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Breakdancing an Olympic Sport?
January 26, 2023, 07:42 PM
FishOnBreakdancing an Olympic Sport?
No, it's not April 1.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90...ing-trivium-breakingJanuary 26, 2023, 08:39 PM
AeteoclesMany of the Olympic sports we have today were not sports in antiquity.
A competitive breakdancer demonstrates no less athleticism than say, a figure skater or a snowboarder.
January 26, 2023, 08:42 PM
parabellumAre we to pretend that we don't know the reasons why this is happening?
January 26, 2023, 08:48 PM
Aeteoclesquote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
Are we to pretend that we don't know the reasons why this is happening?
Attracting more viewership from youngins?
It's a male dominated "sport". What else am I failing to see?
January 26, 2023, 08:50 PM
parabellumTake a peek and see if anything jumps out at you here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BreakdancingJanuary 26, 2023, 09:00 PM
AeteoclesOh.
I see what you are seeing, but I don't think that's it.
The popularity of breakdancing is being driven by East and Southeast Asia, followed by LATAM.
January 26, 2023, 09:03 PM
parabellumI have no doubt whatsoever that that is it, and that it is the
only reason.
January 26, 2023, 09:11 PM
AeteoclesI posit that the IOC, being an international organization based in Switzerland, is partially insulated from US race politics, and is mostly driven by money. Viewership = money, and new sports like skateboard, BMX, breakdancing, rock climbing are intended to to attract views from typically underrepresented countries.
January 26, 2023, 09:12 PM
parabellumThey don't live in a bubble. They know, and this is pandering ten ways from Sunday.
January 26, 2023, 09:20 PM
darthfusterWhich is the most white nation in the world? Do you think Poland would ever get the gold medal?
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier January 26, 2023, 10:29 PM
YooperSigsCurling is an Olympic sport.
End of Earth: 2 Miles
Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
January 26, 2023, 10:35 PM
parabellumquote:
Curling is an Olympic sport
Curling was officially made an Olympic even in 1998, not in hyper-woke 2023.
Anything the IOC does these days is automatically suspect.
January 26, 2023, 10:37 PM
FishOnWhat the hell. Why not pole dancing while they're at it? It's very athletic and I guarantee it will spike the ratings.
January 26, 2023, 10:48 PM
parabellumI'm just waiting for the IOC to get serious and make carjacking an Olympic event.
January 26, 2023, 10:58 PM
darthfusterquote:
Originally posted by FishOn:
What the hell. Why not pole dancing while they're at it? It's very athletic and I guarantee it will spike the ratings.
Not in this gender fluid world!!!!
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier January 26, 2023, 11:09 PM
iron chefquote:
Originally posted by FishOn:
What the hell. Why not pole dancing while they're at it? It's very athletic and I guarantee it will spike the ratings.
You joke, but pole sports/dancing is eligible and under consideration for Olympic status. The bigger joke is that esports will likely be in the Olympics within the next 12 years.
The Olympic host city has some say in which sports get added for their Olympic year. For example, baseball, softball, & karate are extremely popular in Japan, so they were full-medal sports at Tokyo 2020 but won't be included at Paris 2024. I read one of the reasons breakdancing got added was because Paris wanted it. There's no guarantee it will still be in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, though I'm almost certain baseball & softball will return. Easy choices, as they are historically American sports, and the USA will be gold medal favorites.
January 27, 2023, 12:50 AM
FishOnquote:
Originally posted by iron chef:
quote:
Originally posted by FishOn:
What the hell. Why not pole dancing while they're at it? It's very athletic and I guarantee it will spike the ratings.
You joke, but pole sports/dancing is eligible and under consideration for Olympic status. The bigger joke is that esports will likely be in the Olympics within the next 12 years.
The Olympic host city has some say in which sports get added for their Olympic year. For example, baseball, softball, & karate are extremely popular in Japan, so they were full-medal sports at Tokyo 2020 but won't be included at Paris 2024. I read one of the reasons breakdancing got added was because Paris wanted it. There's no guarantee it will still be in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, though I'm almost certain baseball & softball will return. Easy choices, as they are historically American sports, and the USA will be gold medal favorites.
LA? Well of course they'll keep the break dancing. And yes I was joking about pole dancing. But if you are serious then I might just have to tune in for that event. What a circus.
January 27, 2023, 12:53 AM
12131quote:
Originally posted by FishOn:
LA? Well of course they'll keep the break dancing. And yes I was joking about pole dancing. But if you are serious then I might just have to tune in for that event. What a circus.
Circus folks are very athletic, too, you know. Just you wait.
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January 27, 2023, 05:06 AM
Captain MorganAnd still no LaCross. I guess its too manly. An over looked Native American game by the woke PC crowd.
Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.
Benjamin Franklin January 27, 2023, 06:43 AM
egregoreIn at least one Three Stooges short (unfortunately I can't remember which one), Curly did what could be considered break-dancing.
I'm sure it takes a good deal of skill, but Olympic sport worthy?