because I have tried Kite surfing - and what they do is akin to pro darts or snooker in that it's legit superhuman (but relatable) talent.

 

[iona]

under-dressed, apparently self-respectless women

You can fuck right off with this misogynist shite

 

[Sue]

i think that the "beach" volleyball is a travesty. A "game" played on a fake beach , with sand trucked in at great hydro-carbon expense, hundreds of miles from the ocean, by under-dressed, apparently self-respectless women ogled by grown men who should be ashamed of themselves...

Wtf. Self-respectless women?

(You know that what they wear is down to the rules, right? Have a go at those, not the women following them so they're allowed to compete.)

 

[Saul Goodman]

self-respectless women

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[Ted Striker]

All I know is that I sat through what was already 20 boring minutes of a medal race, watching the Brit painstakingly get into silver medal position, and then just before the end they abandoned the race. Forget the competitors, I felt like my time had been robbed. I certainly can’t be arsed to ever watch sailing again.

That makes it sound like Test Cricket

The other issue with the sailing, is that there's no real constant human motion - I'm not shouting at my screen SAIL....SAIL HARDER. It's all down to a few individual moments of swapping sides or splicing the mainsail (and of course, luck/wind), which is somewhat unrelatable and therefore difficult to muster any enthusiasm. Also a sport whereby you are 100% dependant on the commentary team telling you who's doing well (not to mention why), is going to have its work cut out.

 

[kabbes]

I’m enjoying the catharsis of ranting about shit sports to watch, so just let me add that I hate absolutely everything about the skateboarding. I hate the sport itself, which just has some children tediously processing up and down some slopes with little spectacle. I hate the competitors, who all think they’re way too cool (and, by the way, if an 11 year-old can reach your final then those just proves there aren’t enough proper grown-ups bothering to do your “sport”). And most of all, I hate the commentators, who are the biggest bunch of arseholes I’ve ever had the displeasure of hearing of the television.

Phew.

 

[A380]

I’m enjoying the catharsis of ranting about shit sports to watch, so just let me add that I hate absolutely everything about the skateboarding. I hate the sport itself, which just has some children tediously processing up and down some slopes with little spectacle. I hate the competitors, who all think they’re way too cool (and, by the way, if an 11 year-old can reach your final then those just proves there aren’t enough proper grown-ups bothering to do your “sport”). And most of all, I hate the commentators, who are the biggest bunch of arseholes I’ve ever had the displeasure of hearing of the television.

Phew.

 

[rubbershoes]

I’m enjoying the catharsis of ranting about shit sports to watch, so just let me add that I hate absolutely everything about the skateboarding. I hate the sport itself, which just has some children tediously processing up and down some slopes with little spectacle. I hate the competitors, who all think they’re way too cool (and, by the way, if an 11 year-old can reach your final then those just proves there aren’t enough proper grown-ups bothering to do your “sport”). And most of all, I hate the commentators, who are the biggest bunch of arseholes I’ve ever had the displeasure of hearing of the television.

Phew.

I liked that the commentators were speaking French. Or if not French, it was a language I didn't know. I didn't understand a word

 

[bcuster]

Wtf. Self-respectless women?

(You know that what they wear is down to the rules, right? Have a go at those, not the women following them so they're allowed to compete.)

I absolutely agree. I’m sure men made those rules. Btw, some teams do not comply and wear other type garments in competition

 

[bcuster]

You can fuck right off with this misogynist shite

I’d seriously doubt the women competitors would chose, voluntarily, to wear “uniform's” like that

 

[Lord Camomile]

I’d seriously doubt the women competitors would chose, voluntarily, to wear “uniform's” like that

But why target them, with comments about their self-respect?

 

[bcuster]

But why target them, with comments about their self-respect?

I am not targeting. If they’d refused to wear the uniforms, as some national teams have done, that would be the end of the misogyny.

They could wear comfortable, functional uniforms that better display national colors and any award badges that the player may’ve won in other competitions.

The current, generally accepted, uniform s contain not even enough material to display a postage stamp.

 

[kabbes]

I am not targeting. If they’d refused to wear the uniforms, as some national teams have done, that would be the end of the misogyny.

They could wear comfortable, functional uniforms that better display national colors and any award badges that the player may’ve won in other competitions.

The current, generally accepted, contain not even enough material to display a postage stamp.

“If women just did what I, a man, tell them to do, that would be the end of any misogyny”.

 

[bcuster]

“If women just did what I, a man, tell them to do, that would be the end of any misogyny”.

Who’s telling them; certainly not me.
I do, however, suspect that given a real choice, the women would choose uniforms other than those currently worn; as other teams have done

 

[strung out]

Women are allowed to wear pretty much whatever they like in beach volleyball at the Olympics, with most of them opting for whatever they feel most comfortable in, according to the weather conditions.

E.g.

 

[bcuster]

The entire sport is contrived, non-ecologically friendly nonsense.

Outdoor two player per team volleyball should be played on a grassy field or in a natural environment congruent with the
venue’s surroundings.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I am not targeting.

apparently self-respectless women

I suspect there are few who would disagree the beach volleyball uniforms for women are problematic (not discounting any individual athlete who might genuinely prefer them).

Likewise, suspect many would support any athlete(s) who pushes back against them, whether through direct action or other means.

However, you seem to suggest that anyone who does wear the current uniforms lacks any self-respect. In that specific comment, the athletes are the target, not those who are truly responsible.

 

[Lord Camomile]

The entire sport is contrived, non-ecologically friendly nonsense.

Outdoor two player per team volleyball should be played on a grassy field or in a natural environment congruent with the
venue’s surroundings.

Also, volleyball is a very popular sport on beaches, so I think the formal sport developed from there, rather than t'other way round.

 

[kabbes]

The entire sport is contrived, non-ecologically friendly nonsense.

Outdoor two player per team volleyball should be played on a grassy field or in a natural environment congruent with the
venue’s surroundings.

None of that has got anything to do with you saying that the women playing it lack self-respect because of what they are wearing

 

[bcuster]

None of that has got anything to do with you saying that the women playing it lack self-respect because of what they are wearing

So, then, I guess there is two reasons for my having no despot watch the sport…

I suspect there are few who would disagree the beach volleyball uniforms for women are problematic (not discounting any individual athlete who might genuinely prefer them).

Likewise, suspect many would support any athlete(s) who pushes back against them, whether through direct action or other means.

However, you seem to suggest that anyone who does wear the current uniforms lacks any self-respect. In that specific comment, the athletes are the target, not those who are truly responsible.

perhaps you are right. I’ve no idea, other than perhaps standard peer pressure, why anyone, would choose to dress like that whilst participating in grueling, competitive international sport.

 

[strung out]

Because the weather is hot and many of them find it more comfortable for playing a beach sport.

 

[bcuster]

I’ve just read an article, that stated many athletes view there bodies as a commodity and putting it on display as a potential revenue source

'Akin to modern-day slavery': With Olympic funding in a dire situation, athletes are turning to OnlyFans to fund their dreams

As critics hit out at what they believe is a broken financial model, some athletes — including Paris medal winners — are turning to OnlyFans to keep the money coming in.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Lord Camomile]

perhaps you are right. I’ve no idea, other than perhaps standard peer pressure, why anyone, would choose to dress like that whilst participating in grueling, competitive international sport.

I mean, aside from the genuine power dynamics and any possible athletic benefit... very fundamentally, because that's currently how they get to compete in the biggest tournament the of the sport they love.

 

[bcuster]

I mean, aside from the genuine power dynamics and any possible athletic benefit... very fundamentally, because that's currently how they get to compete in the biggest tournament the of the sport they love.

Therein lies the problem..

 

[Lord Camomile]

Therein lies the problem..

Yeah, I ain't saying it's not a problem, but you said you had no idea why anyone would do it. That's why they would do it.

And it doesn't mean they have no self-respect if they do.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Also, volleyball is a very popular sport on beaches, so I think the formal sport developed from there, rather than t'other way round.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone play it outside of 80's Teen Movies

 

[bcuster]

The uniforms are uncomfortable, dysfunctional and lend no competitive edge.
I shouldn’t have posed a reason why the competitors wear the uniform; I stand by my statement that given a real choice, they wouldn’t