Should pole dancing be an Olympic Sport? (soldiers, versus, 2013)

[jjrose]

Originally Posted by Harrier

Politics should be an Olympic sport.

Sure, but no one would ever win.

[mkpunk]

Originally Posted by Harrier

Is that different than snowboarding, which is an Olympic sport?

Is it skateboarding down a mountain with no snow?

Harrier has never heard of mountain boarding.

Basically. Imagine snowboarding but on about six inch wheels.This is a video of what it is:

Mountain Boarding Ride The Hill - YouTube

Hales Superbole ATBA-UK Round 3 Freestyle 2012 Mountain Boarding - YouTube

Originally Posted by Roadking2003

It's just as appropriate as synchronized swimming and some of the dancing gymnastics events.

And why do you put quotes around the word entertainment?

I am guessing that some of the entertainment is the same you have getting a lapdance or watching porn.

[Ceece]

No. The Olympics already have too many events IMO. There is nothing that says everything people can do should be a medal event.

[Spaten_Drinker]

Originally Posted by Seatown1

No way. Pole dancing is not a sport, it is cheap entertainment and debauchery. Expect global outrage if such a "sport" were approved.

So is women's beach volleyball.

[mkpunk]

Originally Posted by Spaten_Drinker

So is women's beach volleyball.

Actually, it is much more of a sport than others like figure skating or ice dancing which I think would be relevant to pole dancing.

[chuckmann]

Originally Posted by Harrier

Pole dancing is usually found in buildings of disrepute on the bad side of town near the railroad tracks where some men go to find "entertainment".

Now, some strippers think that they should be allowed to become Olympic athletes.

Pole Dancers Buff Image With Rules and a Dress Code - WSJ.com

Wrestling has been a major human sport for 5,000 years, and part of the modern Olympic Games since 1896.

Do we really want to supplant the honorable sport of wrestling with a "discipline" that originated in strip clubs?

Futhermore, women can already participate in all Olympic sports that men can, but men cannot participate in the female only "sports" of Synchronized Swimming and Rhythmic Gymnastics.

Will male strip... Harrier means "athletes" - be allowed to be Olympic pole dancers, or will this be another sport restricted to females?

Where is the spirit of gender equality?

Toss it in as a part of gymnastics. After all, we already have rhythmic dancing in the gymnastics genre

[chuckmann]

Originally Posted by Ceece

No. The Olympics already have too many events IMO. There is nothing that says everything people can do should be a medal event.

Dump golf and tennis and modern pentathlon and yachting. I'd add horseback riding, but I enjoy watching those events

[chuckmann]

Originally Posted by Spaten_Drinker

So is women's beach volleyball.

I dont know. I for one sure enjoy watching those athletes scrambling around in their bikinies

[Finn_Jarber]

I think looting should be an Olympic sport.

[MyronHarpoons]

People who have never played a sport or don't really watch them have no valid opinion as to what sport should be accepted into the Olympics.

Pole dancing... What a joke.