Should Fishing be in the Olympics?

You know they'd all be doped to the gills.

*Only* if there's a drinking component. Busch in cans.

Bowling never made it past the demonstration on 1988, precisely because they neglected this key facet of the game. Let's not make the same mistake twice.

bigger ain't always better wrote:

The OGs are too large and unwieldy as is.

Wrong. The OGs are not nearly large enough. The potential for maximum bloat has not been realized at all. Fishing should be added. And poker, bowling, billiards, hotdog eating, cheerleading, jousting, quidditch, chess, sumo, tap dancing, juggling, joggling, cooking...

Yes! Fisting should definitely be in the Olympics!

Oh wait, you said fishing. Never mind.

Enough with the trolling.

Sight Seeing should be an Olympic sport.

See, this ties in with my idea about Nessie spotting. Too much fraudulence possible with Nessie spotting, you say? And how is that different than Track & Field?

Phister Roboto

Pam Poovey: (excitedly) And it doesn't just fist!

i chose D2 wrote:

Good times are killing me wrote:

Why not? It's not like anyone takes the Olympics seriously anymore. Women's BMX racing is in so why not fishing?

Is there something about women's BMX that makes it less deserving of being in the Olympics than men's BMX?

Great point. Mens BMX racing is also hilarious.

flat jack wrote:

BMX pro racers are some of the best athletes on Earth. It takes skills most distance runners would not even comprehend exist. Many BMX youth racers have become pro skiiers, road cyclists, baseball palyers, etc.

Exactly. Some people grow up and participate in adult sports.

Zeb Coe wrote:

The international governing body for fishing has applied for angling to be part of the 2020 Tokyo Games. The Confederation Internationale de la Peche says "accepting fishing as an Olympic discipline would enlarge the universality of the Olympic idea because angling is so popular".

Its an NCAA recognized sport, and there's a boatload of fishin' TV shows so there is interest, but I would suggest they do their fishing with javelins, so sort of spearfishing in keeping with Olympic tradition and to rule out them noisy, stinky bass boats. And the women competitors would be required to wear bikinis.

Low Hanging Fruit wrote:

You know they'd all be doped to the gills.

Let's not open that can of worms

Fishing was in the Paris Summer Olympics in 1900: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angling_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics

if the fish is eaten after that it is more useful than running in a circle for sure

Zeb Coe wrote:

The international governing body for fishing has applied for angling to be part of the 2020 Tokyo Games. The Confederation Internationale de la Peche says "accepting fishing as an Olympic discipline would enlarge the universality of the Olympic idea because angling is so popular".

By fishing, do you mean drinking beer with your friends?

Aaron Martens is a very successful professional angler and a decent runner.

http://www.runnersworld.com/celebrity-runners/im-a-runner-aaron-martens

The fishermen or fisherwomen should stand at the finishbline and ever time the runners cime around the track the fisherman should cadt their line and try to hook their fishing lures onto a runners singlet and try to reel the runner in. If they can't they may get dragged around the track. If the runner is able to make a full 400 meter loop around the track dragging the fisherman and his rod, then the runner gets 1 point. If the fisherman is able to reel the runner in back across the start/finish line then the fisherman gets 1 point.

Would they use real fish, or would it be like clay pigeons in shooting?

If the fisherman happens to catch a hammer head shark on his lure and the shark jumps out of the water and hits the olympic fisherman on the head with its hammer head and the fishernan dies of a concussion then who would be responsible? Seb Coe?

Costas fan wrote:

+1 for "Zeb Coe" handle

Why not Zeb Roe?

Reckon the Twin Cities could put together a nifty ice fishing team.