Manning wants football to be an olympic sport. - The Orange Mane

BlaK-Argentina · 08-20-2008, 08:16 PM

I just came across this link: http://www.makefootballanolympicsport.com/

What do you think? I don't see it happening. It would just be one more gold medal for the US.

SonOfLe-loLang · 08-20-2008, 08:16 PM

How many other countries even seriously play it?

stugotsII · 08-20-2008, 08:17 PM

There would be blood everywhere. Dirty French blood.

BlaK-Argentina · 08-20-2008, 08:19 PM

Argentina... Uruguay. I think Chile. (I mean... seriously, they all suck, but they do play and have a national team)

I think Japan? I'm guessing a bunch of European countries too.

stugotsII · 08-20-2008, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BlaK-Argentina

Argentina... Uruguay. I think Chile. (I mean... seriously, they all suck, but they do play and have a national team)

I think Japan? I'm guessing a bunch of European countries too.

Every player from every one of these countries would end up in one of the following ways:

1. Dead
2. Coma
3. Really Dead
4. Completely Broken In Half
5. Double Coma

KipCorrington25 · 08-20-2008, 08:22 PM

Stupid idea. They are barely holding on to baseball and softball's getting the axe yet they'd have a football tournament. This guy's a moron.

BlaK-Argentina · 08-20-2008, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stugotsII

Every player from every one of these countries would end up in one of the following ways:

1. Dead
2. Coma
3. Really Dead
4. Completely Broken In Half
5. Double Coma

Yes, probably. I've only seen Argentina and Uruguay and they are both TERRIBLE. The QB's especially... God they are AWFUL.

I could probably be Argentina's starting QB if I didn't hate 90% percent of the people who started the team. I could NEVER play for them... bunch of old ****ers.

Cosmo · 08-20-2008, 08:53 PM

Yet we keep beloved Trampoline?!

I vote for Football

spdirty · 08-20-2008, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stugotsII

Every player from every one of these countries would end up in one of the following ways:

1. Dead
2. Coma
3. Really Dead
4. Completely Broken In Half
5. Double Coma

damn good entertainment though.

Spider · 08-20-2008, 09:15 PM

Manning is a ****ing Idiot .........People over here start playing football damn near in diapers , dedicate their lives to a very complex game ........ Not many other places on the face of the earth do this ............. American football is just that American , we have the NFL E , but that is more of a money grubbing scheme to develop players for the NFL ........

Irish Stout · 08-20-2008, 09:37 PM

Wouldn't it make more sense to have rugby be in the Olympics? How bout golf? I mean more people play these games and are decent at them in more countries around the globe than people who play football at an elite level.

snowspot66 · 08-20-2008, 09:38 PM

I think it would be cool. I'm all for another gold medal for the U.S. Besides, the Dream Team was instrumental in making basketball an international sport. Unfortunately I don't see it happening.

lex · 08-20-2008, 09:39 PM

The last thing I need is to see Peyton Manning in another commercial. Please, no.

Rock Chalk · 08-20-2008, 09:40 PM

Even if they played it, NFL players wouldnt be in it. The olympics are during training camp.

Inkana7 · 08-20-2008, 09:40 PM

Why the hell not? It'd be like watching the Pro Bowl versus a High School team.

Willynowei · 08-20-2008, 09:41 PM

We need to build football fields in the countries we occupy, then maybe it'll near the worldwide popularity of baseball, and then we'd be about a century away from it being a universal sport fit for the olympics.

Inkana7 · 08-20-2008, 09:45 PM

Football actually does have a bit of popularity around the globe. At least some interest. Anyone catch the stands at Wembley last year? It was packed. That game sold out in something like 10 minutes?

TheChamp24 · 08-20-2008, 09:48 PM

We are at minimum 50 years from having american football in the olympics IMO.
Nobody really plays or cares about outside the states. Heck, I bet mostly everybody wouldn't know who Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, LaDainian Tomlinson and Randy Moss are.

BroncoMan4ever · 08-20-2008, 10:06 PM

I agree with Manning. if BMX is an Olympic sport, why not football. Ping Pong is an Olympic Sport. the super bowl is seen by around a 100 million people every year, the sport is known worldwide. The NFL is being taken globally. The only reason it hasn't gotten a thought of being an Olympic sport, is because it would just be another gold medal that the USA got every 4 years.

watermock · 08-20-2008, 10:25 PM

World doesnt play American, and the injury risk is too high, even for college players.

24champ · 08-20-2008, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlaK-Argentina

Yes, probably. I've only seen Argentina and Uruguay and they are both TERRIBLE. The QB's especially... God they are AWFUL.

I could probably be Argentina's starting QB if I didn't hate 90% percent of the people who started the team. I could NEVER play for them... bunch of old ****ers.

Yeah but Argentina would have hot cheerleaders cheering on the sidelines.

Hercules Rockefeller · 08-20-2008, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inkana7

Football actually does have a bit of popularity around the globe. At least some interest. Anyone catch the stands at Wembley last year? It was packed. That game sold out in something like 10 minutes?

Lack of interest was one of the reasons NFLE is no longer in existence. Except for the games in Germany, those stands were pretty empty at the end.

Jens1893 · 08-20-2008, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BroncoMan4ever

I agree with Manning. if BMX is an Olympic sport, why not football. Ping Pong is an Olympic Sport. the super bowl is seen by around a 100 million people every year, the sport is known worldwide. The NFL is being taken globally. The only reason it hasn't gotten a thought of being an Olympic sport, is because it would just be another gold medal that the USA got every 4 years.

The biggest reason is that the US would struggle to field a team that doesn´t consist of street free agents. The NFL surely won´t postpone the start of the season and the Olympics are usually held between July and September. Good luck convincing NFL franchises to send some players to the Olympics during the regular season or training camp.

"Mr. Kraft, this is the USOC, we´d like Tom Brady to play for the US during the Olympics. You´ll still have to pay his salary and you´ll be without him for the first 3 games of the regular season, but I am sure you´ll understand. Oh, and if he gets injured, you´re screwed."

chickennob2 · 08-20-2008, 10:33 PM

I say play. There are quite a few polynesian players in the NFL, so I can see perhaps some pacific island countries having decent olympic teams.

You are right about training camp. Maybe if they make it an under-23 tourney like soccer in the olympics, college players could go. Or hell, send the Arena champion. Make that league meaningful.

Jens1893 · 08-20-2008, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by chickennob2

I say play. There are quite a few polynesian players in the NFL, so I can see perhaps some pacific island countries having decent olympic teams.

You are right about training camp. Maybe if they make it an under-23 tourney like soccer in the olympics, college players could go. Or hell, send the Arena champion. Make that league meaningful.

The Olympic soccer tournament is a farce and I doubt the Colleges would agree to let their players to go the Olympics.

08-20-2008, 08:16 PM	#1
BlaK-Argentina Pampita says... ... support your team! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mar del Plata, Argentina. Posts: 5,174 Adopt-a-Bronco: Eddie Royal	Manning wants football to be an olympic sport. I just came across this link: http://www.makefootballanolympicsport.com/ What do you think? I don't see it happening. It would just be one more gold medal for the US.

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08-20-2008, 08:16 PM	#2
SonOfLe-loLang Young Buck Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 13,398 Adopt-a-Bronco: Thunder (RIP)	How many other countries even seriously play it?

08-20-2008, 08:17 PM	#3
stugotsII Al Davis is gay Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 711	There would be blood everywhere. Dirty French blood.

08-20-2008, 08:19 PM	#4
BlaK-Argentina Pampita says... ... support your team! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mar del Plata, Argentina. Posts: 5,174 Adopt-a-Bronco: Eddie Royal	Argentina... Uruguay. I think Chile. (I mean... seriously, they all suck, but they do play and have a national team) I think Japan? I'm guessing a bunch of European countries too.

08-20-2008, 08:22 PM	#6
KipCorrington25 Free Safety Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Centennial Posts: 3,062	Stupid idea. They are barely holding on to baseball and softball's getting the axe yet they'd have a football tournament. This guy's a moron.

08-20-2008, 08:53 PM	#8
Cosmo Perennial Pro-bowler Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Greeley Colorado!!! Posts: 959	Yet we keep beloved Trampoline?! I vote for Football

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Spider Mr Diplomacy I survived Tebow Mania at the Mane Join Date: May 2001 Location: Elway was just an arm =MacGruder Posts: 84,438 Adopt-a-Bronco: Von Miller	Manning is a ****ing Idiot .........People over here start playing football damn near in diapers , dedicate their lives to a very complex game ........ Not many other places on the face of the earth do this ............. American football is just that American , we have the NFL E , but that is more of a money grubbing scheme to develop players for the NFL ........

08-20-2008, 09:37 PM	#11
Irish Stout Ring of Famer Run for it Marty! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,841 Adopt-a-Bronco: Wesley Woodyard	Wouldn't it make more sense to have rugby be in the Olympics? How bout golf? I mean more people play these games and are decent at them in more countries around the globe than people who play football at an elite level.

08-20-2008, 09:38 PM	#12
snowspot66 Ring of Famer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,643	I think it would be cool. I'm all for another gold medal for the U.S. Besides, the Dream Team was instrumental in making basketball an international sport. Unfortunately I don't see it happening.

08-20-2008, 09:39 PM	#13
lex Bowlen Sold Us Out! The Broncos have been DisemBowlened Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chi-Town Posts: 10,253 Adopt-a-Bronco: None	The last thing I need is to see Peyton Manning in another commercial. Please, no.

08-20-2008, 09:40 PM	#14
Rock Chalk Cheeky Bastards Laus Deo Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Backside of the Internet Posts: 29,942 Adopt-a-Bronco: Chris Harris	Even if they played it, NFL players wouldnt be in it. The olympics are during training camp.

08-20-2008, 09:40 PM	#15
Inkana7 Ring of Famer Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,232 Adopt-a-Bronco: Derek Wolfe	Why the hell not? It'd be like watching the Pro Bowl versus a High School team.

08-20-2008, 09:41 PM	#16
Willynowei Some dude Football is a wonderful thing. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,848 Adopt-a-Bronco: Eddie Royal	We need to build football fields in the countries we occupy, then maybe it'll near the worldwide popularity of baseball, and then we'd be about a century away from it being a universal sport fit for the olympics.

08-20-2008, 09:45 PM	#17
Inkana7 Ring of Famer Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,232 Adopt-a-Bronco: Derek Wolfe	Football actually does have a bit of popularity around the globe. At least some interest. Anyone catch the stands at Wembley last year? It was packed. That game sold out in something like 10 minutes?

08-20-2008, 09:48 PM	#18
TheChamp24 DERP DERP DERP The Legend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Broncos Country Posts: 4,904	We are at minimum 50 years from having american football in the olympics IMO. Nobody really plays or cares about outside the states. Heck, I bet mostly everybody wouldn't know who Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, LaDainian Tomlinson and Randy Moss are.

08-20-2008, 10:06 PM	#19
BroncoMan4ever Ring of Famer Here to chew bubblegum and kick ass Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver Posts: 11,665 Adopt-a-Bronco: VIRGIL GREEN!!!	I agree with Manning. if BMX is an Olympic sport, why not football. Ping Pong is an Olympic Sport. the super bowl is seen by around a 100 million people every year, the sport is known worldwide. The NFL is being taken globally. The only reason it hasn't gotten a thought of being an Olympic sport, is because it would just be another gold medal that the USA got every 4 years.

08-20-2008, 10:25 PM	#20
watermock "Hoodie Jr" "Hug me!" Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hot Springs, Ouachitah Posts: 77,090	World doesnt play American, and the injury risk is too high, even for college players.

08-20-2008, 10:33 PM	#24
chickennob2 Memphian in Boston Glad to be back Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,059 Adopt-a-Bronco: None	I say play. There are quite a few polynesian players in the NFL, so I can see perhaps some pacific island countries having decent olympic teams. You are right about training camp. Maybe if they make it an under-23 tourney like soccer in the olympics, college players could go. Or hell, send the Arena champion. Make that league meaningful.