27% of Brits think they could qualify for the LA Olympics in 2028

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larkim 16 Aug 3:42pm, 16 Aug 2024 25,376 posts	0 larkim Though having said that, team sports with strong regional or "empire" based histories do have a little more bias than individual ones.
Nicholls595 16 Aug 3:44pm, 16 Aug 2024 32,057 posts	0 Nicholls595 It is T20, so games last about 3 hours. No reason why teams can't play every other day (travel permitting), so could get a decent tournament in during the 2 and a half weeks. Not sure how Great Britain team will be selected, I mean with all due respect, if it isn't just England, then something isn't right
Nicholls595 16 Aug 3:45pm, 16 Aug 2024 32,058 posts	0 Nicholls595 And for anyone moaning about cricket being included, I believe baseball (rounders) is also going to be played
Cerrertonia 16 Aug 3:49pm, 16 Aug 2024 21,636 posts	0 Cerrertonia larkim wrote: the Olympics is a broad church that doesn't need a sport to be universal to be included. 75 countries on 4 continents (men) and 40 countries on 3 continents (women) is the minimum for a new sport. Olympic Cricket will suffer from the same problem that baseball/ softball have - the need for unusual venues.
paulcook 16 Aug 3:49pm, 16 Aug 2024 6,226 posts	0 paulcook + flag football.
SPR 16 Aug 3:51pm, 16 Aug 2024 45,722 posts	0 SPR Cricket is like golf to me, it's got its own set of what's the pinnacle so don't really care for it in the Olympics. Baseball at least could be developing a world game and presumably that's the point of it being in the LA games.
SPR 16 Aug 3:54pm, 16 Aug 2024 45,723 posts	0 SPR Maybe they should use the hundred 😉
larkim 16 Aug 3:57pm, 16 Aug 2024 25,377 posts	0 larkim I don't really agree with the concept that if the Olympics isn't the pinnacle, then the sport shouldn't be in. I understand why people feel that way, but I prefer to see the Olympics as a global showcase for the plethora of sport around the world, and would rather have golf, tennis, soccer, basketball etc in the Games than excluded from them. I think tennis has found it's way with this; the grand slam contenders truly want to win the Olympic gold, and I think some of the golfers are tending that way too. For the golf though I'd prefer to see a "team" event, tbh, either instead of or supplementing the individual title; add something different. Tennis has that to a degree as it forces doubles partnerships from consistent countries. Football needs to sort it's stuff out though and find a way of abandoning the U23+ format. Maybe 5-a-side would be a better format for it? Allow it to be represented as a sport, but not "risk" dethroning the world cup as the big event.
SPR 16 Aug 4:02pm, 16 Aug 2024 45,724 posts	0 SPR I'd rather see something like netball that would benefit from the growth potential if introducing new sports. Cricket is fine, so are golf, football and tennis. I do like the concept of something different so rugby sevens for example.
Nicholls595 16 Aug 4:04pm, 16 Aug 2024 32,059 posts	0 Nicholls595 SPR wrote:Cricket is like golf to me, it's got its own set of what's the pinnacle so don't really care for it in the Olympics. Baseball at least could be developing a world game and presumably that's the point of it being in the LA games. I'd agree about cricket and golf. See also tennis and football. I always thought baseball went on for half a day and ended up 2-1? Is there a T20 type shorter version?