New Olympic Sport

Everyone loves the Olympics - ratings in the US were at all time highs and we all knew the results before they aired those stupid tape delays!  Even so, the attention wanes as it goes on and they get a little long.  The climax is the basketball gold metal game and that is really only a climax for the US.  The closing ceremonies are finished but the people need an athletic climax which is why I propose the greatest sport that will put everyone on a level playing field - Dodgeball!

Imagine after all the highs and lows of the games if you have a bracket tournament between countries.  Who would say no to that?  No country actually plays dodgeball past middle school so everyone is on an even level.  Seems amazing but if you aren't convinced, check out the rules/guidelines below that will make it even better:

• One day marathon bracket tournament on the last day of the games - nothing else but dodgeball for a whole day!  Why can't there be anything else going on you say?  Because...
• You MUST use athletes already in the Olympics from another sport.  BOOM.  Let that sink in.  Rememebr Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte from a week ago?  How about that women's handballer that launched goals from all over the place?  Bring them back for the ultimate test.  You get to re-unite with athletes you had made connections with throughout the Olympics (and by connections, I mean they probably bumped uglies).
• Each country has a press coference to announce their teams the day before the tournament  This would arguably be as much fun as the tournament itself.  It would be mandatory that you line up EVERYONE (including anyone you had to send home for debauchery) on a stage while their country's Olympic federation picks the team.  Now you can bet/root for who you want to make the team and watch the huge shot putter be crushed that his cannon arm didn't get to play.

This is a no-brainer, world.  Who would say no to this?  Forget medal counts - this would be the ultimate decider of best country ever.

" Uniform Suggestion."