I love watching most sports and have enjoyed the Winter Olympics. I wonder if I am the only one disturbed however by how important chance seems to be in many winter events. I am particularly thinking about short track skating and snowboard cross. The Olympics should be about being the best,not the luckiest.
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Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
I pertsonally think that curling is one ofhte two most boring sports ever invented by man. However, it is one of the fastest growing competitions right now.
So is bowling, but does that make it important? My belief on why these are growing is due to the fact that there is a perception when someone is watching this "sport" on the couch eating chips and drinking beer between a cigarette or two saying "Hey I can do that!" I don't think Joe Six Pack watches Michael Phelps swim a 400IM and say, "Man I am going to join the swimming team!"
The argument about judges in every sport is moot. Judges in swimming or other "race" sports aren't there to determine a winnner. They are there to see who is cheating, unless of course Kitajima is swimming.
Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
I pertsonally think that curling is one ofhte two most boring sports ever invented by man. However, it is one of the fastest growing competitions right now.
So is bowling, but does that make it important? My belief on why these are growing is due to the fact that there is a perception when someone is watching this "sport" on the couch eating chips and drinking beer between a cigarette or two saying "Hey I can do that!" I don't think Joe Six Pack watches Michael Phelps swim a 400IM and say, "Man I am going to join the swimming team!"
The argument about judges in every sport is moot. Judges in swimming or other "race" sports aren't there to determine a winnner. They are there to see who is cheating, unless of course Kitajima is swimming.
