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[Olympics2028]

4 hours ago, hektor said:

I find it fascinating that they decided to ditch breaking even before the event was run.

What if it is successful ?

If an organizing committee wants to have breakdancing, it should be a part of the arts/culture part of an Olympics, which occur before a summer games.

[baron-pierreIV]

2 hours ago, Olympics2028 said:

If an organizing committee wants to have breakdancing, it should be a part of the arts/culture part of an Olympics, which occur before a summer games.

And why should that be?  Because you said so??  

[hektor]

16 hours ago, Olympics2028 said:

If an organizing committee wants to have breakdancing, it should be a part of the arts/culture part of an Olympics, which occur before a summer games.

Why not put Ice dancing in the winter cultural Olympics while you are at it. I find it curious that decisions to remove sports are taken before the first event is run. That was the case for Karate, that is again the case for Breaking.

[antiperspirant]

19 hours ago, hektor said:

I find it fascinating that they decided to ditch breaking even before the event was run.

What if it is successful ?

Of all places, I would have expected LA to rave over breaking, why exactly I can't tell you but the vibes of LA just scream breaking to me (maybe because hip hop had a big influence in my sisters clothing while we were growing up in LA)

[hektor]

Plus I thought that one of the objectives of the IOC was to appeal to younger audiences who have stopped watching network or cable television. Removing breaking and adding lacrosse or flag football is not exactly how I expect them to achieve this. 

Edited August 2, 2024 by hektor

[Bear]

12 hours ago, antiperspirant said:

Of all places, I would have expected LA to rave over breaking, why exactly I can't tell you but the vibes of LA just scream breaking to me (maybe because hip hop had a big influence in my sisters clothing while we were growing up in LA)

yeah I was surprised too that breaking wasn't included in the optional sports programme. personally if it were up to me i'd replace cricket with breaking, and let cricket T20 debut instead in Brisbane

[antiperspirant]

18 minutes ago, Bear said:

yeah I was surprised too that breaking wasn't included in the optional sports programme. personally if it were up to me i'd replace cricket with breaking, and let cricket T20 debut instead in Brisbane

This makes sense; I associate cricket with Australia. Perhaps the organizers are trying to use it he Olympics as an excuse to create hype for sports otherwise overlooked by Americans?

[antiperspirant]

8 hours ago, hektor said:

Plus I thought that one of the objectives of the IOC was to appeal to younger audiences who have stopped watching network or cable television. Removing breaking and adding lacrosse or flag football is not exactly how I expect them to achieve this. 

Yeah I have an automatic dislike of anyone who tells me they’re a lacrosse player. 

[FYI]

It wasn't the L.A. organizers who wanted to create hype over sports overlooked by Americans. It was Bach (& Co) who strong-armed L.A. organizers to include it because of it's large appeal in India, & therefore, to create large broadcast revenue there come 2028, & also because it would serve as a home Games sport there, when India is likely to be awarded the next slot (or two) of the Olympics.

Cause yes, it would've made much more sense for Cricket to debut in Brisbane, & not L.A. Cause it was either include Baseball/softball (which makes MUCH more sense for a U.S. Games) AND Cricket, or just Cricket. So the L.A. organizers decided to include both.

[Sir Rols]

1 hour ago, antiperspirant said:

This makes sense; I associate cricket with Australia. Perhaps the organizers are trying to use it he Olympics as an excuse to create hype for sports otherwise overlooked by Americans?

As FYI said, it was more an explicit gift to India, and to help boost the broadcast rights revenue from India. Not that Oz isn’t happy either.

[hektor]

Glad to see I am not the only one to think breaking should be given a chance, or at least that decision on its inclusion should have happened after both events are run…

[Sir Rols]

I’m not usually a cricket fan, but this year’s Boxing Day Test was a real cracker.  And set attendance records here.

Boxing Day Test for the ages is the cricketing dream Australia needs

Maybe LA shouldn’t bother with T20, and offer up the full Test format. I’m sure if we started preliminary games in May-June, we could squeeze in a gold medal match by the end of the games… 

[yoshi]

Test cricket best cricket. Looking forward to being annihilated in the Ashes again in winter 

(And yeah cricket being in was just a gift to the Ambani family. Tbh I can't see it surviving if anyone other than Kirsty wins the Presidency)

[Sir Rols]

2 hours ago, yoshi said:

Test cricket best cricket. Looking forward to being annihilated in the Ashes again in winter 

(And yeah cricket being in was just a gift to the Ambani family. Tbh I can't see it surviving if anyone other than Kirsty wins the Presidency)

Winter? Oh, that’s right, our summer.

Oh great, Bazball again… 

[yoshi]

Why are you rolling your eyes? It's free wins for you 

[Brisbane Boy]

On 12/31/2024 at 1:45 PM, Sir Rols said:

I’m not usually a cricket fan, but this year’s Boxing Day Test was a real cracker.  And set attendance records here.

Boxing Day Test for the ages is the cricketing dream Australia needs

Maybe LA shouldn’t bother with T20, and offer up the full Test format. I’m sure if we started preliminary games in May-June, we could squeeze in a gold medal match by the end of the games… 

In my opinion T20 is the only format suitable for a 2-week Olympic games timeframe.

They will need to narrow down which minor countries get to play. A lead up qualifying phase needed.

Then a decision on how many countries get to go to the Olympics. I read an article that only 6 but i think 12 more likely maybe 14 in some sort of qualifying for the last few spots.

5-day cricket is usually pretty boring to the average fan. Cricket purist well that a different story, but they are dying out.

The issue with LA and any country that does not play cricket is they lack oval grounds of suitable size. You would need two minimum a third for minor games.

Read some articles about moving it to New York, but that (pop-up) field used for matches in the 2024 world cup i think is now reverted back to parkland.

It did hold about 34k people.

 

[Sir Rols]

7 minutes ago, Brisbane Boy said:

In my opinion T20 is the only format suitable for a 2-week Olympic games timeframe.

Of course it is, I was joking regarding Test cricket.

I still think Test cricket is the real cricket. T20 is just the bite-sized version suitable for the games. Just as Rugby 7s is the bite sized version compared to the real Rugby which is played in the RWC.

[baron-pierreIV]

Looks like Cricket '28 in New York is out.  Per this report, it will stay in California.  

LA28 accelerates towards funding goal 

So, it will probably be at the new Cricket venue in Irvine.  And LA28 is therefore willing to forego the extra $100 million that an EST-zone-based venue for the huge Ambani TV contract would have brought in.  I guess they know what they are doing. 

New (or near final) set of venues to be announced in April after they are first proposed at the IOC Meeting in Costa Navarino, Greece on March 18-21.  (Or around the final few days of this month.) 

Edited March 3 by baron-pierreIV

[baron-pierreIV]

I dunno if you can see this . . .  but China is training its 2nd tier of gymnasts for LA28. 

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[Bear]

The NFL has just announced that they will allow their players to compete at LA28, under the following guidelines:

• NFL player participation will begin with a tryout or qualification process in advance of the Games
• Each participating NOC may select one player per NFL roster
• Olympic rosters will be selected by the respective National Federation

https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-clubs-approve-participation-of-nfl-players-in-2028-olympic-games-in-los-angeles

https://frontofficesports.com/nfl-approves-active-player-participation-in-la28-olympics/