[HN Gopher] World Curling tightens sweeping rules, bans firmer b...
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World Curling tightens sweeping rules, bans firmer broom foams
ahead of Olympics
Author : emptybits
Score : 20 points
Date : 2025-06-22 05:00 UTC (2 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.cbc.ca)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.cbc.ca)
| munificent wrote:
| There is a "sweeping rule change" pun _right there_ and the
| author lacked the courage to use it.
| sunrunner wrote:
| Curling is a serious sport and not something to be joked about.
| exabrial wrote:
| It was just brushed aside unfortunately.
| mynegation wrote:
| You knocked it out with this pun!
| ortusdux wrote:
| Reminds me of Broomgate - a 'technology doping' scandal from
| 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broomgate
| jerrycruncher wrote:
| It's almost certainly related. I wouldn't be surprised if the
| sleeper hit podcast of the same name[1] that was released last
| year played a role in resurfacing the issue, too.
|
| [1] https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1427-broomgate-a-
| curl...
| peeters wrote:
| In some ways it's a shame because I love the finesse game as a
| counterbalance to the focus on power that seemed to peak around
| the time Brad Jacob's crew was dominating the scene. I don't
| follow curling quite enough to know what the impact will be on
| the meta game though. More guards? Fewer? More takeout attempts?
| It's interesting because finesse and power both have critical
| roles in both scoring and defending so it's not obvious to me
| where the negative/positive impacts to the game will be.
| schlauerfox wrote:
| US has a curling team too. I wish the US had better olympics
| television coverage, but it's become mini athlete docs, a little
| of US performances and it robs us. There's this too.
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMLU6-NHINQ
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