Jousting Olympic Sport

By now, most everyone "in the know" has seen the video posted by Fox Sports or seen other tweets or Facebook news about how English Heritage is petitioning to get jousting to be an Olympic sport by 2020. 
First, let me say that this is not the first time we have heard this claim. It has been circulating for quite a while, especially around the Olympic times. This time, though, it may have more of a chance.
Secondly, I say good! As long as it's done properly... 
No one can deny the sheer talent it actually takes to joust, or so I thought... It seems that there is someone out there that thinks that jousting is all a performance art. His name is Tobias Capwell, and his article can be found here 
http://www.apollo-magazine.com/jousting-is-closer-to-performance-art-than-an-olympic-sport/ 
As you can read, it is surprising that he has these feelings, as it seems he actually did some jousting as well. But then, I did a little bit as well.
I disagree with him on almost every point that he makes, at least when talking of actual jousting and not theater jousting anyways. Yes, there are groups of strictly theatrical jousters such as Medieval Times that are doing it for a show, where everything is staged and the armor is not real. They are extremely fun to watch (I worked a part time job at the Dallas castle for a short time) but you do have to keep in mind that they are just performing a stunt show, as the "falls" off the horse are a bit comical. The armor is not real, nor are the lances there. But for an Olympic sport, it would be like comparing WWE to actual Olympic wrestling.
The next point he makes is that it is not a sport because it relies on the horse and the armor and the lance. What?! There are numerous sports that require equipment to be used to make it feasible to attempt. Take my favorite Winter Game for example; ice hockey. Without the skates, there would be no game. Same with the hockey sticks, goal, goalie padding (armor), player pads (more armor), ect. So no, your point there is invalid sir.
Also, one quote I always said during my brief time training is "Without the cooperation of the horse, you are an idiot with a stick". To which I could count on at least someone pulling in the Knights Tale quote "It's called a lance... hello?". Funny yes, but the fact is the fact. One of the most important parts of jousting is horsemanship. If you cannot ride, and ride well, you cannot joust. If your horse does not trust you 100%, it will not perform what you wish it to. I have seen numerous videos and in person where the horse, no dumb animal, knows that an impact is coming about halfway down the lane and will stop dead in its tracts to avoid it. This leaves the knight as a sitting duck to get plowed into by his or her opponent.
Jousting is a fierce sport if it is done in the full contact, full armored, original style. As one fan said on a fellow jousting knight's Facebook page: Chris Bridges The real challenge is sitting on the horse with those huge f*$@ing nuts you have to have to do this.
While he is absolutely right about that, it does bring up another point; there are many female jousters as well, a couple I trained with. Those that I trained with were two of the toughest females. But jousting is not, by a long shot, limited to these two. Sarah Hay is currently one of the top jousters on the International Jousting League. Yes, Mr. Capwell, it is already a major sport and has several major competitions; one being in Estes Park Colorado every year. 
So, if we can have sports like curling, ping pong, bad-mitten, and, so help me, RACEWALKING, I think we have room for an actual athletic and deep traditionalist sport such as jousting...