Tug-O-War doesn't belong in the Olympics, like lets be honest here. It wouldn't make sense to have it as an event in the Olympics.

does anyone know why baseball is get scratched off the olympic calendar

The IOC wants professional ball players and that's just not going to happen.

could hockey be the next 1 gone. I heard that by 2014 Bettman doesn't want his players in the Olympic Games. hopefully his gone.

Yeah i guess its possible. For me I think it makes it more exciting. Like, I enjoy the hockey in the olympics 100% times better because of the people who are particiapting.

Aww, I'm getting the feeling that I'm the only one who wants this event.

Whatever the IOC decides, I just hope it still remains competitive. It seems like each country has a spo...event they're good at while sucking at other events that other countries excel at. That's the impression I got while watching the coverage on television. "Oh, swimming is next, let's focus all our energy at that while avoiding Table Tennis." - Not an exact quote, just what I heard in my head.

Yep, I'd like to see surfing in the Olympics.

When I think of Summer Olympics, I think of outdoor sports that you think of doing to take advantage of the summer, lol. Or something water related (swimming, surfing are summer sports for me). That separates it from the Winter Olympics.

A lot of the indoor games (trampoline, gymnastics, table tennis, fencing, weightlifting, etc.) that are currently included in the Summer Olympics doesn't give me much of a summer game feeling. Sure they're sports and the players are athletes but if the games have to be limited, I'd give more priority to sports like baseball, softball, golf, rugby, etc. to be part of the Summer Olympic games.


Vince is right. Tug of war used to be part of the Olympic disciplines. Although it's no longer being competed, it still remains in the list of official Olympic sports together with gofl, rugby, polo, even chess!

They need to add rugby, too. Even though I'm not a fan of it, I won't hate on a sport that I know deserves to be in the Olympics.

I've always wondered about Rugby too. From goggaloogling:

I say, old boy, those merry cans seem to have given our hides a darn good thrashing.