Sports Survivor Round 4

Voted for soccer cuz it should only be on there once imo.

Y'all are really voting for wrestling? The oldest sport in the world?

Yes.

I thought we covered yesterday that it deserves to stay because someone actually wins those events unlike gymnastics where it's all judges discretion

It is hard to nail down which if the artistic performances or exercises should go first. at least gymnastics is rad is how im feeling this morning.

Druid be glad cycling isn't on here or else we'd have to discuss the Peloton Gone Wild sub which made me want to abandon the human race and move to a deserted island.

I remember way back when, thinking all that Michael Phelps craze was a bit silly. No doubt the dude is a top tier athlete in every sense, but it's like come on guy just swims really fast.

a lot of different land exercises

I might have missed if this was said, but is this only based on watching or also participating in the sport?

^^ Tool

if participation counts, basketball stock is through the roof.

just like cocaine and steroids, wrestling is going to go out too early...

It should go out next.

Not getting those 4 minutes back (edit - presumably it's kind of old based on how they both look and also that Phelps ended up with several additional medals).  Nick Wright is always talking shit or giving a semi-controversial take about something.  That's what he does.  Sometimes more knowledgeable athletes take him to task.  First, the topic is fair but also ridiculous (is Phelps the greatest Olympian athlete) which presumably is why Cowherd had him on for that discussion.  I'm struggling to find a reason to care what Nick Wright's opinions on swimming events are.  Very few swimmers are masters of all strokes, so for Phelps' ability to compete and win medals for 2 of the 4 major strokes is already impressive. But that already destroys his initial point.  He doesn't have individual medals for anything but butterfly and freestyle which are not the same thing nor a good example of what he compared - "100 yard... he got to run it and then they tell him, 'hey you can win another gold running it backwards.  Then you could win another skipping..."  But those examples are just given to justify the opinion he's presenting.  Sprinters, like swimmers (shorter distance swimmers), can also run additional distances or do hurdles if they want.  Also relays which both sports have.  Gymnasts also can compete in multiple single events (6 I think) and team competition beyond that.  They can't make the argument that parallel bars are the same as a balance beam or floor exercises either.


It's not even an argument for me.  Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all times.  Does that make him the greatest Olympian athlete ever?  No.  It's just that he's got the most gold medals.  He's the greatest swimmer (shorter distance Olympic swimmer anyway) ever, but it's not really arguable who is the greatest Olympic athlete ever because there is no right answer.  Some might argue that decathletes are the best, others may point to marathon runners or distance swimmers or extreme athletes and what some of them can do.  It boils down to being an argument for argument sake where there's no provable answer (which Nick does allude to early but still argues his point anyway).  It's no different from people propositioning that "x' sports team or athlete in "y" year is the greatest team or individual from that sport ever.  Look, I get into some of these discussions with my more jock-oriented friends from time to time.  So I'm not immune to arguing an unprovable point either.  But that's what it is.