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Post by awesomeace on Feb 10, 2014 14:12:02 GMT -5
Canadian sweep in the moguls?
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Post by Jindred on Feb 10, 2014 14:25:47 GMT -5
Canadian sweep in the moguls? close but no cigar! another gold and silver though!
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Post by Divebitch on Feb 10, 2014 15:13:31 GMT -5
Haha either way I was never offended and never thought that you were bashing anything. Curling is self-explanatory in some ways, but some ways, but a lot of people don't understand the little rules that play a huge role on the strategy. The biggest one people don't know is the free guard zone. It's a rule that you cannot remove an opponent's stone that is in front of the rings (a guard) with any of the first 4 rocks thrown. This makes sure that when a team is winning, they don't just take out every rock the other team throws. I hear so many people who don't know curling ask why a winning team doesn't just clear out every rock. And I thought everyone knew the biathlon was a Norwegian thing... maybe that's just a Canadian thing to know stuff about winter sports lol. Fun fact, the biathlon originated in Norway and was originally a training exercise for the Norwegian military ( thanks wikipedia!) so you and your brother weren't all that far off with your jokes about the sport. Too funny. Just got off the phone with my best Chicago friend, her mom's from Edminton Alberta. 1st off it was my idea that it was a military sport. I meant it as just a joke, but apparently and as you say it's absolutely true (really, what else would make sense, right?). But me and my friend got into a silly but heated debate as whether or not the biathlon was Olympic-worthy. She wasn't aware of Norway, but brought up WWII and a number of situations some countries (like Afghanistan to name one) might still incorporate x-country skis and rifles. I didn't buy it, but whatever. lol Her mom wasn't into curling, so neither was she. I'll keep your tips on hand though, thanks. The afternoon televised stuff just started, the biathlon is scheduled. Wanna see if they talk about it.
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Post by Divebitch on Feb 10, 2014 15:14:53 GMT -5
Canadian sweep in the moguls? Canadian sweep in the moguls? close but no cigar! another gold and silver though! Hope that wasn't a spoiler. Moguls just started on TV.
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Post by awesomeace on Feb 10, 2014 15:27:36 GMT -5
Canadian sweep in the moguls? close but no cigar! another gold and silver though! Hope that wasn't a spoiler. Moguls just started on TV. oops I have no cable in uni so I just watch everything online. Plus CBC is nice enough to allow me watch events online after it has ended. You still don't know who won it though
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Post by Jindred on Feb 10, 2014 16:15:49 GMT -5
Canadian sweep in the moguls? close but no cigar! another gold and silver though! Hope that wasn't a spoiler. Moguls just started on TV. *cough* that may have been a spoiler. I was watching it on TV.. as a reminder I should put any stuff like that in spoilers in case of people recording or watching later..
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Post by steelersfan4life56 on Feb 11, 2014 13:37:54 GMT -5
I really hope they add more team oriented sports. I'd love to see baseball added back, and football added during the winter Olympics.
Baseball is already spreading across the world in popularity. Latin America and South America would get a good crack at getting some gold medals in this case, and of course baseball is a popular sport here, Japan, and I think China as well others. They already have the little league world series, no idea why they would take it out.
And can we please get some football in the Olympics? I would think it would almost have to be played in the winter Olympics to not affect the NFL season. The Summer Olympics is already bringing back rugby which hasn't been played since 1924, I'd consider that an improvement for all contact sports to get in as well. Back then the U.S. actually did well in that event, it's no wonder why the sport has been an after thought, the sport couldn't keep up with the other national sports and after being taken out of the Olympics there wasn't much effort for athletes to play. Now that they are bringing it back I'd assume that interest would start to rise as along as it stay, you could say the same would be the case if football was introduced.
If Goodell was serious about expanding the NFL's boarders that would be a good starting point. More athletes around the world would rather play for their own national pride, rather than get involved in a U.S. league that travels over seas. Eventually countries would have to form their own leagues which is by far a better scenario than having one or two teams in London and force them to travel over seas every other week, the only way that works at all is if you give England their own division(s) or take baby steps with Canada and Mexico, other than that it will not work.
Of course the U.S, likely would not have their A team football players playing in the Olympics duo to the risk of injury. IF it were to happen I doubt we would see Adrian Peterson, Calvin Johnson, JJ Watt, or Patrick Willis participating. But they likely could still field a fairly solid team with players that didn't make in the NFL or hasn't got their yet. The Olympics could potentially turn into a scouting smorgasbord for players to improve their chances of joining an NFL team, nothing says "sign/draft" me like a gold medal. I could definitely see AFL, IFL, American CFL players, and some NFL free agents, college football, and low round prospects building a solid team, it would also do wonders for a player to hopefully land a spot for a NFL team. As for coaches, they could probably get some young hungry college and NFL coaches to handle it, which would help their chances for promotion up the ranks as well, I wouldn't be surprised if they couldn't pry some retired coaches from their comfy studio seats to coach as well.
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Post by saskabronco on Feb 11, 2014 13:55:49 GMT -5
I really hope they add more team oriented sports. I'd love to see baseball added back, and football added during the winter Olympics. Baseball is already spreading across the world in popularity. Latin America and South America would get a good crack at getting some gold medals in this case, and of course baseball is a popular sport here, Japan, and I think China as well others. They already have the little league world series, no idea why they would take it out. And can we please get some football in the Olympics? I would think it would almost have to be played in the winter Olympics to not affect the NFL season. The Summer Olympics is already bringing back rugby which hasn't been played since 1924, I'd consider that an improvement for all contact sports to get in as well. Back then the U.S. actually did well in that event, it's no wonder why the sport has been an after thought, the sport couldn't keep up with the other national sports and after being taken out of the Olympics there wasn't much effort for athletes to play. Now that they are bringing it back I'd assume that interest would start to rise as along as it stay, you could say the same would be the case if football was introduced. If Goodell was serious about expanding the NFL's boarders that would be a good starting point. More athletes around the world would rather play for their own national pride, rather than get involved in a U.S. league that travels over seas. Eventually countries would have to form their own leagues which is by far a better scenario than having one or two teams in London and force them to travel over seas every other week, the only way that works at all is if you give England their own division(s) or take baby steps with Canada and Mexico, other than that it will not work. Of course the U.S, likely would not have their A team football players playing in the Olympics duo to the risk of injury. IF it were to happen I doubt we would see Adrian Peterson, Calvin Johnson, JJ Watt, or Patrick Willis participating. But they likely could still field a fairly solid team with players that didn't make in the NFL or hasn't got their yet. The Olympics could potentially turn into a scouting smorgasbord for players to improve their chances of joining an NFL team, nothing says "sign/draft" me like a gold medal. I could definitely see AFL, IFL, American CFL players, and some NFL free agents, college football, and low round prospects building a solid team, it would also do wonders for a player to hopefully land a spot for a NFL team. As for coaches, they could probably get some young hungry college and NFL coaches to handle it, which would help their chances for promotion up the ranks as well, I wouldn't be surprised if they couldn't pry some retired coaches from their comfy studio seats to coach as well. I don't understand why baseball and football should be winter olympic sports. Winter olympics are generally reserved for sports that involve snow and ice. Football and baseball are both outdoor, summer sports. And putting football in the olympics wouldn't be fun for anyone. USA is the only country that could possibly win the gold. It would be an even more lopsided version of olympic basketball right now. Canada is probably the only other country in the world who could even field a mildly competitive team, and we would still get obliterated by the USA. I don't see the point in adding a sport to the olympics purely so that USA can win another gold medal. Plus, playing more than one football game a week barely ever happens, and to make the olympics remotely interesting, you would need to win at least 4 or 5 games in the span of a couple weeks. I can't see many players wanting to partake in that.
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Post by steelersfan4life56 on Feb 11, 2014 14:09:12 GMT -5
I really hope they add more team oriented sports. I'd love to see baseball added back, and football added during the winter Olympics. Baseball is already spreading across the world in popularity. Latin America and South America would get a good crack at getting some gold medals in this case, and of course baseball is a popular sport here, Japan, and I think China as well others. They already have the little league world series, no idea why they would take it out. And can we please get some football in the Olympics? I would think it would almost have to be played in the winter Olympics to not affect the NFL season. The Summer Olympics is already bringing back rugby which hasn't been played since 1924, I'd consider that an improvement for all contact sports to get in as well. Back then the U.S. actually did well in that event, it's no wonder why the sport has been an after thought, the sport couldn't keep up with the other national sports and after being taken out of the Olympics there wasn't much effort for athletes to play. Now that they are bringing it back I'd assume that interest would start to rise as along as it stay, you could say the same would be the case if football was introduced. If Goodell was serious about expanding the NFL's boarders that would be a good starting point. More athletes around the world would rather play for their own national pride, rather than get involved in a U.S. league that travels over seas. Eventually countries would have to form their own leagues which is by far a better scenario than having one or two teams in London and force them to travel over seas every other week, the only way that works at all is if you give England their own division(s) or take baby steps with Canada and Mexico, other than that it will not work. Of course the U.S, likely would not have their A team football players playing in the Olympics duo to the risk of injury. IF it were to happen I doubt we would see Adrian Peterson, Calvin Johnson, JJ Watt, or Patrick Willis participating. But they likely could still field a fairly solid team with players that didn't make in the NFL or hasn't got their yet. The Olympics could potentially turn into a scouting smorgasbord for players to improve their chances of joining an NFL team, nothing says "sign/draft" me like a gold medal. I could definitely see AFL, IFL, American CFL players, and some NFL free agents, college football, and low round prospects building a solid team, it would also do wonders for a player to hopefully land a spot for a NFL team. As for coaches, they could probably get some young hungry college and NFL coaches to handle it, which would help their chances for promotion up the ranks as well, I wouldn't be surprised if they couldn't pry some retired coaches from their comfy studio seats to coach as well. I don't understand why baseball and football should be winter olympic sports. Winter olympics are generally reserved for sports that involve snow and ice. Football and baseball are both outdoor, summer sports. And putting football in the olympics wouldn't be fun for anyone. USA is the only country that could possibly win the gold. It would be an even more lopsided version of olympic basketball right now. Canada is probably the only other country in the world who could even field a mildly competitive team, and we would still get obliterated by the USA. I don't see the point in adding a sport to the olympics purely so that USA can win another gold medal. Plus, playing more than one football game a week barely ever happens, and to make the olympics remotely interesting, you would need to win at least 4 or 5 games in the span of a couple weeks. I can't see many players wanting to partake in that. Baseball would be in the summer of course. As for football played in the winter, like I said so it wouldn't interfere with the NFL season and other leagues. Also football is a more fall to winter sport than it is a summer sport, the summer is mostly training, OTAs, and training camp. Also there wouldn't be much of a problem playing in a dome or just playing outdoors as long as the conditions are not too harsh. And as I said it's not like NFL players would be participating. The best possible players likely would be the 5th and later round picks trying to get some glory and improve their draft stock, as well as NFL free agent cast offs, but a good bit of the team would likely be made up of semi-pro players in some of the knock off football leagues. So there would at lest be some sort of competition until the other countries catch up. It's not like other countries simply wouldn't have the players, not everyone can make those rugby teams so Olympic football wouldn't be so bad to fall back on until it gains popularity . That being said would professional rugby players actually player in the next summer Olympics or would it be the same issue of not wanting to get injured?
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Post by saskabronco on Feb 11, 2014 14:20:55 GMT -5
Baseball would be in the summer of course. As for football played in the winter, like I said so it wouldn't interfere with the NFL season and other leagues. Also football is a more fall to winter sport than it is a summer sport, the summer is mostly training, OTAs, and training camp. Also there wouldn't be much of a problem playing in a dome or just playing outdoors as long as the conditions are not too harsh. And as I said it's not like NFL players would be participating. The best possible players likely would be the 5th and later round picks trying to get some glory and improve their draft stock, as well as NFL free agent cast offs, but a good bit of the team would likely be made up of semi-pro players in some of the knock off football leagues. So there would at lest be some sort of competition until the other countries catch up. It's not like other countries simply wouldn't have the players, not everyone can make those rugby teams so Olympic football wouldn't be so bad to fall back on until it gains popularity . That being said would professional rugby players actually player in the next summer Olympics or would it be the same issue of not wanting to get injured? I'd say that even if you were using college back-ups, you would still be by far the dominant team. No country in the world could ever match the scale of American football. But I did just find this article from Fox Sports ( msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/american-football-provisional-recognition-international-olympic-committee-possible-medal-sport-2024-121013) that talks about the potential addition of American football in the olympics by 2024 at the earliest. It would be a summer olympics event (hockey has to interrupt it's season to comply with the winter olympics timing) and it would likely not be 11v11. The article states that it would more than likely be a 7v7 variety that some high schools use, and there would have to be both a men's and women's event, because that is how the olympics work. There are also other varieties of football, like flag or beach that are also recognized by the olympic board that could possible be considered.
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