Should any of the following sports be included in future Olympics?

Question

1. Cricket.

2. Squash.

3. Golf.

4. Polo.

5. Bowling.

6. Rugby.

Answer 1

well....

cricket -- don't know much about this particular sport, but I know it's similiar to baseball although baseball was just voted out of the olympics i don't see why it doesn't belong there.  It's a very athletic, competitive, somewhat popular around the world sport.   I think cricket is pretty popular as well, at least outside the US.  So yes I believe it should be.

squash -- i don't know enough about this sport to really come up with an opinion.  I believe it's similiar to the tennis/badmitton lines, and both of those are sports, so why not???

golf -- yes i believe it should be.  of course tiger woods would be an automatic gold, but i believe it should be.  Golf (although I've neverr played it) has to be an extremely hard sport...  Trying to get that little ball in that little hole, which half the time you can't even see from the starting point.  idk if i'd necessarily watch it, but it deserves a spot...

polo -- isn't that already an olympic sport, i thought???  i know it has to do with horses but not too familiar with it....  but sure why not??? they got water polo...

bowling -- i might be a bit biased here, but yes again i'd like to see it in the Olympics, as i'm a bowler myself.  And to all those that say it's not a real sport, i'd like to see you bowl a perfect 300, on tv with the cameras rolling, cuz we all know it's so easy and can be done everytime.  Just to put things in perspective, i know people who have 200 avg. who tried to go pro and never went beyond the regionals, b/c the oil patterns are vastly different.  If you avg. a 200 house shot, your lucky if you can avg. 170 or so pro shot.    Also these people bowl several games a day everyday.   Only concern I have is i don't think the interest is out there, especially not world-wide, but i'd like to see it.

rugby -- i know it's similar to football, but not much else...  i guess so why not??

rope-climbing -- i'm sorry this is the only one i disagree with.  rope climbing although challenging (i still have nightmares of gym classes in middle school), i still wouldn't consider it a sport.