99% OT Good News!

[Brett Buck]

Just when you thought the world could not get any crazier -  BREAK DANCING is going to be an Olympic sport!  Confirmed for the 2024 Olympics. These are the same people who have twice dumped a multi-billion dollar sport - baseball - that has literally hundreds of millions of regular fans and millions of participants at various levels.

  Best of all, this in an attempt to "appeal to a younger demographic"! About 30 years *too late* on that one, it was a fad for about 6 months in the 90s.

    These are the clowns with which the FAI loves to align itself. Can RC Pattern, CL Stunt,  and Wii bowling be far behind?  I wound up with some best lap times on Gran Turismo 6, sign me up, where's my medal at?

       Brett

 p.s. This is the sort of thing that old white guys figure might "appeal to today's urban youth" - because they are so out of touch, and so willing to be condescending, and willing to pander. Judging panel for 2024 - Jennifer Beals, MC Hammer, and DJ Jazzy Jeff?

[Dennis Nunes]

Maybe there's hope for Tiddlywinks and Jacks in the Olympics!   

Dennis

[Chuck_Smith]

Hmmm, I may have to dust off my old moves.

[frank williams]

At our age just getting our shorts on in the morning looks alot like break dancing.

[proparc]

Laying in bed trying to recover. I was hoping to make the Team.

[Steve Helmick]

Laying in bed trying to recover. I was hoping to make the Team.

Howard's Break Dancing debut was at a past NATS. I don't know what year, but I heard that he can break dance while landing an Impact, so I'm already impressed.    Steve

[Dennis Leonhardi]

At our age just getting our shorts on in the morning looks alot like break dancing.

 

[Dennis Nunes]

At our age just getting our shorts on in the morning looks alot like break dancing.

Maybe just putting on our shorts should be an Olympic event!

Dennis


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[Randy Powell]

The Olympics used to be a track meet. Guess anything is possible now.

[Dick Byron]

I believe there was an international pallbearing event in there somewhere.

[dennis lipsett]

At our age just getting our shorts on in the morning looks alot like break dancing.

I really, REALLY do not want to picture that!

[Steve Helmick]

The Olympics used to be a track meet. Guess anything is possible now.

They used to do all that stuff naked, too, Randy!  Steve

[Brett Buck]

Laying in bed trying to recover. I was hoping to make the Team.

  Recovering from what?   I guess I missed a post somewhere.

    Brett

[Will Hinton]

At our age just getting our shorts on in the morning looks alot like break dancing.

I think the key word there is "break."

[Brett Buck]

I think the key word there is "break."

    If I tried it, guaranteed something would "break"!

    I can't wait for this great moment in sports - Usain Bolt and some breakdancing kid from Upper Slobbovia getting exactly the same gold medal.

   Brett

[FLOYD CARTER]

Olympic gold medals only have meaning to someone interested in sports.  To me, their only value is in how much gold is in the alloy.

[Gerald Arana]

I'm trying out in the next cycle for Fencing. I have already purchased the barbed wire, the posts, and a post hole digger...

Bob Hunt

    Good one Bob!

Jerry

[Brett Buck]

Olympic gold medals only have meaning to someone interested in sports.  To me, their only value is in how much gold is in the alloy.

 You should win a medal for that.

      Brett

[John Lindberg]

I guess all the "one-world" crap isn't selling, what happened to curling?  Can the Fox 15 hurl be far away?

[Dennis Nunes]

Can the Fox 15 hurl be far away?

The Fox 15 Hurl is by far and away above any Olympic event. It is the quintessential of sport! 

Dennis

[Shorts,David]

Break dancers get up to 20 points for sewing their costume.
Then they are required to do 15 dance moves for the judges to score.
In event they go overtime or fail to complete, say...the headspin, they do not receive 25 "dance" points added at the end.

The good news is there is a classic breakdance category for dancers born before 1970.

They had a category for dancers born before 1953, but that's called ballroom dancing.

[wwwarbird]

 I suppose Poker might be next. 

[Brett Buck]

BTW, if they decided to put CL Stunt in the Olympics, I would have roughly the same reaction - it would be completely ludicrous. There are plenty of huge legitimate sports - baseball being the most obvious - that are not in the Olympics, but garbage sports like rhythmic gymnastics, artistic swimming, ice dancing, and now breakdancing are added. Ask yourself - how many people went to a "artistic swimming" meet in the last 10 years, VS, say, an amateur baseball game?    There are college baseball stadiums with capacities of 20,000 people.  That's probably more in one game (say a rivalry game or NCAA championship) than have ever watched artistic swimming from the day it was invented,  unless you were a relative of the participants.

   I might watch the CL Stunt Gold Medal round, but only because I would either be in it, or know everyone in it - not because of the tremendous spectator appeal. And this is from someone who has stayed up until 3 in the morning watching curling - a sport I will never ever do, because I don't like being around ice!

    Brett

[Paul Walker]

[quote  And this is from someone who has stayed up until 3 in the morning watching curling - a sport I will never ever do, because I don't like being around ice!

    Brett
[/quote]

Did you do an in turn draw to the house at 3 am to win and turn it off??

[Brett Buck]

  And this is from someone who has stayed up until 3 in the morning watching curling - a sport I will never ever do, because I don't like being around ice!

    Brett

Did you do an in turn draw to the house at 3 am to win and turn it off??

   Greatest Olympic moment yet  - Schuster with a 5-ender to beat Edin.

   See, great minds....

     Brett

[Mike Griffin]

I'm trying out in the next cycle for Fencing. I have already purchased the barbed wire, the posts, and a post hole digger...

Bob Hunt

That is funny Bob.

Mike

[FLOYD CARTER]

If an Olympic contestant doesn't agree with the judges' ruling, can they petition the US Supreme Court to overturn the vote?

There IS precedent for that.

[Brett Buck]

If an Olympic contestant doesn't agree with the judges' ruling, can they petition the US Supreme Court to overturn the vote?

There IS precedent for that.

  Just can't control yourself, can you? You want to talk about election fraud, we have a section for that now.

   Brett

[FLOYD CARTER]

The real truth is;  I'm so damn funny that I need to share my humor with the world.

[PJ Rowland]

Ive been waiting for this topic to come up.

Back when Sydney had the Olympics I was lucky enough to go to the venue's as one of my friends was working as security. The point was, I found myself having a conversation with an official  organiser about exactly this topic!! What sports are going to make a debut.

Obvioisly I said "why not model aircraft !! " the answer is surprising..

The olympic committee are looking at sports where the sport is done physically with ones body. Having any form of artificial device performing the "sport" is where they draw the line.

From, skateboarding,  Fencing to curling, all these fringe sports, use something physically.

Look at E-sports.. thats a HUGE sport in asia, from Pro Starcraft, to pro sports games.. also not included in the Olympics. Truth of the matter is even sports like motoracing wont be included because of this same point.

Aero modelling will NEVER enter..

As much as I laughed when I first heard Breakdancing was included in 2024, there are less and less sports that you physically do without controlling SOMETHING else isnt that easy..

[proparc]

  Recovering from what?   I guess I missed a post somewhere.

    Brett

At my age, ANY attempt at break dancing, is going to involve a long sojourn in bed!! 

[Brett Buck]

At my age, ANY attempt at break dancing, is going to involve a long sojourn in bed!! 

 I had forgotten the Breaking Team Trials had already taken place.  I had to bow out due to my high deductible, otherwise, I'm all in.

    Good Luck in France, we'll be pulling for you!

    Brett