Reply to "Relevant Olympic Sports @ the I.O.C."

RJMHSBaseballWeb member since 2007

There are 39 Summer Olympic sports. 16 involve what I believe we would call defense (facing off against each other). Another 7 involve defense if you consider angling on the turns defense (some cycling, sailing, track, etc). There are 15 Winter Olympic sports. Only 1 (hockey) involves face to face defense. There are 6 more if you consider angling in a race defense. In total only 17 of 54 Olympic sports involve face to face defense. It leads me to believe face to face defense is not what the Olympics is about or interests the world's sports fans. The original Olympics involved foot and chariot races.

2/24/1012:34 PM

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