Ultimate Frisbee is a sport played by 14 players, 7 on each team wherein the goal is to pass the white disc up the field until it is caught in the end zone. Originally created by high school students in New Jersey, the sport combines aspects of populars sports creating a fast paced strategy filled game. It has grown and spread to nearly 80 countries. Whether Ultimate Frisbee should be an Olympic sport is an ongoing argument that is debated between Ultimate lovers and haters. Some question its legitimacy arguing that Ultimate is too unorganized, does not require strategy and lacks a 3rd party referee. Many Ultimate players and sympathizers would argue that the sport has all of the factors that other major sports possess and is more than qualified to be recognized as an Olympic sport.…show more content… To be in the Olympics, a sport must bring value, equality and youth appeal to the games. In a article by Charles Bethea of the New Yorker, USA Ultimate’s CEO Tom Crawford theorizes the advancement of Ultimate could “enhance human existence when done right” adding, “[Ultimate] is like everything that you would want to bake into a sport, if you were creating it from scratch.” Ultimate is a demanding and critical sport that is more intellectually taxing than just a simple game of catch. The game is an important community activity for many cities and towns and teaches valuable lessons of honesty and integrity. As for the popularity of the sport, it has grown from a playground pastime to a well managed organization that flourishes in all levels of academic and recreational competition. Ultimate Frisbee is well known for welcoming all genders, races and creeds interested in the sport and is based around the idea of acceptance and
