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Football has had the crap flogged out of it for a hell of a lot longer.How do we know the BCCI wont have flogged the crap out of Twenty20 by 2020 and no one cares in this nanosecond attention span era?
Football has had the crap flogged out of it for a hell of a lot longer.How do we know the BCCI wont have flogged the crap out of Twenty20 by 2020 and no one cares in this nanosecond attention span era?
May be thats because we are not winning any medals in hockey...Well hockey's an Olympic sport and both India and Pakistan have proud histories of success and how's that doing when compared to cricket on the subcontinent nowadays?
I don't think it would. They'd just split up for the Olympics (like England, Scotland, Wales and the Ulster bit of Ireland will join tog for union 7s, presumably). Jamaica, Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda all played in the Commonwealth Games in 98. Although not T&T for some reason.I'm all for it. Although it would be the end of the West Indies.
People in Europe seem to have an insatiable appetite for a billion football matches a year with the same old clubs winning the same old trophies.Football has had the crap flogged out of it for a hell of a lot longer.
Why do you think I go to the beach every year for 4 weeks? Lobbying hard for mens' synchronised tbh.And if you talk about participants....synchronized swimming? Really? How many people in the world participate in synchronized swimming in their leisure time?
Cricket has a much stronger case than so many other sports, and definitely should be in there IMO.
there are alot of sports in the olympics that require unique elements, like sailing so a city has to have access to the ocean.People in Europe seem to have an insatiable appetite for a billion football matches a year with the same old clubs winning the same old trophies.
Cricket fans are a little more ... discerning.
Anyway, I was thinking about the 2020 Olympics. If they go to a city from the USA I'm pretty sure the Americans will be pressing hard for baseball to be included back for the 2020 Olympics. Could you imagine how Americans would react if they were forced to have cricket instead of baseball? Lets just say the bombs might start flying in the direction of cricketing countries. Especially if Sarah Palin is President in 2020.
Lets imagine if Rio had to include cricket. What kind of cricket grounds do you think Brazilians would build? They would be rectangle and instead of stumps there would be goals at either end.
Cricket is unique that the ground plays such a massive part in the game and takes more preparation that other sports. There is no definitive guide to pitch preparation. And unlike baseball fields you can only use a pitch for a certain amount of time before it becomes unsuitable. Grass tennis courts also wear out but out of the 25 biggest tennis tournaments of the year (4 slams, Tour finals, 9 1000 masters, 11 500 series) a whopping 1 is held on grass and thats only because Wimbledon is Wimbledon.
Unless the ICC coughs up a lot of money to support cricket at the Olympics I dont see many countries voting for cricket to be included due to the costs and logistical nightmares it would bring for non cricketing cities.
And I see no one has suggested a solution to the myriad of problems of having cricket at the Olympics
Sure. Velodromes for example. They usually become white elephants once a games has finished. But you just need one. Not 4-6.there are alot of sports in the olympics that require unique elements, like sailing so a city has to have access to the ocean.
But sailing, kayaking/canoeing and rowing are established Olympic sports. Cricket needs to be voted in by the members of the IOC. Many countries, especially those with ambitions to host the Olympics will not want cricket included due to the costs involved with hosting it. With sports like sailing, kayaking/canoeing and rowing host cities have no choice, they're part of the Olympics like it or not. Sure, if Twenty20 was to be in the 2012 it would be no problem. An Olympic final at Lord's would be brilliant. But in the whole history of the Olympics only two cricketing countries have had cities host the Olympics. Australia and the UK. 2012 will be only the 5th time a city from a cricketing country has hosted the games.NB even Hungary has won a medal in sailing and its a land locked country, and its not the only land locked country to do so. don't make the asumption that other countries outside the test 8 wont be interested in competing in 20/20
In the case of when bejing hosted the game they built a man made river for sports such canoeing. a city is given plenty of time to get things right 7 years.
The average T20 fan isn't. That's partly why it's popular - it has simple appeals to the watcher. Before one of the T20 haters shows up there's nothing wrong with liking T20 for that, nor is there anything wrong with liking football or movies with Arnie in them. I draw the line at TV shows such as Friends though.People in Europe seem to have an insatiable appetite for a billion football matches a year with the same old clubs winning the same old trophies.
Cricket fans are a little more ... discerning.