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  1. Scott Merryfield

    Winter Olympic Events you would eliminate

    We golfers are lady-killers. :)
  2. Scott Merryfield

    Winter Olympic Events you would eliminate

    Get rid of the stage sets and just judge the dance, and it no longer falls under #4. ;) As for boxing, Jeff, that's probably not a good "sport" to use as defense of figure skating in the Olympics. IMO, pro boxing is worse than pro wrestling. At least with wrestling, you know that every match...
  3. Scott Merryfield

    Winter Olympic Events you would eliminate

    These sports need to stay just for their sheer wackiness: Luge - a person hurls him/herself down an ice shoot at ridiculous speeds on a tiny sled. Skeleton - even wackier... the person has to go down head first! Biathlon - Armed cross country skiers. The only thing that could make it...
  4. Scott Merryfield

    Winter Olympic Events you would eliminate

    But curling fails your Rule #3, Jeff. :D I'm not denying that figure skaters are very talented and gifted performers, and I will watch some of the women's skating (hey, I'm a sucker for a good-looking female in a short skirt, too ;) ), but I pretty much ignore the scoring and medal...
  5. Scott Merryfield

    Winter Olympic Events you would eliminate

    Ice dancing and all the "extreme sports". Personally, I do not think that any sport that determines its winner via judging is truly a sport, even though the performers are very talented individuals. However, it's a performance, similar to spending an evening at the ballet, not a competitive...
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