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You know what would be great? If there was an Olympics where anyone could sign up but you were only allowed to compete if you've never won an event or participa
by xingped 1y ago
You know what would be great? If there was an Olympics where anyone could sign up but you were only allowed to compete if you've never won an event or participated in any official competition in that sport. I'd love to see an actual Olympics for the masses. I think it'd be fun!
- Grimblewald 1y agoI'd love it to be a civic duty thing that all able bodied adults each country are eligible for. Each Olympics, a group of 100 random adults from each country are picked and sent to the Olympics. It would be cool to see how each country compares athletically using random samples, but also would encourage everyone to stay fit. Who wants to be picked only to fail to complete a 50 meter swim on the international stage while representing your country?
- supriyo-biswas 1y agoIt’s more likely that people will be selected by the countries based on some fitness criteria that is obscured from the Olympics governance machinery so as to simply make an impression that they’re selecting random people, whereas in fact they’re not.
- wiether 1y agoOnce you exclude enough people from the balot using exemptions like "bad feet", you'll randomly pick within the fitest in your able bodied adults and it won't mean what you actually wished for.
- theamk 1y agoIf this happens, I imagine some events would get "anonymous mode", where you don't get to go on-stage, but never have to tell anyone your name either. And major sport teams wanting to qualify a new player would have secret ratings, not shared with any public or Olympic committee.