OPINION

Sex Should Be An Olympic Sport

Written by Matthew T. Sussman
Published August 28, 2004

The Summer Olympics come to a close on Sunday, and fears of explosions didn't come true, unless you count our basketball team. Americans failed to yet again win a fencing medal — or care, for that matter. On the plus side, Americans are now about 0.000004 percent more aware of souvlaki, whatever the devil that is.

As I watched the Olympic coverage on NBC (Olympic motto: "If you haven't already read it on Athens2004.com, it's new to you!"), I only had one thought in my head as I watched gymnasts tumble and sprinters bite their gold medals:

Somewhere in the Olympic Village, two people are having sex.

It's not a big secret. Durex, a condom company, (for many nerd bloggers, this is probably a foreign subject) donated 130,000 of their signature product to the Olympic village.

Durex marketing dude Mark Critchley even announced, "As the official supplier of condoms and lubricants, we hope the donation will help athletes improve their achievements between the sheets." It should be noted that Critchley said nothing about action on pool tables, washing machines, pole vault pits or pommel horses.

How rampant are these — how shall we put this — casual training sessions?

In an interview of the September edition of Playboy, Olympic high jumper Amy Acuff said, "One of the big misconceptions is that every athlete is 100 percent serious about being there. A number of athletes in the Village — people who know they don't have a chance — are there to have a party."

Hey, if you're not getting paid, you might as well be getting laid.

If Acuff speaks the truth (and who these days doesn't listen to blonde chicks?), why are we not showcasing the skills of these randy athletes?

Let's make sex an Olympic sport.

First, we need to establish that sex is a sport. Indeed, it requires energy and physical duress. Many of the feelings after sex compare to those after — say — lifting heavy weights. Your legs are tired, your brow is covered in sweat and you don't feel like doing it again for a while.

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Matt SussmanMatt Sussman is the sports editor of BC Magazine and also writes for Deadspin, SPORTSbyBROOKS, The Futon Report, and the Toledo Free Press. Catch him Mondays and Fridays at 8 p.m. ET with asst. sports editor Tuffy on Treehouse Fort, the official show of BC Sports.

E-mail sports-related inquiries (or inquiry-related sports, such as full-contact Twenty Questions) to matt.sussman@blogcritics.org.
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Published: August 28, 2004
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#1 — August 28, 2004 @ 02:47AM — JB

America won two medals in fencing; gold and bronze.

#2 — August 28, 2004 @ 11:46AM — Scott of Slant Point [URL]

There already are the sex games, sponsored by Trojan.
http://www.trojangames.com/

*not quite worksafe*

#3 — August 28, 2004 @ 12:39PM — Eric Olsen

food for thought, matt, but you neglected to mention the masturbatory aspect of many sports

#4 — April 25, 2008 @ 12:39PM — Douglas Mays [URL]

Sex as an Olympic sport? hhhmmm... HBO (or some pay for view channel) could bid on the broadcasting rights for such events such as the sperm toss, buttplugging, gymnastic events (rings and floor ex).

Any other events anyone can think of?

best,
DM

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