Commen Sense prevails, Women's ski jump attempt falls short! - Page 4

mr.x · #61 Posted **Jul 12, 2009, 4:49 PM**

Women's ski jumping only has a handful of athletes, and they only very recently had a world championship. In order to include women's ski jumping as a Olympic sport, it needs two world championships. This was the rule set back in the late 1980's regarding sport inclusion, and any sport that was included before the rule was implemented was 'grandfathered'. Ski jumping was one of those that was grandfathered.

If you compare the men's and women's ski jumping world championship results, the men outperform the women by so much it's not even funny.

At the end of the day, it was about the technical merit of the sport. They can use the gender card all they want and get sympathy from a rather ignorant public and media because of that false pretence, but that's not what it is about. The gender card is used far too easily in this country, and every time we accuse of sexism we go all liberal to the point we seem to disregard logic and common sense. And you can bet that the men's ski jumpers and other athletes also absolutely despise these girls too for throwing tantrums and threatening to cancel the men's event: way to make friends! "Either I'm in or nobody's in!"

Why would I despise these girls? They clearly want to win a easy medal at home. Now that they can't, those that were suing VANOC are quitting the sport. Any thoughts about 2014? They're basically saying "screw it", since it's not at home.

Had they tried to develop their sport, rather than wasting time, effort, and money on complaining and suing VANOC (the WRONG organization) for the past 3 years, they might have been able to make it as an Olympic sport for 2014. Sadly, the deadline for the finalization of 2014 sports is coming fast...and besides making noise with lawsuits, women's ski jumping hasn't grown that much at all. Rather, it might have shrinked after this lawsuit - a lawsuit that was bound to fail when clearly VANOC was a subsidiary of the IOC, and the IOC in Lausaunne was responsible for selecting the sports (a deadline which passed years ago).

Above all, it was far, far too late to add the women's event to the 2010 schedule.

And that's why common sense and logic prevails.

Canadian Mind · #62 Posted **Jul 12, 2009, 7:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by mr.x

^ folks like the NDP are putting on a blind fold, flashing out the gender card without looking at the facts and throwing out logic out the window.

I actually despise these girls.

Well now you're just poving their point.

mr.x · #63 Posted **Jul 12, 2009, 7:07 PM**

^ i despise them for trying to cheat their way in, refer to the post before yours.

wrenegade · #64 Posted **Jul 12, 2009, 11:18 PM**

I am so glad the bid for female ski jumping was rejected. It had absolutely nothing to do with Vanoc and everything to do with the IOC. If they had followed the rules they may have had a better chance.

However, that being said, us skiers have been trying to get Skiing Halfpipe into the Olympics for 5+ years. There are thousands of athletes, a pro tour, X games championships, and a World Cup/Championship, and the IOC has still rejected our bids. Maybe we should have sued as well, on the grounds of discrimination against skiers. Perhaps a human rights complaint as well, those things aren't even real courts!