2006-02-17

The Order in Which Sports Should Be Dropped From the Olympics

1. Sports that have combination scoring systems, like time and "style". Notably, mogul skiing.
2. Sports that have no objective scoring measurement, such as time or distance, but rely on 'points' from judges: figure skating and its relatives, half-pipe snowboarding, "freestyle" skiing
3. Downhill snowboarding
4. Hockey
5. Slalom skiing
6. Any other sport that involves racing one competitor at a time: bobsled, luge, skeleton, downhill skiing, etc
7. Sports that involve racing two competitors at a time: long track speed skating
8. Sports that involve racing at the same time, but starting at different times, like some cross country skiing races

Sports that should not be dropped
1. Ski jumping
2. Short track speed skating
3. Curling
4. Snowbard cross

Sports that should be added
1. Snow shoe racing
2. Some type of suicide-run style toboggan racing (teams race down a hill, punching and kicking at each other)
3. Endurance contest (every competitor stands outside naked and gets the same small kit of materials and the last one to pass out/request/require medical attention wins. People who fall asleep would be out. Would be a good way to tie the entire 2 weeks together.)
4. Ice fight (everyone wears skates and is put in a hockey rink - they fight until there's 1 person left standing)

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