92 Days

As I've mentioned, I've been a pretty hard-core fan of the Olympics since 1994, which means I have watched just about every moment of 4 Olympics now (can I use that stat when we get to 4 Days? and yes, we WILL get to 4 Days...). I even recently splurged on a new Panasonic DVD Recorder in order to clear last season's events off of my DVR to make room for this season's. Anyway, in all that time, I never even noticed that female ski jumpers do not compete in the Olympics. How strange. I kind of just assumed in this day and age every sport in the Olympics would be open to men and women. The IOC says that there just aren't enough high level female competitors to warrant making it an Olympic sport. A bunch of the women have gotten together to sue the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) for gender discrimination, but the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled that only the IOC can decide which sports are added to the Olympics. And the IOC is not bound by Canadian Law. To me, this doesn't really sound like a legal battle that should be taken up with the Canada courts. The IOC can run the Olympics however they want, and I'm guessing their number one priority is money. So if they feel that TV viewers are not going to tune in to watch a lack luster sporting event, there seems to be no reason to include it. The women are appealing the decision today and tomorrow, so stay tuned...

On to the number of the day, 92:

At the Summer Olympics in 2016, Golf will return as an Olympic sport for the first time in 92 years, since 1924.
http://blogs.reuters.com/sport/2009/10/09/golf-rugby-back-in-olympics-tiger-set-for-rio/

In 2008, 92 South Korean professional soccer players were indicted for intentionally dislocating their shoulders in order to dodge mandatory military service.
http://ballhype.com/story/south_korean_players_dislocate_shoulders_to_dodge/

In 2006, 92 Chabbad-run Chanukah on Ice events took place in the U.S.
http://figureskating.about.com/od/historyoffigureskating/p/chanukahonice.htm