I'm slightly pissed that baseball and softball will not be Olympic sports in 2012, but we are keeping Rhythmic gymnastics and the equestrian events... I'm sorry, how you can possibly score Rhythmic gymnastics in any sort of meaningful way is beyond me. Why not make Hula Hoop, juggling and ballet Olympic sports?
And why do we need a bunch of medal sports for rich people who ride horses? The horses should get the medals! If you want to ride a horse in the olympics, compete in the
modern pentathlon, now those are riders!!!
I didn't see mountain biking, but wonder what it is scored based on?
And where did all these "synchronized" events come from? pairs and 8 person swimming as well as pairs diving? Pairs Diving? WTF is up with that? The judges can't accurately score one diver, now they have to watch two at once without slow motion or replays...
I am not a big fan of anything that basically has subjective judging. 8 person synchronized swimming is a laugh from a scoring perspective.
I am not saying these are not sports or do not require skill, athleticism, etc., just that they should not be Olympic sports.
So what events do you think should be canned or added?
I almost forgot... Team Handball???? What is this ridiculous thing? Soccer for those who can't kick, basketball for those who can't jump, or water polo for those who can't swim?