Paintball for the Olympics

[Lemon]

http://www.petitiononline.co.uk/petition/paintball-for-the-olympics/4644

Worth a try peeps....

 

[Sir Mike]

You bugger, you got it up here before I could... stealing my possible rep points!!

 

[RyanPGuK]

The weird thing is, 56 shares but only 27 signatures, doesnt make sense :|

 

[Sir Mike]

And plenty of likes on Facebook... it's the stupidity factor. People think liking a post on Facebook is enough to sign the damn thing, I've just told people on my wall to stop being lazy and actually sign up to it. Hopefully that'll get the bunch that see mine post to get the ball rolling.

 

[RyanPGuK]

Yeah, i setup the petition and im just watching it, and im ike wtf. Just hopefully people realise and it takes off abit

 

[BubbleGumBob]

il sign it like everyone else but it wont work as paintball is missing many things thst would make us an real sport

 

[Memphos]

I can't see this happening, ever. Sorry to be cynical but there'd be too much politics involved. Could you imagine the American team vs the Iraqi team?

 

[Sir Mike]

il sign it like everyone else but it wont work as paintball is missing many things thst would make us an real sport

Ahh, but we're not trying to get it recognized as a sport, just an Olympic event.

I can't see this happening, ever. Sorry to be cynical but there'd be too much politics involved. Could you imagine the American team vs the Iraqi team?

And why not? Don't see any countries singling out Germany or Russia. Remember the Nazis hosted the Olympics just prior to starting WW2 and they've been able to compete alongside the other countries without hostility, this year saw North and South Korea competing in the same events. If the Americans are the ones to kick off at the Iraqis, then they should get excluded from that particular event.

 

[Tom]

Of all the arguments raised on getting paintball to be a recognised Olympic sport, or even just a recognised sport this petition shows the weakest.

What does the petition aim to do? How will it be presented? / who to?

It may have helped if the originator used the Olympic definition of sport, then could start with aiming towards a single recognised international body. But that possibly falls on the usual first stumbling block.

Paintball, its a game many would class as a "day out." Many others would class it as a Hobby, and millions class it as a Sport.
Paintball is played around the world, but it is never recognised as a sport of any form, which many would disagree with.

What is the meaning of "Sport"
sport/spôrt/
Noun:
An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others.

Paintball require's defined skill, it also has extreme physical exertion, which team's compete. So the question is, why is "Shooting" classed as a sport. They do not physical exert themselves, but it require's skill.
Paintball combines shooting skill, with physical exertion. That is why it should be put towards as a sport for the next Olympic game's.

Sign this petition, and send it on to your friends, even if they do or don't play, lets try make a difference, let's try and make paintball a recognised "Sport"

How does a sport become Olympic?
To make it onto the Olympic programme, a sport first has to be recognised: it must be administered by an International Federation which ensures that the sport's activities follow the Olympic Charter. If it is widely practised around the world and meets a number of criteria established by the IOC session, a recognised sport may be added to the Olympic programme on the recommendation of the IOC's Olympic Programme Commission.

 

[Tom]

I can't see this happening, ever. Sorry to be cynical but there'd be too much politics involved. Could you imagine the American team vs the Iraqi team?

Could you imagine American paintballers vs Russian Paintballers?

(Oh - that's already regularly happening)

Or how about Chinese basketballers with an American coach?

(Oh - that's already happended as well)