Joe Rogan - Should Video Games be in the Olympics?

Hey, I saw an article this morning. I wanted to get your thoughts on it. Okay. I was reading about That they're thinking about putting video gaming in the Olympics Yeah, and the way they were talking about it like this is inevitable This is going to be in the Olympics and these kids consider themselves athletes The only hang-up that they had on it was that the video games are violent and they don't want to promote that But to me it was like well, wait This is really a sport. This is the Olympics trying to cash in that's all that is I think I think Olympics are dirty. I think it's a dirty business and This was highlighted by the movie Icarus Movie and you realize how the IOC is in bed with the world anti doping agency and how you know how they Sort of function together and what it really is all about is making money and Anything that compromises that making money they're gonna vote against it. It's just it's not It's a dirty business, right? And if they did have it in the Olympics what they would basically do is take these guys who are making millions and millions of dollars Playing video games at a professional level. Yeah, and millions They would make them work for free and then they would make all the millions and millions of dollars But they say but yeah, you get to be in the Olympics, right? Dirty business. I think the Olympics are dirty. I really do. That's terrible. Yeah. Well is chess in the Olympics No, why is they even took wrestling out but chess you're actually moving pieces around video games Yeah, you know use icons on a screen like why what do you mean? They took wrestling out? They took wrestling out of it. They took really took wrestling out of the Olympics. No. Yeah. No, they did. Yes, they did Yes, I love wrestling and they took it out. They might have brought it back, but it was gone, right Jamie No, no wrestling's not out of the way. Yes, they took it out There was no wrestling in the Summer Olympics. Come on. I'm not kidding for real for real That doesn't make any sense. I know that's crazy. Why wouldn't I know heard of that? I know there were there was at one point in time They were talking about it, but I thought that thought it was put back in Was it say it was out for at least one and? And 2013 IOC voted to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympic program effective 2020 Is that real? Yeah, I don't know if it's happened yet because it's supposed to be for 2020 I don't know if it's I'm pretty sure it was in the Olympics in the summer It's not 2020 yet. So no, but I mean the last Olympics that he's saying it wasn't in I don't think it was Yeah, I think it was I don't think it was Call Bob Costa call him now Bob is your eye cured Bob was on an episode news radio kicked my ass That was the episode. Oh really? I thought he was hitting on this girl that I was dating Me up. Yeah, there it is in the Olympics. Oh, I guess Tom Papa's wrong again. Oh, that's from the 70s Do you see that guys? referees Jesus Christ 1996 go back to that and they took it out All right, so maybe it was in last time, but it's but fuck you talk. Look at they voted against it now He's trying to look jacked. He is Jack. They didn't understand weightlifting back then. Let me tell you something, bro That guy is not jacked. He's jacked pure This is he a little this if they Greg Roman introduced in Athens in 1896 going here They grab each other by the underwear. There's a different kind of wrestling That's ladies. Hmm Where that is a rough fucking sport? Oh my god. I would I found this though it they're adding Video games to the Asian games in 2022 and then it's gonna be a demonstration sport in Paris 2024. It's coming Well, and wrestling out those guys don't need it, you know, and this is my message to anybody who's a pro video gamer You don't need those people. What do they offer? They offer shit. They want you to work for free They're gonna make all the money. You were already huge and by the way, the people will run that they miss the boat They didn't see it coming. They don't deserve it. What about the athlete part of it? What about it? Do you consider it a sport? Well No, it's a game, but it's a very highly skilled game I mean, it's definitely something valuable Like it used to be thought of as a frivolous waste of time, right? But now you can make legitimate money with it, but you don't I don't think you classify it as a sport I mean they call it eSports, right? Are they an athlete? No, is it is the top gamer an athlete? The only caveat is that it's hand-eye coordination, right? There is hand-eye coordination and what do you consider a sport? Do you consider something you move your entire body or it's just moving your fingers enough? Mm-hmm Because like is pool a sport. Mm-hmm billiards is that a sport? I don't think it is Yeah, it's a game. It's a game that requires hand-eye coordination and control and touch Tennis is a sport. Mm-hmm, right? Yeah tennis requires full physical Being full mental being yeah, you're you're running around you jumping back and forth. You're swatting that ball They're shooting at you trying to get out of the way I mean the amount of endurance you have and stamina and explosiveness all contributes to your game Would you make an exception for someone that's really good at Q Burt? Yes That was my favorite subway surfers in subway surfers My daughter plays that shit. She's a little wizard It's uh, yeah, it's not a sport The only one in the Olympics because they realize there's a massive amounts of people that are watching it and playing them now Right and they can make a lot of money know arenas I mean they're gonna they're filling arenas in more than my Olympics the live part of it is a billion dollar business Yeah I mean there's a lot of sports that are in the Olympics that no one gives a fuck about if they're not in the Olympics Right, right like like that curling curling the ski shoot one Ski and shooting one where they call that on or pentathlon or yeah, there's the one that Bruce Jenner one Which one was that that's the decathlon. Did he have to shoot shit or no? No throw up spear or something? No, he did the javelin javelins part of it And then technically a spear but okay is archery archery is in the Olympics. Yeah, is that a sport? That's more of a sport Right, you're using your full body. Well, not really me you are for like stability You're stabilizing with your legs and you have a certain stance and if your bow is heavy to pull back then it requires strength but That's uh, that's blurring the lines. It's a scent I think archery is essentially a martial art with a tool You know and then you're demonstrating but you could do it on paper. So it's target archery, but they have a they have target shooting in the Olympics Well as part of skiing, right? They do it in summer to actually no girl that was just target. Yep. Just shooting. Yep. Right that girl you tell me about Yeah, so that's interesting. I mean that's close to a video game. Not really no No video games are well, I guess maybe but like we were shooting showing that Sarah Palin thing which she's trying to shoot offhand Totally holding the gun up that's um If you like that's more of a sport, you know, you're trying to shoot offhand Or pistol shooting I would say like pistol shooting would definitely be a sport like when they do those courses You ever seen those courses that they do? Yeah, like for training Oh ready go light goes off and then you run through a door and then you turn a corner and time time time And then you yeah, yeah, and some are bad guys some are good guys and then some right sometimes they do There's a bunch of different ones they do and some of them are just targets and some of them are targets that are dressed up Like people right? Yeah, that's my sport