Sunday, August 17, 2008

Equestrians

How the hell is this an Olympic sport? The horse does all the physical work, it's just up to the person to ride it and tell it what to do. Michael Phelps' coach did the same thing for him, getting on him to keep his training up and giving him a plan for the Olympics, but he doesn't get a medal. If you can wear a fancy coat while competing in your "sport," then you cannot call yourself an athlete. 

Which brings me to my next point ... how the hell is golf NOT an Olympic sport. You can't argue that golfers aren't athletes when they are compared to equestrians, archers and pistol shooters. They definitely put in as much physical effort as all those so-called athletes. And golf is a truly international sport. Just look at the major champions since 2004: there have been winners from the U.S. (Tiger and Co.), Europe (Padraig Harrington), Africa (Trevor Immelman and Retief Goosen), Australia/New Zealand (Michael Campbell and Geoff Ogilvy), South America (Angel Cabrera) and Asia (Vijay Singh).

I know more people would watch a match play event between Tiger and Paddy Harrington for the gold than would watch people in funny suits riding horses.

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