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YouthfulDrake t1_iwwjiye wrote

Unpopular opinion: team sports with well established world cups / competitions shouldn't be in the olympics

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cheekybeeboo t1_iwxelmc wrote

Yep, I agree. The litmus test should be if winning an Olympic gold medal is the highest aspiration for the athlete and/or team in question. In running, swimming, archery, gymnastics -- etc, etc -- that is a definite yes. But soccer, cricket, tennis, baseball, rugby? No way. Therefore, don't include as it's unnecessary bloat.

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WaynneGretzky t1_iwzhx4b wrote

Sure olympics is a major event. But its a fact that the event is usually a loss making investment for the hosts.

>Every single Olympics since 1960 has gone over budget.

Source

Most sports are barely watched by people at the venues, so increased tourism is in itself a hoax. Tracks & infra development cant be used later turning into NPA eventually. Sports like cricket, rugby can actually bring the viewership. Adding more water sports is just going to increase the irrelevant costs with low returns. There's always debate around wrestling, boxing, which brings large viewership from asian countries.

And for anyone representing in a sport, the highest aspiration isn't the event, its winning for the team/country.

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Buckeye_8621 OP t1_iwwqjod wrote

I agree but cricket needs to spread outside of the British Commonwealth. Soccer and basketball are fine

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SLGotabaya69 t1_iwz38af wrote

Yeah . specially before ipl some how fucks up bilateral series

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D_Neon t1_iwx77r0 wrote

That's every team sport though. That's like saying "if it wasn't in the Olympics already it shouldn't be in now" because anything people play in more than 1 country will have a world cup.

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new-username-2017 t1_iwz54e1 wrote

Unpopular opinion: the only important thing in the Olympics is the 100m - who's the fastest person.

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free_spoons t1_ix1kfiv wrote

Cooler opinion: the winner of the 100m should race the winner of the marathon in the 1500m

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Thorneas t1_iwznp6k wrote

Might be but as it stands now being an Olympic sport is must in many countries. In Czechia it is the only way how to get some meaningful government funding.

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