Paintball An Olympic Sport?

I was surfing around on Al Gore’s internet, and found an article that was a bit shocking to me. The Article I found was about bringing paintball into the Olympics.

My initial reaction was one of shock and surprise. I remember seeing paintball on TV once, but only once, and so I believe paintball isn’t even close to having the kind of popularity needed. Don’t get me wrong, I love playing paintball with the guys every couple weekends, but an Olympic sport might be taking it a little far—make that a lot far.

They took Softball out of the Olympics because it was “too American.” I don’t think you can get more “American” than paintball. I’m no paintball history buff, but didn’t we invent paintball? Aren’t we pretty much the only country to play it? The whole “too American” argument might be moot though with the induction of BMX into the Olympics, I’m pretty sure we made that one up also.


On a lighter note, can you imagine the epic matchups?

Iran Vs. USA

North Korea Vs. South Korea

Iraq Vs. Iran

I’m telling you, forget ping pong diplomacy, paintball diplomacy is the next big thing.