In case you don't have your calculator handy, that is 15 condoms per athlete.
Now, you have to figure based upon religious views or personal beliefs and the fact that some of the athletes are married, we can deduct 4,000 athletes from participating in the sport of "hey you come here often?", that leaves 6,500 athletes for 150,000 condoms...slow down, I got the math for you right here...that makes it an average of 23 per athlete...
Well, I guess that number depends upon how many the track and wrestlers and those frisky archers have used during week one.
But really...is it a sport if people give you a score?
If you are not judged by how fast you are or how many points/runs you score is it really a sport?
Gymnastics, figure skating, diving, synchronized swimming, snowboarding...seriously, how are these Olympic sports?
Don't get me wrong, the people who participate in these EVENTS are athletes. They have to be in excellent shape to participate in their EVENT. But to call these a sport is mind-boggling to me.
You perform and a panel of "experts" give you scores? And these people are from countries other than yours who have their fellow country(wo)men competing against you?
OH sure, tell me, well they throw out the worst and best scores to make it more even.
Seriously? Some 'judge' has a horrible day...they have an argument with their spouse...find out one of their kids is in trouble, find out they can't pay all their bills that month...and then they need to focus to make a judgement on something that in many of these EVENTS happen in less than a blink of an eye and give a score?
Sorry...not a sport if you are not judged by how fast you are or how many points/runs you score.
So, Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the National Football League has called for American Football to be played in the Olympics...
Ummmmmmmm...WHAT???
OK, have you stopped laughing yet? It gets better...Goodell states (he thinks) 64 countries play American Football.
Went to the International Federation Of American Football site, yes Virginia it does exist...and checked it out...Here is some of what I found:
- Argentina - 2 youth 15 - 19) teams listed and 6 19-45 teams. BUT, the last championship was 2008.
- Cayman Islands - it is a FLAG football league...
- Guatemala - web site listed on the IFAF site does not exist.
- Croatia formed a team in 2006..they are the only team that plays 11-11 tackle football. Where they play is anyones guess.
- Israel - the league is known as the Kraft Family - Israel Football League and has 10 teams...OK, that's one so far! (yes, NE Patriots Kraft, the sole sponsor of the league)
- Thailand - 5 on 5 football...nope, doesn't count.
- Kuwait - just joined this year..a powerhouse indeed.
You know the laugh of this all...Baseball which is actually played well in 28 countries (the number competing in this years World Baseball Classic) and the USOC has booted it to the side...along with Softball - where truthfully we did kick major butt.
But I get it Roger...you have been in the spotlight over the New Orleans Saints situation and your all-powerful role as governed by the Collective Bargaining Agreement, so why not shift the subject to something else.
Unfortunatley bud...this suggestion is just plain stupid.
