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In response to "I disagree. Multi-team sports would be boring if they were occupied by just one team." by Max

If someone wants to win a medal they need to beat the other competitors and not win a medal because a better athlete

Posted by Krusty (aka krustylu) Aug 7 '16, 21:19

was left out despite having a better score.
I don't like a limit that says despite someone being better they get left out because their country is too good at the sport.
I wouldn't want third knowing I likely only got it because they left out someone out that could have beat me.

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better athletes get left out all the time. there's probably at least 50 NBA players that that would be better than most teams. -- nm - mafic Aug 7, 21:31
Then why limit a country to five? Just let them bring however many dozen they want and whoever qualifies competes. -- nm - Max Aug 7, 21:26 3
- There's a stark difference between limiting the number of entrants per country due to logistics and not allowing the best entrants to move forward. -- nm - ty97 Aug 7, 21:29 2
  - Exactly. They want to spread the sports to more countries and they feel that this helps by having more countries in the finals. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 7, 21:41 1
    - World Cup is the same way. USA would never make it in if it were only the best teams. -- nm - CQ Aug 8, 03:44

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If someone wants to win a medal they need to beat the other competitors and not win a medal because a better athlete

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