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Perhaps they (the clubs) just want a reason to advertise their business to the world... probably with their logo placed upon a stripper's/pole dancer's/Olympic athlete's bottom. Still asinine...
As far as my opinion goes just because you enjoy something or because it might have the ability to be competitive it doesn't make it a sport. Or even worthy of the Olympics.
PvP is a direct competitive fight between PCs and so we see PvP as a sport or worthy for the Olympics. I don't think so, but hey i'm sure there are some yahoos out there that would.
That would be kind of interesting to see D&D PvP in the Olympics.
I think it'd be an interesting thing as a side note as an Exhibition Game in the Olympics.
Well gaming at this point is Professional and has several well paying leagues (think 500k cash prizes for the winner. To say nothing of the insane sponsership deals). I do think player vs player gaming is more of a sport than Golf.
Under how I define sports
a. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
Golf you aren't really directly competing with anyone but yourself so I don't call it a sport. So I would add a 4 to that definition. An activity that you can do with Direct Competition. Direct Competition means your opponent has a direct means of combating your strategy or can directly affect your own performance.
So yes alot of things that are accepted as sports, I do not accept as sports and vice versa. Because number 4 is probably the most important part to me if something is a sport or not.
... Why the hatred of Track & Field?
Interestingly enough, none of the original Olympic events (all foot races) most of the ones added later (Javlin toss, discus toss, chariot races, long jump) or even most modern events (Swiming, sking, sledding, gymnastics) qualify as Micha sports. As such, wether or not poledancing is a Micha sport should not matter to anyone, even Micha, when determining wether or not it should be an olympic event.
@Esher %wood?
Heh. Then you'd have the only event in which the judges have to be tested for drugs.
That said, that poses a logistical issue, as the first woman to peform would have a serious advantage over the last one, not to mention that the individual kinks and "what gets them" for the judges would have a big impact on the scores.
Nah, I think it'd have to be like ice skating and gymnastics, where they have set requirements that must be met, such that the whole "aesthetically pleasing" part isn't dominating as that's very subjective.
... Why the hatred of Track & Field?
Cause it's people runnin in set lines :-p now if they were allowed to take each other's lines around a track etc. -then- I would call it a sport.
@Esher %wood?
Interestingly enough, none of the original Olympic events (all foot races) most of the ones added later (Javlin toss, discus toss, chariot races, long jump) or even most modern events (Swiming, sking, sledding, gymnastics) qualify as Micha sports. As such, wether or not poledancing is a Micha sport should not matter to anyone, even Micha, when determining wether or not it should be an olympic event.
Aww it didn't take your first post to me... Full Contact competitive pole dancing :hmmm: We could work with this. I think that it certainly could qualify. I'm going to go with the benefit of a doubt and assume that Jello is not going to be involved at any point though.
The good news is for alot of sports that I don't count as sports only need slight tweaking to become them :-p
Piggy I think you've learned everything you know from dirtyfrank!
.... are you advocating full contact competitive pole dancing?
I will. First one to fall looses.
Nah, I think it'd have to be like ice skating and gymnastics, where they have set requirements that must be met, such that the whole "aesthetically pleasing" part isn't dominating as that's very subjective.
Yeah i think it would be sorta scored like figure skating or something. It would probably be done with all the gymnastics stuff though. And with most gymnastics stuff it would mean that most countries would have teenagers competing. At which point the awkward or uncomfortable level would go up cuz well the world would be watching minors sensually working a pole.
.... are you advocating full contact competitive pole dancing?
I'm down with the full contact part, but I think it should be a team event
