10-25-2008, 09:24 AM
Jo Wrote:bmx is a hobby, recreation activity, just boys on bikes with nothing else to do. the fact it's in the Olympics is an embarassment and a disgrace to the honor the Olympics once had.
Agree completely. Sure, it takes skill to be able to get good at it, but so does a yo-yo, and that, hopefully, isn't considered as "sport" either.
I think that when the IOC added BMX to the Olympic sport lineup, it was a lame attempt to drum up interest in the Olympics from the younger generation. Same goes for adding the snowboard halfpipe in the Winter Olympics.