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  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    nolly said:

    that taekwondo has to go,its a martial art that does not hold up

    Agreed Nolly, I know we won some medals, but within the Martial Arts fraternity its considered a joke.

    Unfortunately MMA/Cage fighting will not be included until they clean up the sport.
  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Synchronised strong beer drinking could be good to watch and become more challenging as the rounds progress.

    Yeah, let's see the yanks or Chinese beat our boys and girls at that!
    Medals in the bag.
    Silver to the Belgians?

  • PeakieRocket
    PeakieRocket Posts: 2,418
    In: Squash
    Out: Tennis
  • Addickted4life
    Addickted4life Posts: 7,467
    The thing with darts is that we would have a great chance of sweeping all the medals so just for that get it in.

    And get that dancey horse event out as thats just a load of bollox.
  • better red than dead
    better red than dead Posts: 491
    edited August 2012
    out:synchronised diving. I thought it was a joke when it came up on the timetable.
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,866
    Good thread.

    In: 7 a side FIFA street type football on 7 a side pitch

    In: Squash

    Out: dressage

    Out: regular 11 a side football
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,283
    In - jousting :-)
    Out - no place for football at the Olympics.
  • red_murph
    red_murph Posts: 2,460
    In: Squash

    Out: Football
    Out: Tennis
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    In: Bowls, 5 a side football, Netball, roller skating (to be held in the velodrome!), squash, nobbly knees, gurning
    Out: 11 a side men's football
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    In, Tug of war, one of the original Olympic sports...

    More seriously
    In, Netball - a major international Commonwealth sport, undoutedly played in more countries than, say Handball
    In Squash, again a major international sport

    Out Golf (i.e. before it gets lets in)
    Out Taekwondo - too much of a Korean sport, why this martial art?

    Football must make too much money to drop, but I'd make men's football purely U23 (i.e. no overage players) or even U21 so it becomes more like amateur boxing is to professional boxing, a stepping stone for people starting off.
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  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    Out: rhythmic gymnastics: however clever it is it is a circus act and not a sport and it's too difficult to spell. Everything that needs marking by judges rather than having a clear-cut result.

    In: (But they won't) water skiing. (In case you don't know the IOC refuse to have anything with an engine even though the skiers would all use the same boat. So it's much more about human endeavour than any of that horse-based rubbish.)
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    Squash ought to be in it - simply based on worldwide participation levels - even though it is pretty boring to watch.
  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    In: Biscuit Game
    Out: sailing
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,890
    Out: the speed walk races-utterly bloody ridiculous
    In: Rollerball
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    In: Busting rhymes and spitting lyrics

    Out: Cycling
  • daveaddick
    daveaddick Posts: 1,926
    In defintely Squash a proper game with a ,ong history and the players are athletes
    Out pick any one from Football, synchronised swimming or rythmic gymnastics
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,737
    IN : 20/20 cricket or Tiddlywinks

    OUT : Rhythmic gymnastics

  • simples101
    simples101 Posts: 104
    In : Squash
    Out : Pick any one from football, tennis, dressage or synchronsied swimming
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,733
    Bedsaddick said:

    In - Snooker
    Out - Synchronised swimming

    Changed my mind. Football should definitely be kicked out.

  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    In: skulling.
    Out: sculling.
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  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,650
    In : Skateboarding or Rollerball
    Out: Any Horsey stuff.
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    A mate of mine's dad works at the BOA, and he said that when they were trying to include cricket, they were actually going to create a new format. It was 20/20 with one team batting 10 overs, then the over team, then they come out for the other 10 overs. I don't think it would hit off, but would be exciting for the Olympics. Tactics come into play. Got rejected anyhow, and it cannot be raised as an option until 2024 at the earliest I think.
  • BensonFC
    BensonFC Posts: 411
    In: 5 a side football
    Out: 11 a side football and tennis
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    out : Women's Wrestling

    in : Women's mud wrestling
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    In: Golf
    Out: Football
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    In: collecting belly button fluff

    Out: Cycling
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    In - rugby sevens
    Out - Football
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    In - Retrorunning
    Out - Dressage
  • sralan
    sralan Posts: 2,031
    In... cheese rolling
    Out.. synchronised swimming, can't get my head around it. Dancing under water.....didn't they do well :-)
  • seriously_red
    seriously_red Posts: 5,741
    In: Anything good to watch that captures more sports ... as people above mention...rugby 7s; 20:20, chess... or even chess boxing!
    out: sync swimming, dressage and rhymic gymastics... why?

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