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08-22-2008, 07:38 PM | #32 | |
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You would be a fool to think that niche sports aren't easier to qualify for than non-niche sports, if you are a practitioner of the one or the other. You take the average person and get them trained in equestrian, versus getting trained in the 100m. Which is going to have more of a chance of being in the Olympics? The equestrian. |
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08-22-2008, 07:49 PM | #33 | |
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Now there is a guy who would make Casey Kasem proud.....feet on the ground but reaching for the stars...
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08-22-2008, 09:24 PM | #34 |
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If you could argue this point without belittling the athletes in those niche sports your posts would be a bit more palatable. It's the Olympics Mike. With a few exceptions (basketball, baseball) they're all niche sports. You've already said in this thread that the basketball team bores you to the point that you'd like to see them lose. I guess I'm trying to figure out why you bother to watch the Olympics at all.
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08-22-2008, 09:28 PM | #35 | |
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Because you haven't come up with any convincing arguments. |
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Sorry to interrupt the bitch slap fight here, but I have to admit I was hoping Jeremy Wariner would lose. Not just lose, but lose badly. I would have cheered for a Cuban to beat him. I would have cheered for a Russian to beat him. Hell, I would have cheered for a Taliban fighter in a keffiyeh to beat him. I would have cheered for Osama Bin La...well, not him. But you know what I mean. I cannot stand Jeremy Wariner. And he proved in the interview after his race what a prick he is.
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I simply pointed out an inconsistency in your theory as to why there are no black players in USA volleyball. I'm not interested in grading the niche-ness of all the different Olympic sports. I'm too busy enjoying the games. For some reason you can't bring yourself to make the argument that you really want to make. I've been reading your posts long enough to know what your point really is. I'll make it for you "any sport dominated by white players isn't really a sport." |
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08-22-2008, 09:42 PM | #38 | |
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Racing yachts may be a great sport, that I would enjoy. But it is not meaningful. This is why soccer is the beautiful game--it requires very little resources. Running, as well, requires little. Swimming is an elitist sport. And one day in the future, we will look back on Phelps and Spitz and put an asterisk next to their accomplishments, as they were done in the era of virtually all-caucasian swimmers. |
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08-22-2008, 09:45 PM | #39 | |
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In the Olympics in Greece, I seem to remember him being fun to watch. IIRC, he got the silver in the 200 meters in what was a terrific race. Wasn't this the guy that mentioned to the Baylor football coach that he'd be interested in playing football, but the coach blew him off because he ran track?
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THis makes no sense to me. WOUldn't their accomplishments presumably be buried by the onslaught of the non-elitist athletes, in your world view?
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