Do you think that they should have taken softball/baseball out of the olympics?
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Remember The Cool Running Sled team from Jamaica at the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta?
No, it is a sport requiring talent like any other...When do tickets go on sale for the 2010 Winter Olympics? Any idea on price?
No - but there aren't enough countries that play them (at least at a competitive level)What was the original purpose of the ancient Olympic games?
No they shouldn't! I stress this cause my daughter katie has won two state titles and loves to play and watch the game!How many people like gymnastics?
No! I've been on several travel softball teams for the past five years! Once we were playing in a tournament during the Olympics, so we were all like "Wow, I want to be just like them" and "How cool would it be to make it to the Olympics?" Now that dream will never come true because they cancelled the sport. I understand that not enough teams play at a level equal to that of the United States. However, if you were in a country other than the U.S., shouldn't you view this oppurtunity as a challenge rather than vote to cancel the sport?Should the Olympics allow a guy with artificial legs compete?
Yes, absolutely.There's almost zero justification for including in the Olympics any sport that is played by so few nations in the world. Several sports that were once a part of the Olympics have been subsequently dropped, so its not a new idea..for instance cricket was once an Olympic sport, but I dont hear the British complaining that it should be brought back!
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I think that the problem with baseball in the Olympics is that the summer Olympics are during the professional baseball season. Most of the great players in the wold play in the Olympics play for pro teams in the US or in other countries. Look at the World Baseball Classic that was played this last spring. It was great because it showed that baseball has become a global game. The US didn't even make the final game (Japan beat Cuba). If the Olympics did not conflict with the pro baseball season then the big name players would play and it would be more completive and more countries would be able to field teams.Hopefully they will keep the WBC around for a while.
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They have not taken Softball/Baseball out of the Olympics YET. In Beijing they built a new Baseball stadium. So after Beijing the Olympic games will not have baseball/softball.yes absolutely it´s one of the smallest games in the Olympics
I personally think that removal of Baseball was warranted because of the lack of support of Major League Baseball. I don't like watching college kids and (mostly) washed up old guys playing baseball and I would prefer if the best players we have to offer would go and play at the Olympics.
Softball should not have been removed because the sport is more international than baseball and the Olympics is the best recognition that the sport gets. Softball is not going to become more popular without being in the Olympics
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