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Netball is not an Olympic event simply because ...
... the Americans are not very good at it ... ???????
http://www.theroar.co...ored-by-the-olympics/
... the Americans are not very good at it ... ???????
http://www.theroar.co...ored-by-the-olympics/
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...it's more likely that the right palms at the IOC haven't been greased properly by the Netball associations. Look at cycling, the track program was descimated before Beijing to include the Keirin, popular as it is it's not one of traditional track events and "allegedly" the UCI paid the IOC 5million to get it included....
The Keirin is one of the biggest gambling events in the far east, trillions of yen are bet every year in the Japanese Keirin series the best riders as well paid as footballers and fitted with the UCIs promotions company aims to expand the sport globally.....yeah right!! It was a pay off from the Keirin authorities in the far east to the UCI to force it's inclusion....The Olympics is no longer about sport, it's about money and the corruption is rife throughout every part of it.....I'm off to the South Atlantic in June for a spell, I'm quite pleased that I don't have to be at home watching the obsequious Coe or the rest of the Olympic Glitterati filling their pockets. The closer we get to the Olympics the more cynical I get about it all, I'm fed up that the sports we love have become little more than a gravy train for a select few and unfortunately it's the sportsmen and women who suffer most
The Keirin is one of the biggest gambling events in the far east, trillions of yen are bet every year in the Japanese Keirin series the best riders as well paid as footballers and fitted with the UCIs promotions company aims to expand the sport globally.....yeah right!! It was a pay off from the Keirin authorities in the far east to the UCI to force it's inclusion....The Olympics is no longer about sport, it's about money and the corruption is rife throughout every part of it.....I'm off to the South Atlantic in June for a spell, I'm quite pleased that I don't have to be at home watching the obsequious Coe or the rest of the Olympic Glitterati filling their pockets. The closer we get to the Olympics the more cynical I get about it all, I'm fed up that the sports we love have become little more than a gravy train for a select few and unfortunately it's the sportsmen and women who suffer most
While I can understand your cynicism, slapshot, you are being unfair and slandering the name of FIFA.
I quote from the Olympic site:
"Football was introduced as a medal sport at the 1908 Olympic Games. Great Britain won the gold medal, then successfully defended their title four years later in Stockholm. The sport has featured at every Olympic Games since, with the exception of Los Angeles 1932."
I look forward to reading yur future thread about your legal case, either here or in the Daily Mail.
JJ - If I recall, there have to be a minimum of 30 nations to qualify - your association mentions 28, perhaps that is one of the reasons. Get your kit on and get Monaco and Kazakhstan to join......Latvia and Estonia just for good measure.
I quote from the Olympic site:
"Football was introduced as a medal sport at the 1908 Olympic Games. Great Britain won the gold medal, then successfully defended their title four years later in Stockholm. The sport has featured at every Olympic Games since, with the exception of Los Angeles 1932."
I look forward to reading yur future thread about your legal case, either here or in the Daily Mail.
JJ - If I recall, there have to be a minimum of 30 nations to qualify - your association mentions 28, perhaps that is one of the reasons. Get your kit on and get Monaco and Kazakhstan to join......Latvia and Estonia just for good measure.
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No, murray ... it's not girlie. If a netball player gets dumped on a hard court, she sets up, plays on, and worries about it after the quarter.
If a footballer gets dumped on the grass, he rolls around like he's been shot.
triggy ... while I obviously don't agree with you, your "anti" posts do make me smile. =0)
If a footballer gets dumped on the grass, he rolls around like he's been shot.
triggy ... while I obviously don't agree with you, your "anti" posts do make me smile. =0)
Netball is only played in a handful of English speaking countries . Womens Basketball is played globally , that's why it's the one which is in the olympics .
DT - the countries which you mentioned (except Monaco) all have womens basketball teams .
I agree that beach volleyball should not be in the olympics , nor should BMX and mountain-biking . We already have real volleyball and real cycling in the olympic programme .
DT - the countries which you mentioned (except Monaco) all have womens basketball teams .
I agree that beach volleyball should not be in the olympics , nor should BMX and mountain-biking . We already have real volleyball and real cycling in the olympic programme .
BMX should, because we have a medal prospect.
That Shinaze Reed (not sure of spelling) was in dead cert silver place last time, until she went for gold near the finishing line and ... fell off.
At least we'd be in with a shout of a netball medal ... unless we came 4th behind New Zealand, Jamaica and Australia ... =0(
That Shinaze Reed (not sure of spelling) was in dead cert silver place last time, until she went for gold near the finishing line and ... fell off.
At least we'd be in with a shout of a netball medal ... unless we came 4th behind New Zealand, Jamaica and Australia ... =0(
it's shocking that cricket is no longer an Olympic sport.
Great Britain beat France in 1900 to take gold. Actually, there were only two teams (and "Great Britain" was really "Devon and Somerset") so they didn't award gold, just silver and bronze, plus models of the Eiffel Tower, but they were transmuted into gold and silver retrospectively.
Great Britain beat France in 1900 to take gold. Actually, there were only two teams (and "Great Britain" was really "Devon and Somerset") so they didn't award gold, just silver and bronze, plus models of the Eiffel Tower, but they were transmuted into gold and silver retrospectively.
