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  • Red_in_SE8
    Red_in_SE8 Posts: 5,961
    I always thought the reason rugby and cricket were not included was the same reason baseball and grid iron football were not included i.e. Only a very few countries actually play those sports.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
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  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,891
    In: horse racing in the Velodrome
    Out: athletics
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,949
    British Bulldog in for Dressage.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,083
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    Good shout.

  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
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  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Red_in_SE8 said:

    I always thought the reason rugby and cricket were not included was the same reason baseball and grid iron football were not included i.e. Only a very few countries actually play those sports.

    Baseball has been included in the Olympics for some time, it was dropped for London because there are no baseball stadia in the UK. A lot of countries do play the game - mostly in the Americas, but also Japan. I'd guess that it's reach is about the same as handball.

  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,801
    Football stays in, traditional Olympic sport for about a century, a tournament the rest of the world cares about, and gets good numbers through the gates.

    Golf shouldn't be coming back is my one.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,801
    Baseball was dropped from London 2012 as it was felt it was a 3 country tournament that wasn't growing. Nothing to do with stadiums
  • Glass half empty
    Glass half empty Posts: 2,084
    In - 6 aside , masters style football

    Out - any sport where the Olympics is not the pinnacle
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  • EastStand
    EastStand Posts: 4,109
    In: Pool

    Out: Horse things (unless they start giving the medals to the horses)
  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,679
    Rothko said:

    Football stays in, traditional Olympic sport for about a century, a tournament the rest of the world cares about, and gets good numbers through the gates.

    Golf shouldn't be coming back is my one.

    Why golf?
  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
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  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
    Glass half empty said:

    In - 6 aside , masters style football

    Out - any sport where the Olympics is not the pinnacle

    Re the 5 a side footie, instead of under23s should be over 38s
  • Bourneaddick
    Bourneaddick Posts: 115
    In : Netball
    Out : Football
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    As I said, football will never be dropped as it makes so much money, and also is easy to hold. Most countries have existing facilities, and unlike the World Cup you don't have to spend a fortune on iconic architecture (hence we can send footballers to Coventry of all places). And the next Olympics is in, ahem, Brazil!

    Baseball was a bit of a joke as the best players weren't being released by the US leagues, so the standard wasn't good. By contrast the Basketball contest features all the best players in the world.
  • sralan
    sralan Posts: 2,031
    Bourneaddick said:

    In : Netball
    Out : Football

    Thought Netball was the same as Basketball ?
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    sralan said:

    Bourneaddick said:

    In : Netball
    Out : Football

    Thought Netball was the same as Basketball ?
    Yes - like baseball and rounders.
  • MeebaumAzanitch
    MeebaumAzanitch Posts: 605
    In: Horse-racing.

    Out: Dressage.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
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  • CrayAddick
    CrayAddick Posts: 3,913
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  • RugbyAddick
    RugbyAddick Posts: 2,079
    soapy_jones said:

    In - rugby sevens
    Out - Football

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