Football is Ruining Speed Skating

[Incyte]

This is stupendously absurd. I don't think anyone other than the dutch care about speed skating.

http://http://espn.go.com/olympics/...-says-us-focus-more-speedskating-not-football

 

[ISUCubswin]

I actually love speed skating lol. Probably my fourth favorite sport. Maybe 5th.

 

[Acylum]

I actually love speed skating lol. Probably my fourth favorite sport. Maybe 5th.

Well obviously you hate MLB.

 

[CYphyllis]

He has a point, this football thing is never going to catch on. Imagine the true spectacle that would be Calvin Johnson on the speed track, breathtaking.

 

[MilehighClone]

The main takeaway I get from these games is the U.S. Speed Skating organization needs to be restructured, immediately. Dismal performance.

 

[Cyclonepride]

He has a point, this football thing is never going to catch on. Imagine the true spectacle that would be Calvin Johnson on the speed track, breathtaking.

All I can imagine is little tiny dudes spinning off the track

 

[CYcoFan]

I love how bold the Dutch coach is with his comments whether I agree or not

"You have a lot of attention for foolish sport, like American football," Anema told CNBC on Friday. "You waste a lot of talent, athletic talent, in a sport where it's meant to kill each other, to injure each other... (The U.S.) is so narrow-minded, and you waste a lot of good talent in a sport that sucks."

"When you compete once every four years, with talent, with a few lone wolves who are skating, you can't beat the world," Anema told CNBC. "It's no way."

"I think that the gold medal in speedskating is just as valuable as the gold medal in basketball, and we won 22.
"You'll never win 22 in basketball."

the link in the OP won't open for me so here it is again
2014 Sochi Olympics -- Dutch coach Jillert Anema says U.S. should focus more on speedskating, not football - ESPN

 

[jcats322]

When speedskaters start making Manning or LeBron money our athletes may take notice. Until then (never) it will be a niche sport in America.

 

[Cydar]

I think the Dutch should stick to field hockey

 

[Farnsworth]

"I think that the gold medal in speedskating is just as valuable as the gold medal in basketball, and we won 22.
"You'll never win 22 in basketball."

I've seen this type of statement a lot during past Olympics regarding these types of sports (speed skating, swimming, track, etc) vs. big team sports.

This is why sports like soccer, football, and basketball should count for like 10 Gold Medals to even the importance of the medal count out. Winning an Olympic-long tournament in something like Hockey does not equal one small individual race.

That or else we split Basketball into 100 different events. The 5 on 5, the 4 on 4, the 3 on 3, the slam dunk contest, the 3 point shoot, a game where we only play 5 minutes, then a 10 minute division, etc etc. An endurance game where we play 5 on 5 no substitutes for 3 hours.

 

[FDWxMan]

He should just shut his yapper that we "waste" so much talent on football and basketball.

If we shut down all those major team sports the Dutch would never win another medal in anything.