Should Bowling be added to the winter Olympics?
After all they have curling which Canada DOMINATES at the expense of the US. Canada is so far ahead of the US, in terms of curling, USA cannot touch Canada in that sport.
Time for the US get fight back, and maybe they should lobby the IOC to add bowling as an Olympic winter sport.
Bowling is so dominate in the mid-west states, and would be a great ratings grabber.
So do you agree?
by Anonymous | reply 42 | July 23, 2019 7:44 PM
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[quote]Bowling is so dominate in the mid-west states, and would be a great ratings grabber.
Are you posting from 1975?
Bowling has been in decline for more than a decade now.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 17, 2014 12:50 AM
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Bowling would be in the Summer Olympics if it is decided to include it in 2016. It was an exhibition sport with 20 countries participating in the 1988 Seoul Olympics and was dominated by East Asians and Finland.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 17, 2014 1:00 AM
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R2 why would it be in the summer games?
There are more games in the Summer Olympics than winter.
I say it is a PERFECT fit for Winter games sport for the Olympics.
R1 is NOT from the mid-west.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 17, 2014 1:19 PM
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Maybe they can have ICE BOWLING!!!
by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 17, 2014 1:21 PM
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R3, it's not a winter sport. I'm not really sure why you think it is, since neither ice nor snow are involved.
Indoor sport does not equal winter sport. If it did, we'd be watching Olympic basketball from Sochi right now.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 17, 2014 1:36 PM
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a sport has to involve ice or snow to be deemed a winter sport?
by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 17, 2014 1:42 PM
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Oh boy! Now you're catching on!
by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 17, 2014 1:50 PM
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Maybe they could include exotic ice dancing?
by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 17, 2014 1:51 PM
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Before miniature golf? Mon dieu!
by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 17, 2014 1:56 PM
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You can almost see the steam rising from R6's cranium as he worked out the logic of that post.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 17, 2014 3:12 PM
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[quote]Maybe they could include exotic ice dancing?
Exotic ice is too expensive. Maybe they could include erotic dancing on ice.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 17, 2014 3:18 PM
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The flyover states would tune it, that's for sure.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 17, 2014 3:19 PM
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Curling is essentially bowling on ice.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 17, 2014 3:21 PM
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Pole dancing. Women and men.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 17, 2014 3:21 PM
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That's kind of what curling is, poor man's ice bowling without the expense and inconvenience of pins.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 17, 2014 3:21 PM
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I'm backing Norway for curling. Their curling uniforms are fantastic!
by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 17, 2014 3:34 PM
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R16 Canada DOMINATES Curling
We are the defending Gold medalists.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 17, 2014 3:37 PM
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[quote]The flyover states would tune it, that's for sure.
Yes, because there was never a bowling alley in Torrance or Brooklyn. No one who lives in NY or LA ever goes to see low-brow action movies or wrestling matches either. They're all too busy sipping tea with Mrs. Drysdale at the art museum cafe.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 17, 2014 3:43 PM
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Bowling without pants. This flyover would soooooo tune in.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | February 17, 2014 3:46 PM
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Which is why Canada DOMINATES Curling. Instead of bowling alleys, Canadians in rural areas go to the rink to curl on cold winter days.
Whereas in Red states they go bowling.
If Bowling was a winter sport, the US would DOMINATE that game.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 17, 2014 3:48 PM
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The IOC is looking at a proposal of moving some summer sports to the Winter Games
Judo, badminton and wrestling are being considered.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | March 28, 2014 12:42 AM
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Outdoor bowling is perfect for the winter Olympics, OP. You should start a Facebook page to get it going.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | March 28, 2014 1:32 AM
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Dominate?
And why did the OP capitalize "bowling"?
Is it that the DL is now populated by sixth graders, or by adults with sixth-grade educations?
by Anonymous | reply 24 | March 28, 2014 2:04 AM
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They are, R24, products of New York public schools.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | March 28, 2014 2:48 AM
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No bowling, however let's get back to basics with nude Greco-Roman Wrestling.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | March 28, 2014 3:57 AM
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[quote]let's get back to basics with nude Greco-Roman Wrestling.
Outdoors in the snow?
by Anonymous | reply 27 | March 28, 2014 4:03 AM
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Olympic Blowing????? Where do I go to get on the team?
by Anonymous | reply 29 | March 28, 2014 11:52 AM
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Bowling alleys have slowly been disappearing for years now, thanks in part to the decline of league bowling.
Clearly this concept some of you have about "flyover land" is 30 years out of date.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | March 28, 2014 5:20 PM
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R30, even in the 1980s bowling was dying, so more like 50 to 60 years out of date.
I live in the midwest and bowling is virtually nothing here -- something that people might do every few years for a drunken nostalgia-themed party (and even that isn't particularly common).
Certainly no one would be interested in it as a spectator sport. That would just be a joke.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | March 28, 2014 5:38 PM
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[quote] Certainly no one would be interested in it as a spectator sport. That would just be a joke.
You do realize the Olympics is an International event/
by Anonymous | reply 32 | March 28, 2014 7:34 PM
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Gosh, no. I didn't realize that.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | March 28, 2014 7:51 PM
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[quote]Bowling alleys have slowly been disappearing for years now, thanks in part to the decline of league bowling.
True! That's why we need Bowling at the winter Olympics. It will bring back the sport.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | March 28, 2014 8:41 PM
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If ice skating can be declared a sport, so can bowling.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | March 29, 2014 1:41 AM
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Since bowling is nowhere to be seen at these, games. It is even more evident it should be added to the Winter Sports.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | August 12, 2016 3:44 AM
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Isn't curling more like shuffleboard?
by Anonymous | reply 38 | August 12, 2016 5:35 AM
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So after this Olympics bowling should be added, don't you agree?
by Anonymous | reply 39 | February 25, 2018 6:40 PM
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They could have dwarf bowling -- sure to go over well!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 40 | February 25, 2018 6:43 PM
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No. But I'd like to see synchronized twerking on ice.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | February 25, 2018 6:48 PM
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It should be added to the Winter Olympics as it is mostly played during the winter months in the mid-west as competitive sport
by Anonymous | reply 42 | July 23, 2019 7:44 PM
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