[The following posts relates to an interesting topic of conversation that a friend of mine, Matt Light bought up earlier on MSN Messenger, so thanks to Matt for the idea.]
According to this page, here on the US Olympic Team website, for a sporting event to be added to the Summer Olympic Games…[quote]For a sport to be included in the Summer Games, it must meet the following criteria:
It must be widespread in at least 75 countries and 4 continents (men’s sports).
It must be widespread in at least 40 countries and 3 continents (women’s sports).
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Alright, if thats the case then why can’t sitting be an Olympic event. Billions of people are sitting at this very moment! What about talking? There are a lot of people around who cannot keep their mouth shut, winking? There are a lot of elderly people around who wink and say “How’s it going?”. They spread all over the world so I really don’t see the problem of adding them to the Summer Games.
Then on the computer side of things we could have sports such as, hacking <- loads of people do that, cracking, programming, and even web design! Imagine how long the list of Olympic events could be!
For those of you who say these things aren’t a sport, well I contest that idea because a sport can be defined as “Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.” There are rules in computer hacking, and its a physical activity because you’re doing something. The same goes for sitting, you’re keeping muscles in the same place.
So, if walking can become an Olympic sport, why can’t sitting, speaking, or hacking?
Comments
David Kornahrens (August 23rd, 2004, 2:12 pm)
As blogging could be an olympic event too. Have you seen some of the women this year? Woah, hella nice., I must say.
Peter Hall (August 27th, 2004, 6:18 pm)
Or scratching your balls!
Guido (August 28th, 2004, 10:45 am)
Maybe thinking abiyt new olympic sports could be a new olympic sport… I’m sure it’s being done right now in at least 75 countries and 4 continents.