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Originally posted by debeau
This is a sore point for me and no doubt others .
The olympics are suppossed to be the pinacle for sports and the best are supposed to compete .
soccer U23 only
tennis no names represent countries
rugby - no its a hybrid game of rugby called sevens which is for entertainment only and as a person from the top rugby country in the world onlt the third tier players will represent NZ not the best .
basketball - are the best in these teams .
To me the olympics are becomeing a joke and are around for what a country or the big wigs of the IOC can get out of it
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Agreed. BTW, part of the Reuters article makes no sense as was quoted the sports did not get a majority of the vote. To drop a sport from the Olympics, it is supposed to be two-thirds to drop, not a simple majority.
BTW, I am still a believer that the Olympics should return to amateur status.