Orlando  - Barry Bartland has only one goal in life - To win the Olympic Stupid Hat event in 2002. Although no such event yet exists, Bartland is confident that the attention this amateur event has drawn will make the Olympic organizers realize that it is indeed a sport. Bartland entered and won the last three Stupid Hat events and is encouraged to go all the way by his friends and family. Says Bartland - " I don't know what it is, but I know I'm gonna win before the judges even see me...I guess you can say I'm a natural...".

Judges for the Stupidest Hat Contest admit that Bartland has what it takes to win an Olympic event should it ever become recognized - " I know a winner when I see one, and Bartland is one of the most stupid looking people I've ever seen" says Bill Gurdy, premier judge.

However, the Olympic committee has ignored Bartland's requests to make this an olympic event. Say Warren Murphy, spokesman for the committee - " It's so damned silly, I don't even know why you're wasting your time talking to me...I think the idea of having a Stupid Hat Event in the Olympics is absurd !!". Other members of the committee thought that Bartland was on drugs when he approached them, and called police. However, Bartland intends to keep fighting for the event. " If they won't support me, maybe I'll start my own olympic games !!".

"I knew I had a winner - my wife took one look at it and said I looked like the biggest idiot on the planet..."
Barry Bartland

"He is ready for the world championships...''
Kevin Strapper
Judge

"I trained him day after day...he's the top seed in the next olympic event...''
Marty Bonnes
Coach