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diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:31 pm
by smartbrother
also are any of these guys straight? that said much credit to daly for taking bronze

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:33 pm
by Oba
Come on smartbrother! Have you ever tried diving? It's a sport and requires skill.

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:41 pm
by smartbrother
Roman Obamovitch wrote:Come on smartbrother! Have you ever tried diving? It's a sport and requires skill.
what skill? personal grooming? they look like get all their exercise dancing under a disco ball. Boxing. thats a sport

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:41 pm
by Vincent.
What about artistic gymnastics? :lol:

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:43 pm
by Vincent.
Roman Obamovitch wrote:Come on smartbrother! Have you ever tried diving? It's a sport and requires skill.
Dancing also requires skills, but it is not a sport

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:16 pm
by Comrade Machel
Vincent. wrote:
Roman Obamovitch wrote:Come on smartbrother! Have you ever tried diving? It's a sport and requires skill.
Dancing also requires skills, but it is not a sport
Good come back :D

Oba i'm sure its very difficult but i don't see the sporting aspect of it

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:23 pm
by Tbite
Samora Moises Machel wrote:
Vincent. wrote:
Roman Obamovitch wrote:Come on smartbrother! Have you ever tried diving? It's a sport and requires skill.
Dancing also requires skills, but it is not a sport
Good come back :D

Oba i'm sure its very difficult but i don't see the sporting aspect of it
They should send all these nonsense sports to the winter olympics...and leave the real sports in the Summer olympics.

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 4:46 am
by tippy
don't be ridiculous. it makes me laugh how some people are feting being able to run fast in a straight line ffs.

try hitting the water at that speed and tell me its not a sport.

they should bounce all sports that a 3 year old could do blindfolded from the summer olympics :tic:

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 4:57 am
by realtrouble
Nan the sport with horse they bother me, will the allow Nigerian to do equestrian with malu

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:48 am
by ohenhen1
In my opinion events that only have a few countries participating in it, should not be an Olympic sport. Diving should be dropped from the Olympics.

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:33 am
by Guv007
ohenhen1 wrote:In my opinion events that only have a few countries participating in it, should not be an Olympic sport. Diving should be dropped from the Olympics.

So you think only a few countries take part in those sports?

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:34 am
by Guv007
Vincent. wrote:
Roman Obamovitch wrote:Come on smartbrother! Have you ever tried diving? It's a sport and requires skill.
Dancing also requires skills, but it is not a sport
4I9 requires skills as well. :taunt:

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:52 am
by Tbite
Guv007 wrote:
Vincent. wrote:
Roman Obamovitch wrote:Come on smartbrother! Have you ever tried diving? It's a sport and requires skill.
Dancing also requires skills, but it is not a sport
4I9 requires skills as well. :taunt:
4I9 should be a sport.

They should have various categories as well.

Nigeria would win 7 Gold, 2 Silver & 1 Bronze.

Some of the events could be "The Nigerian Prince" "Show & Tell" "Identity Fraud" "Maryam Abacha" "Nigerian Prince relay" "Seduction"

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:07 am
by Raptor
The problem is we might not even be good at that once it becomes an olympic "sport". Corrupt govt officials will steal the funding necessary to succeed and other countries would therefore be able to steal our best "athletes". :lol:

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:25 am
by Tbite
Raptor wrote:The problem is we might not even be good at that once it becomes an olympic "sport". Corrupt govt officials will steal the funding necessary to succeed and other countries would therefore be able to steal our best "athletes". :lol:
Seun Aboshokoto laments the state of 4I9 in Nigeria
"Those days, we used to do yahoo yahoo in the morning, in the afternoon, even in the evening, now we have not qualified for most events. The laptops have not arrived, the internet connection is not there, we have to use mtn mobile phone to train for the events, it is a sorry sight. Now even Oyibo pipul wey we suppose call maga, dey hustle us small. The thing don tire our athletes. Even when we hammer sef, dem go thief the money"
Abama Barracks speaks about the changing game
"No be even computer sef wey dey worry us, Oyibo pipul sef don programme machine for hammer. 50,60 people dem dey wire effryday, sotey our own don finish, nah raw talents wey we get, Oyibo don perfect this thing, dem no find control number, nah the machine we go use algorhythmic, abi wetin dem call am sef? Abeg make una tell awon oga pata pata, make dem find some money, make we chop small"
Dogonyaro Barawo Jnr comments on the connection issues
"It is not good at all, at all. I was even lucky, I was beating that russian boy, Dimitri. I trick one oyibo woman, she was sending me the details, I was good for the bronze medal, when all hellfire broke loose. Nepa take light, the thing sef dey confuse me. How nepa fit take light for Rio, when na the same light wey all the boys dey use. I just found out that the delegates who outnumber the athletes 10 to 1 were overloading on the supply and using it for internet shopping. So that was a missed opportunity. The Russian got the Bronze and I was disqualified. Anyway we give God the glory"

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:34 am
by Raptor
Tbite wrote:
Raptor wrote:The problem is we might not even be good at that once it becomes an olympic "sport". Corrupt govt officials will steal the funding necessary to succeed and other countries would therefore be able to steal our best "athletes". :lol:
Seun Aboshokoto laments the state of 4I9 in Nigeria
"Those days, we used to do yahoo yahoo in the morning, in the afternoon, even in the evening, now we have not qualified for most events. The laptops have not arrived, the internet connection is not there, we have to use mtn mobile phone to train for the events, it is a sorry sight. Now even Oyibo pipul wey we suppose call maga, dey hustle us small. The thing don tire our athletes. Even when we hammer sef, dem go thief the money"
Abama Barracks speaks about the changing game
"No be even computer sef wey dey worry us, Oyibo pipul sef don programme machine for hammer. 50,60 people dem dey wire effryday, sotey our own don finish, nah raw talents wey we get, Oyibo don perfect this thing, dem no find control number, nah the machine we go use algorhythmic, abi wetin dem call am sef? Abeg make una tell awon oga pata pata, make dem find some money, make we chop small"
Dogonyaro Barawo Jnr comments on the connection issues
"It is not good at all, at all. I was even lucky, I was beating that russian boy, Dimitri. I trick one oyibo woman, she was sending me the details, I was good for the bronze medal, when all hellfire broke loose. Nepa take light, the thing sef dey confuse me. How nepa fit take light for Rio, when na the same light wey all the boys dey use. I just found out that the delegates who outnumber the athletes 10 to 1 were overloading on the supply and using it for internet shopping. So that was a missed opportunity. The Russian got the Bronze and I was disqualified. Anyway we give God the glory"

:lol:

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:27 pm
by folem
Vincent. wrote:
Roman Obamovitch wrote:Come on smartbrother! Have you ever tried diving? It's a sport and requires skill.
Dancing also requires skills, but it is not a sport
Dancing is a sport.
There are championships in many disciplines e.g. 10 dance, ballroom, rhythm, latin,smooth etc.

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:28 pm
by mcal
ohenhen1 wrote:In my opinion events that only have a few countries participating in it, should not be an Olympic sport. Diving should be dropped from the Olympics.
...not if those countries are in-charge and has voting powers at IOC, diplomatic powers, even military power if u try any shiit. Go see the UN.

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:04 pm
by Ipe Grams
Nigerians complaining cause they not good at any sports. :lol:

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:10 pm
by Riversboy
My rule of thumb is that all sports that require judges for points scoring are suspect at the Olympics.

By the way, this includes wrestling and boxing. Boxing is saved because the judges are merely deciding if there was contact or not, and the amount of points awarded for said contact are fixed and objective. However, if they bring the professional 10-point scoring system to the Olympics as they are threatening to do, I would be yelling for boxing to be removed.

RB.

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:17 pm
by Molue Conductor
realtrouble wrote:Nan the sport with horse they bother me, will the allow Nigerian to do equestrian with malu
to me the horse deserves the medal.

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:18 pm
by Molue Conductor
Raptor wrote:The problem is we might not even be good at that once it becomes an olympic "sport". Corrupt govt officials will steal the funding necessary to succeed and other countries would therefore be able to steal our best "athletes". :lol:
that should be automatic gold for us

Re: diving.how is this a sport?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:20 pm
by Molue Conductor
ohenhen1 wrote:In my opinion events that only have a few countries participating in it, should not be an Olympic sport. Diving should be dropped from the Olympics.
I think they should ban so called sports that require judge scoring. i.e where the viewer doesn't even know the score until the judges post them,