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Re: Olympics 2016 ! What a Relieve It Is !


webminder Joined on 13 Nov 2008 Total posts: 46	Re: Olympics 2016 ! What a Relieve It Is ! Thursday, 13 August 2009 12:02 Good News ! IOC is considering the inclusion of two new sports in the Olympic Games 2016. Only 7 years from now ! Fortunately for us the sports are Golf and possibly Rugby, closely followed by Women's Soft Ball. Both sports being true, widely followed sports with measurable results. As a follower of the Olympic Games ever since I remember, and I am so glad Dancesport will not spoil it with it's Hip Hop, Rock and Roll, Senior III Latin. I suspect that the skating system would not be well understood and accepted by the miilions of viewers. Perhaps Olympics 2020 ? Suppose the future Dancesport Olympians have yet to be born. Todays News: IOC rejected present Baseball because " The Olympic Sports must be represented by the World's Best athletes in that sport " Hint ! Hint !
openeyes Joined on 07 Jan 2009 Total posts: 28	Re: Olympics 2016 ! What a Relieve It Is ! Thursday, 13 August 2009 12:21 As I understand there are 7 sports under consideration for 2016. : baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, rugby, softball and squash. The IOC are also due to decide today if the widely popular Womens Boxing will be in London 2012! I believe they are trying to have more women olympians. For 2016 I think Golf could have a great chance , closely followed by softball and squash.
webminder Joined on 13 Nov 2008 Total posts: 46	Re: Olympics 2016 ! What a Relieve It Is ! Thursday, 27 August 2009 19:22 IDSF will have to wait another dozen or more years for IOC to consider Dancesport for inclusion into Olympics.... Complicating the situation, and excluding the fact that the best Dancesport Athletes are not members of IDSF but WDC, is the inclusion of over 50 ( fifty ) dance subordinated categories / dance types, the most of which have their regional and national Champions. Who can be sure Ballroom/ Latin, Ballroom Std. shall not be challenged by the Brazilians with their Lambada ? Many have tried to criticize IOC for meddling into Dancesport, I feel they have not done that. It is IDSF which tries to ascertain a special status of having "their" Dancesport recognized, which in essence means nothing and places and extraordinary burden on IDSF and their members structure themselves, and meet all IOC's criteria, resulting in increased costs, unnecessary to ballroom regulations, and inconvenience to the dancers. I mean Athletes, if you consider IDSF recognized Senior III category and in fear of health failures ( after a Slow Foxtrot ) immediately required ALL dancers ( IDSF does not discriminate ) purchase a special health/injury insurances, otherwise the dancers cannot dance in IDSF event. See, WDC can sit on their hands and do nothing, allowing IDSF sufficient rope does the trick. IPDSC is falling apart, ballroom dancers object to sharing floor and waiting for other, to them unrelated dance styles / circus acts / to get off the floor so that they can complete their rounds the same day .... Pretty messy a situation I must say. And I used to cheer for their run away train ...
think of me Joined on 05 Aug 2005 Total posts: 288	Re: Olympics 2016 ! What a Relieve It Is ! Friday, 28 August 2009 15:45 Rock & Roll is much easier to judge, the height of the leaps, the number of revolutions, difficulty of elements/moves/tricks , body position, timing, rhythm, musicality , fewer couples competing at the same time allowing more focus, attention by judges, spectators, and better quality judging... Rock & Roll similar to trampoline, synchronized sports, standardized, compulsory elements easily implemented....side by side comparison enabling selection of the better dancers ... Why would IOC one day in the 2020th even consider Ballroom Dancesport with all the divisions, Pros and Amateurs, one group disputing existence and significance of the other ? What motivation is there for today's elite, top Ballroom Adult , even the Junior Champions to take sides and sacrifice their futures to dancesport with such an unattainable promise ? Even if Ballroom would be included, today's dancers would be too old ... Forget Olympics 2016, forget 2020, we may be talking about 2028 or later. How old will the IDSF directors be, if still alive ? Will they look anything like the IOC's Honorary President for Life life-the J. Antonio Samaranch, who was awarded for his visionary understanding of Dancesport the IDSF's President's Award in 2007 ? How has IDSF reacted to Mr. Samaranch's cautioning that adding disciplines was bound to complicate the matters, and that to achieve the goal , it was above all a matter of limiting the disciplines to the minimum ? Lets talk about our life time, lets consider the goals of today's dancesport competitors, lets serve well and try meet needs of the customers who support you now. If IDSF becomes too futuristic, if IDSF places all their eggs in the same basket, if they lose focus , if they do not cater to, if they fail to provide service to the living customers, if they neglect / order around their members, they may take on unnecessary risk of losing the good-will , and lose much more.
sambatogo Joined on 29 Aug 2007 Total posts: 280	Re: Olympics 2016 ! What a Relieve It Is ! Friday, 28 August 2009 16:58 Thinkofme, This is by far the best posting you have ever written. Sambatogo agrees with you completely.