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I challenge thee to sign a petition!
The English Heritage have started a petition to make medieval jousting an Olympic Sport. Tell me this isn't a sport you'd love to watch?
Atop two mosterous and barded horses two competitors head to head, charging towards each other in full heavy plate. Each lowering their lance to strike the the opponent and dismount them. The loser smashing into the ground dishonoured and defeated and the victor sat upon his steed basking in glory.
If you're like me and this is something you'd love to see as a future sport then nows the time to take up arms and support the realm.
Sign here: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/search-news/olympics-jousting/
asherstoashes
Jousting is Maryland's official state sport
dagmarcleopatra
Signed.
Urgalicity
Also: hopscotch, belly dancing, canasta, dressing an energetic toddler, driveway shoveling.
Draconigena16
It didn't even last as a reality TV competition and Americans will watch ANYTHING in that format. While I'd love to see it, it won't happen.
DVSBSTrD
I know I sure as fuck wouldn't set foot in Rio without a full set of armor.
dickspade
It is the Maryland state sport with competitions held every year.
Torreo
First petition I've ever signed.
EvilMadMonk
can we bring back Gladiator matches as well?
DJMalashir137
Isn't it like really dangerous though?
VoidScreamer
Well, it is the state sport of Maryland (along with lacrosse)
prsmxpx
Combine with pole vault somehow...
Dongblaster9000
Because it looks cool? Because it looks cool.
Invectalizer
Really just blood sports in general would be awesome, if you had people voluntarily doing it
LitteralyHitler
A medieval activity as future sport sounds odd, looks good, but no thanks.
StonesOnTheHill
They turned fencing into two guys in zentai with glorified car antennae. Imagine what they would do to this.
Cheomesh
That's why HEMA started to become a thing
themercwithamouthdeadpool
Jousting now isn't 2 people coming at each other anymore
FurryLime
Found the Marylander.
ChrisHemsworthsBulge
Sure, I guess. But usually Olympic sports are ones that are played by numerous nations, which is why Baseball was dropped.
giveittomestraightlikeapearcidermadefrom100percentpears
Baseball was just a trial though, to see how it would work.
debunker
Absolutely correct. Has to be widely practiced at a high level.
LordMagnus
added.
MyRepressedRage
what are the requirements (age and other things)
LordHunter
10/10 would joust wildly
copingcabana
Surely you joust
PeaceWalker47
You know what, just build a Colosseum and have Roman style gladiator fights. Occasionally flood it for big televised sea battles.
LoudAngryJerk
fuck YES! also swordfighting. Not kendo, I mean dudes in full plate whacking each other with real (dull) swords like they used to do at the>
Cheomesh
They usually used whalebone wasters back in the day.
LoudAngryJerk
>tourneys. Maybe not plate, do whatever we have to to make it safe, but still
6113
PETA would lose their shit.
CrazinRican
PETA would probably euthanize the horses...
lizardbones
both arguments are correct
gamer2k4
Why? There are already equestrian events in the Olympics.
DrFreakBerg
Yeah but if a horse got hit at all cause two people were charging at each other.....I could see a lot of people getting mad.
whiteonrice
Big problem is the horse matters as much as the rider, same reason horse racing isn't Olympic
debunker
Horse Jumping is. Olympic sports have to meet certain criteria, most important being that it is practiced at a high level in many countries.
tomski14of17
I'm all for it. They can get rid of a couple of those pool races that they seem to have about a hundred categories for.
Cimpleton
and golf, fuck golf.
devnull791101
it would get health and safety'd down to padded bicycles with loo roll sticks
LockeSonjie
I would still watch the shit out of that.
MusicZombie
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/25162842/images/1370061604275.gif
lizardbones
I'd still watch it
HodgePodgekin
I would pay to see countries like Fiji or Samoa involved. Can you imagine a Samoan jouster in full plate armor!
Cimpleton
Pretty sure they would just enter a normal sized bloke.
HodgePodgekin
Way to shatter my dreams. Do you blow out kid's cake candles, too?!?!
WhyAmINotASaiyan
Because all of them are monstrously huge and terrifying.
devnull791101
its such a problem they have to separate them in school rugby in nz
Cimpleton
Never met a Samoan tbh.
inconspicuouselephant
There was a show called Full Metal Jousting. So many injuries it got cancelled. One guy tore his ball sack.
iguessidontknowhowtospellimaganative
That show was awesome!
lizardbones
it's not a sport if you can get hurt
lizardbones
Cant*
fistermatic5000
Better to just delete and redo
lizardbones
deleting is for the weak, if people want to downvote my mistake, then I will accept that
fistermatic5000
Can't argue with that, but in this case I do it to make the point clear from the get go.
Glumerlink
i dunno man, UFC despite being about beating your opponent to a bloody pulp actually results in very few serious injuries
fistermatic5000
Well that's not the point I was making. MMA is just more popular and marketable than wrestling (real wrestling not WWE).
atleastIwasnt36
Other than the people who died of course
lizardbones
Jousting is relatively safe if it's done right
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spiralunibrow
there's too much chance involved, Olympic sports can't have any chance involved, it needs to be down to just physical ability and skill
PeaceWalker47
Pfft, lets be honest, looking at the current scandal with Russian doping, no one gives a shit about skill or physical ability
fistermatic5000
How is it any more chance than any other sports? I've seen basketballs slung from halfcourt when b-ball games at the last second 1/2
fistermatic5000
60 yard hailmary in football, runners in the lead tripping at the finish line, vehicles breaking down at the final lap, etc. 2/2
devnull791101
more skill and less chance involved here than other olympic sports. think rugby, or sailing
HorseMcFucker
There's a chance that a pebble gets into a 100m runner's shoes and as per such he's hampered. Random chance Is always a factor.
devnull791101
yeah. rugby has a ball specifically designed to bounce randomly. sailing has to navigate waves and gusts. its built into the sport
HorseMcFucker
Skill comes from calculating and manipulating random chance.
devnull791101
same would apply to jousting
StringVariable
I'm not really in the loop, but I suspect there are at least a dozen actual sports more worthy of Olympic participation.
IShouldBeStudyingRightNowInsteadOfBrowsingImgur
Skydiving.
Awesummzz
Like beer pong
fistermatic5000
Like hopscotch
Joerusalem42
The olympic tradition is heavily influenced by the ancient militarism in greece so a sport like jousting is much more suitable than golf
debunker
Not at all. Modern Olympic sports have to meet certain criteria, most important being that it is practiced at a high level in many countries
PeaceWalker47
competitive minesweeper
Flapjackal
HEATHEN
EmmyCD
Agree completely.
Forthan
Like Curling? Or chess? I don't know about you but I'd watch Jousting.
justyouraverageaussiegirl
Curling is an Olympic sport...
watsisface1
Sarcasm, yo
justyouraverageaussiegirl
Your sarcasm tone needs a little working on then
Awesummzz
I mean, it's hard to convey tones through text
bamble
I'd rather watch jousting than probably half a dozen of those "actual sports" u so snootily referred to
debunker
Modern Olympic sports have to meet certain criteria, most important being that it is practiced at a high level in many countries.
bamble
I dunno why ur aiming that comment at me. I was just stating a fact, that I'd rather watch jousting at the Olympics than golf
debunker
And I was simply stating the reason you have to watch golf rather than jousting. Relax.