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Video Games Won't Be Part of the Paris Olympics (fortune.com)
The Olympic Games regularly add new events, but officials aren't quite ready to embrace eSports. From a report: This weekend, the International Olympic Committee met for the 7th Olympic Summit, where competitive video gaming was among the topics of discussion. The verdict? It's still "premature" to discuss including them in the Olympic games. That's bound to be disappointing to supporters, who had hoped for a breakthrough in the 2024 Paris games. Tony Estanguet, co-president of the Paris Olympic committee, is a proponent of bringing video games to the Olympics.
I can only imagine how the commentary around this would go. "Well Jim, it looks like the American team successfully headshotted the French team flag carrier and now appears to be disrespecting their corpse by teabagging it. It's really hard to see that sort of sportsmanship."
Application of Make Up should have separate men's and women's events in order to keep the competition more fair. Men have more upper body strength and might apply more lipstick at a faster rate than women do. Quantity applied would be the metric for success in the men's competition.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.