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In response to "I can't argue against that for competitive reasons, but they'll never pull just the women's version of a sport from the Olympics. -- nm" by Reagen

Yeah, I know. It's just bullshit that this stuff has to stay and they cut baseball and softball

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Mar 1 '10, 10:41

given at least baseball was competitive.

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Not European enough unfortunately. -- nm - Diva Mar 1, 10:47 8
- I think that's a big part of it. If someone other than the Dutch or Italians played it, it might have a better chance. - Reagen Mar 1, 10:48 7
  - It has to be. The sport is emerging in Asian countries and is a big presence in Latin America. - musubi Mar 1, 10:51 6
    - You might as well have cricket in the Olympics though -- nm - Roger More Mar 1, 10:56 5
      - rugby sevens (for 2016) was a good compromise. -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 11:13 1
        
        It's worked in the Commonwealth Games format, but really I think it should stay there. - Roger More Mar 1, 11:20
      - If there's more than say 5 teams good at it, sure. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 1, 11:00 2
        
        There are about the same number of countries that are good at cricket as are good at baseball. Similar geographic distribution as well - Roger More Mar 1, 11:08 1
        
        to baseball, you can add Italy, Netherlands (if they get Aruba), Mexico and Canada to the list of competitive teams. -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 11:16
not enough competitive teams for a summer event plus few outside the US watched it. -- nm - zork Mar 1, 10:44

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