Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site noscvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!akgua!sdcsvax!noscvax!bloomber From: bloomber@noscvax.UUCP (Michael N. Bloomberg) Newsgroups: net.sport Subject: Racquet Sports in the Olympics Message-ID: <564@noscvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Aug-84 13:37:50 EDT Article-I.D.: noscvax.564 Posted: Tue Aug 7 13:37:50 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Aug-84 07:18:24 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center Lines: 23 Does anybody in NetLand know why there are no racquet sports in the Olympic games??? It seems to me that many of these sports would be quite exciting to watch. Aside from tennis, badminton and table tennis are two sports that come to mind. They are fast-paced, take up a small area (great for T.V.!!) and require excellent physical conditioning. I realize that a sport like badminton is not well known. However, if played well, can be quite an exciting sport and deserving of greater popularity. It seems the Olympics gives a disproportional amount of attention to the various sports. For example, why are there some many different swimming events (the 100, 200, 400 meters in the backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle, the individual medley, and the team medley (I probably didn't even cover them all!!) ) It seems absurd that there is the potential of an individual winning seven gold medals (as Mark Spitz did). Why not limit these events and include other kinds of sports?? -- Real Life: Michael Bloomberg MILNET: bloomber@nosc UUCP: [ihnp4,akgua,decvax,dcdwest,ucbvax]!sdcsvax!noscvax!bloomber