It's not exiting but falls very well into the Olympic history of being events suited to military skills. I would accept archery and shooting as normal Olympic sports before billiards or skateboarding or basketball, or many other events.
Billiards in the Olympics instead of
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It's not exiting but falls very well into the Olympic history of being events suited to military skills. I would accept archery and shooting as normal Olympic sports before billiards or skateboarding or basketball, or many other events.
There should be a cue sports category not just pool. Snooker, 3 Cushion and probably 8 ball represented, maybe 9 ball or 10 ball but I would pick 8 ball as the everyman game to represent pool.
If pool gets added, might as well include chess and video gaming too.
It should be noted all of these are games, not sports, and don’t qualify.
It should be noted all of these are games, not sports, and don’t qualify.
While I agree, we should also consider that the majority of events are not sports as well. Nearly all track and field events are just that (events) and have zero direct competiton to opponents. In fact the only one that may be considered a sport is long distance running where you can cut off others and draft. Gymnastics is the same, and you don't even need to dig into the fringe events like 'dancing with ribbons'...lol
The Olympics is about contests not competitive sports.
Neither actually...
“Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life..." (Olympic Charter – Fundamental Principle 1)
Well that was a bunch of hot air...lol. Interesting none the less.
I think my assessment is still accurate enough.
Well that was a bunch of hot air...lol. Interesting none the less.
I think my assessment is still accurate enough.
I would say that my personal opinion aligns with yours. Olympics would be a lot more interesting if track runners can chase each other down, more so if we included cheetahs/lions/sharks.
Beg to differ……contest is a common denominator for any game or sport.
However, the degree of athleticism is what differentiates & qualifies for inclusion.
Sure if you want...
"contest" : an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport, activity, or particular quality
I don't consider contests wherein the opponents don't directly interact as "sports". Athleticism doesn't change the rules of the contest. Just your ability to perform at it. The bulk of what you see in the Olympics may be contests, but not necessarily "sports". IMHO
So how about skiing or ice skating where the opponents don’t interact but gosh, how much more athleticism can
there be than in singles competition for both sports……just you versus the mountain or the ice……no opponent.
There is zero direct interaction of opponents with the aforementioned but both are indisputably actual real sports.
Yes, coming into a pool forum and making the declaration that pool is more worthy than another sport is some pretty low hanging fruit.PGHteacher<---- Would be willing to bet he could find a Sync swimmer that feels the same way about cue sports and knows nothing about them.
Fill some envelopes with money, go bring the International Olympics Committee, money pushs your agenda.
Please no. Singles and maybe scotch-doubles but not BB.
Its even called the Olympic Games.
Earl played in the World Games if memory serves me right.