Would you rather win a pro-sports championship or an olympic gold medal?

[Jaypers]

Gold medal.

Oh, it's real. It's damn real.

 

[Frow]

I really couldn't care less about the Olympics.

 

[thefatguy]

I really couldn't care less about the Olympics.

America hater

 

[All The Hype]

To win an Olympic Gold Medal would be the ultimate sports honor to me.

When it comes down to it, there is nothing greater an athlete can do than to represent his country as we take on the world to determine who is the BEST.

Jesse Owens wasn't just an athlete when he won those medals in Berlin when ****** was trying to prove superiority of the ***** race, he was an American hero.

 

[MOFNY]

Since I play mostly individual sports like tennis, golf, bowling, and billiards I would rather have the gold.

 

[Logan2500]

If you win a gold medal your the best in the world and everyone knows. A championship is your best in the USA. Winning a gold medal is a step up from a championship so that is why i would rather win a gold.

 

[alabamalongsnake]

I have had my picture taken wearing a 1959 Dodgers World Series and 2006 Yankees world series ring , App. state football championship , no camera but wore 1980 Pittsburgh Super Bowl ring , picture taken with World Champion Water Skiers but i've NEVER seen any Olympic metals or met anybody that was in Olympics .

one of my track coaches in middle school was an olympic gold medalist. pretty neat. 1984 LA. i think the 4 x 100. he would have had a few more if for not the boycott in Moscow 1980. one of the neatest things I've ever seen. next for me would be the Fridge's Super Bowl Jersey that I tried on.

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

When a 16 year old female swimmer from China can finish the final 100m of the 400m faster than the male gold winner of the same event from the same year, one has to wonder about the integrity of it all.

 

[hoopster3977]

World Series

This^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[TBTwinsFan]

I think a lot of people are getting stuck on "what's the event?".

Also, as of this Olympics, baseball isn't an Olympic sport any longer, so for everyone that wants a WS over a Gold medal in Baseball, that isn't an option.

I think people mean "if it was still."

Also, I believe the IBAF is making a strong push to get it back in.

 

[rehmus]

I'd still rather be Tom Brady than Michael Phelps. I'd still rather be Shane Battier (4th best player on Miami Heat) than Carlos Boozer (Gold Medal Winner in 08).

 

[ffgameman]

Sports championship.

I'm viewing it this way: For the Olympics, an athlete is training year-round for one event/competition that covers a few weeks (or, only a few days depending on the sport). For a sports championship, you are progressing throughout a season with the team around you. You endure the highs and the lows together, so to celebrate a championship after months of hard work would be amazing.

 

[carlitoson]

Gold medal for me (preferably the marathon).

 

[ffgameman]

When a 16 year old female swimmer from China can finish the final 100m of the 400m faster than the male gold winner of the same event from the same year, one has to wonder about the integrity of it all.

You really can't compare Olympic integrity to pro sports integrity.

Even if your example is fishy, it's likely 10 times as worse in professional sports.

 

[Frow]

America hater

I hate all nations equally....with maybe a few points added depending on the "quality" if their women's volleyball team.

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[ThoseBackPages]

you guys are all full of XXXX

Pro Sports trump the olympics. thats the way it is.

in 6 months, Michael Phelps will go back to being "Is that Ken Phelps' Son?" again.