It is important that the athletes plus all of the fans feel that they are protected whenever they go to the Olympics. In order for them to be and feel protected there are a few restrictions that they enforce. There is the usual rules about not bringing in materials that are toxic, explosives, knives and firearms but yet at the same time while some of the items listed make perfect sense there are still some items prohibited that might just make you laugh.

10. Protection Sprays

It is understandable as to why this is not allowed but yet at the same time, in the name of safety wouldn’t people feel protected more if they could bring protection sprays? Maybe change this rule as to when protection spray can be used and when it cannot be used. Not allowing knives at the Olympics is one thing but a protection spray is something else. Agree, or disagree?

9. Noisemakers

Video of the 2008 Olympics to show why they did discontinue some noise makers.

What happened to having some fun at the Olympics? When a game is over and your team won what would be wrong with pulling out a whistle and showing how excited you are about them winning? On second thought, I guess it’s understandable why drums might not be allowed or air horns…but seriously, whistles? Maybe doing a whistle over and over might be too much but just doing it once or twice after a team wins should be fine.

8. Oversized Hats

Yes, you read that correctly. How can you determine when a hat is oversized? People might have their view blocked by the oversized hat and some others might find it to be distracting but if the person wants to look silly in front of millions of people isn’t it up to them? It’s one thing throwing someone out of the Olympics because of their behavior but could you imagine calling your parents and saying “Mom, dad they threw me out of the Olympics because my hat was oversized?”

7. Large Flags

You cannot have large flags but you also cannot have large poles and banners. They cannot be bigger than the size 1 meter x 2 meters. What’s wrong with showing off pride from a country with a very big flag? Maybe they should allow this to see just how creative people can get with their flags.

6. Photographic Equipment

If you have ever wanted to hav

e some sort of excuse to build up media accreditation then this might just be your chance to do so because you cannot use any kind of photographic and equipment for broadcasting. However, you can use these things if you have accreditation in the media. Might be a great career to get involved in and more so if you enjoy sports. This rule does make it hard for fans to take videos and post them online at sites such as YouTube.

5. You Cannot Enter If You Have A Huge Cup Of Coffee With You

If you have a cup of coffee with you or either soup and any kind of syrup then you cannot enter into the Olympic if it is over 100ml in quantities so be sure that you measure your coffee and that you don’t go over the limit with it or you might get a surprise when you try to enter in the Olympics.

4. Baby Food Might Need Verification

Baby food, sterilized water and baby milk is allowed but yet at the same time if you have baby food then you might need to taste it in order to confirm that it really is baby food. You bring it and you taste it. Yes, officer. It does taste like baby food to me. Would you like to have a bite of it? A possible reply from the officer “Sorry, that does not taste like baby food, your baby will have to do without it”. Isn’t this rule putting the baby at risk for not having their food to eat?

3. Don’t Bring Alcohol

You cannot bring alcohol inside. In some ways this makes sense but in other ways it does not. The reason why it does not make sense is because they allow you to buy alcohol inside. If alcohol is allowed on the inside why not just check a person’s age to make sure they are at the age limit instead of not allowing them to bring alcohol inside?

2. No Full Water Bottles Past The Gate

It’s hot out and you have a full water bottle with you because of it but then you are told that you cannot take the water bottle with you inside. Why? The tents don’t have a place to empty water bottles. Really? No bathrooms, sinks? Drinking water is inside for free.

1. Excessive Amounts of Food

http://youtu.be/JE_s_XBjGyI

How do they know when you’ve had too much food at the Olympics? Do they judge your size? Seriously, how can they determine when you have had excessive amounts of food and what if a person has a disorder and needs to eat a certain amount?

They might to go over a few of the rules that they have right now and decide if it is really worth the hassle. Rules found in the prohibited and restricted items list for the Olympics.