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For those of you saying badminton is less popular, you really need to do your research. There are multiple companies offering over 250 thousand dollars if some one from thier country takes the gold. How many times has Climo taken home a quarter million in one tourney....never.
A majority of US citizens have no idea what disc golf is, disc golf has a long long way before it is even going to be considered for an exhibition event. Disc golf does not have the legacy, international appeal, or a strong enough governing body for this to happen in the next 20 years
If purse size denotes a sport's popularity, barbecue will be an Olympic sport before disc golf. Just spoke with a neighbor today who judges barbecue competitions, and the year's finals in St. Louis has a purse over $1 million.
I would say it would be easier for the games to put in a disc golf course close to the main games. An Olympic ball golf course would have to be spectacular and require a lot more room than a disc golf course. Then again there might be an awesome golf course in every city they are gonna go to starting 2016.
How far do you think pros will be driving when we reach Olympic status? I say wr=1200ft. Average drives at 700 ft.
Is the PDGA or any-other group petitioning for Disc Golf to be considered for the Olympic games? I think before a sport gets to the the point of even being considered there needs to be someone actually working on getting the International Olympic Committee to hear and see a presentation.
I think the smart ones learn with slower stuff first. Maybe throw a few toss's with a disc brake rotor to smooth out the form, then move up to the beveled edge stuff.
I think they need to get Blizzard Discus's, then they could throw wicked far.
It won't be for a long time. But if it were, it would be way more international. The Chinese, among other countries, would see it as an opportunity to win more medals in an obscure sport so they would try hard!
"Badminton's Popularity?
A 1993 study revealed that more than 1.2 million Americans play
badminton at least 25 times a year, 760,000 Americans call
badminton their favorite sport, and more than 11.2 million
Americans played the sport at least once during the year.
Internationally, more than 1.1 billion people watched the 1992
Olympic badminton competition on television."
14 million memberships in the International Badminton Federation.
blizzard discus would not fly as far. Their throw is designed to arc weight through the air. Our throw works as such to create snap and glide to create a carry through the air.
Also ball golf over disc golf. I personally want to see more combative sports in the olympics. Fencing, Judo, Karate, TKD, Boxing, and Wrestling. I would love to see Muay Tai come in, kickboxers can use elbows and there are plenty of international competitors. Then add in Jujitsu and couple it with Brazilian. You could aslo include Grappling which would soak up all the catch wrestlers, sambo, pankration, submission specialists. Or just include Pankration (striking and submissions) to bring in MMA, Sambo, pankration, and some other stuff. Setting up a combative banner would be sweet.
Lastly on that note China included WuShu as their Host Game Choice. The host country gets to choose a competition of their choice to include in the games. It is often one that the host country is particularly good at to increase their gold medal production. WuShu was simply performance martial arts.
But I also think breakdancing should be in the olympics...
just watched on our TSN Canada's top 100 ball golf courses, all ranked as to which are the best courses .... they looked tremendous as compared to what we have to play on .... maybe it's a visual thing ... perhaps we need to take over a few 18 hole executive ball courses and install baskets, make them like PS3 Disc Golf ...... no wonder we're not taken seriously the big boys who have been playing golf for 400 years look at what we do and say ... who'd want to do that? .... we just may want to pick it up a bit ..... make some real fine courses in dedicated state parks and rec areas and step it up, I'm just saying maybe that is what it needs a little more mainstream ... there was a course in Thailand where they had elephant rides on the property ... NZ, Aust, Phillipines, Germany all them European countries, Russia even Canada has lots of DG'ers ..... the thing should be no Pros just the best AM's in the world. like it was always supposed to be ... just your best amateurs.
"Badminton's Popularity?
A 1993 study revealed that more than 1.2 million Americans play
badminton at least 25 times a year, 760,000 Americans call
badminton their favorite sport, and more than 11.2 million
Americans played the sport at least once during the year.
Internationally, more than 1.1 billion people watched the 1992
Olympic badminton competition on television."
14 million memberships in the International Badminton Federation.
Facts and common sense? What are they doing in this thread?
badminton is huge outside of this country, but some people can not think outside their neighborhood.
I am all over the idea of DG being an Olympic sport. It may take a while, I think because of the concerns about spectator-friendliness most specifically. Maybe I am naïve, but I think the drug testing bit isn't a huge concern. But DG is definitely a world game, and the world game is growing. I could see DG being a test sport the next time the Olympics are hosted in Europe or the US. And I agree with a couple of the previous posters. I think the Asian countries will come to decide that DG is something at which they want to excel; look for a huge boost in players from Korea, Japan, and China over the next 4-6 years. Koreans have taken over women's ball golf; why not other golf-style sports?
