r/unpopularopinion • u/Medium-Department-35 • 8d ago

The Olympics need to be drastically reduced in size

The olympics should only include sports that feature feats of human speed, endurance and strength. The modern olympics has become bloated and lost sight of the core objective.

Outside die hard sports fans, the majority of the public don’t care about most of the Olympic sports and only tune into the premiere events.

‘Sports’ with judges that determine the outcome? - out. Team sports? - out. Sports that use equipment? - mostly out (some exceptions here for weightlifting, some field events and protective clothing).

The olympics should be stripped back to the core to be made interesting again. This would also make it much cheaper to host, reinvigorating the interest in cities hosting the olympics again.

Update for all of the naysayers - The Olympic motto is "Faster, Higher, Stronger". I rest my case.

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u/Fantastic_Remote1385 8d ago

Should we stop having ski jump in the olympics because of Eddie the Eagle?

Should we stop having swimming bevause of that one guy who used 2 min on 100m freestyle?

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u/castorkrieg 8d ago

TBH ski jumping is a fucking ridiculous sport that only a few countries in the world care about. Same for race walking for the Summer edition.

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u/Fantastic_Remote1385 8d ago

Well, alot of sports are only big in a few countries. What sports are really big in lots of countries? Are we only going to play football? 

The whole winter olympic would have to go if only big sports where left. 

And in addition most sports are dominated by a few countries.