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RE: Why isn't foosball an Olympic event? - PACKER - 04-Aug-2012
So far 100% of the two people that have voted think that foosball should be in the Olympics! Yet as I write this the word foosball is underlined in red because spell check doesn't even consider it a word... unreal
RE: Why isn't foosball an Olympic event? - jpguywatchout - 09-Aug-2012
until darts is an olympic sport, foosball is going to have a long, rough ride.... although having table tennis as an olympic sport is a pretty solid legal precedent.
as far as i can see, we're caught right in the middle of darts (pasttime-like sport) and table tennis (miniature example of a real sport, just like foosball)..... we only need a solid, influencial, highly paid lobbyist to put us over the edge..... like a former olympic president or something.
money talks.
RE: Why isn't foosball an Olympic event? - Byron - 09-Aug-2012
They have trampoline as a olympic event....we can't be that far behind.
RE: Why isn't foosball an Olympic event? - Jester - 09-Aug-2012
Agreed, all about the money.
RE: Why isn't foosball an Olympic event? - independant Gitz - 12-Aug-2012
Its not an olypic event because I.O.C can't control the outcome with corrupt officials
RE: Why isn't foosball an Olympic event? - deliverance - 13-Aug-2012
(09-Aug-2012, 10:03 AM)Byron Wrote: They have trampoline as a olympic event....we can't be that far behind.
Which was won by a man named 'Dong Dong'.
RE: Why isn't foosball an Olympic event? - Byron - 18-Aug-2012
(13-Aug-2012, 09:06 AM)deliverance Wrote:(09-Aug-2012, 10:03 AM)Byron Wrote: They have trampoline as a olympic event....we can't be that far behind.
Which was won by a man named 'Dong Dong'.
Didn't we get gold for that event?
RE: Why isn't foosball an Olympic event? - SilentSam - 18-Aug-2012
Maybe in Canada our Dongs are so solid, we need to refer to them twice?
RE: Why isn't foosball an Olympic event? - subculture - 20-Aug-2012
The main issue imo why Foosball has almost no chance to get into the Olympics?
For non-players, it's a terrible TV sport. And because of the relatively small size of the playing field, it's not very good in a live environment as well.
Table tennis, even darts are easier for the uninitiated to view and appreciate than foosball.
Now, one advantage we have over Badminton is that it wouldn't be so easy to lose on purpose for seeding. Once an opponent caught on that a player was deliberately scoring on himself, he'd prevent him from passing the ball backwards
