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Chareos
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posted: 2013-12-16 18:43:10 (ID: 100016473) Report Abuse |
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well in the world championships there are a lot of games in short period of time
of course they are mostly amateur players |
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Meitheisman
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posted: 2013-12-17 01:31:53 (ID: 100016535) Report Abuse |
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Solana_Steve wrote:
The one problem with football in the Olympics, is that the games last for 2+ weeks (usually 16-17 days). It would be really tough for most football teams to play more than a few games in that period of time....its just not a sport you can play on a daily basis. You could play 4 games in 18 days (day 1, 6, 11 and 18 doesn't seem so bad and soccer has 18 days at the Olympics) so that'd allow either 8 teams in with a group stage (2 groups of 4) or a straight up 16 teams direct elimination competition. But yeah, NFL teams would never allow their players to participate. That or NFL teams' insurance companies would exclude the Olympics from coverage leading to the NFL team adding an exclusion to players' contracts. |
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Meitheisman
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posted: 2013-12-17 01:37:17 (ID: 100016536) Report Abuse |
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Actually, a quick google shows that last year both the Ravens and Eagles played 4 NFL games in 17 days so the schedule wouldn't be an issue.
"Whitlock points out that the Ravens are in the midst of a season-opening stretch of four games in 17 days. We checked the schedule for every team; the Eagles will do it, too, from November 26 (a Monday nighter against Carolina) through December 13 (a Thursday night game against the Bengals)." http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/ravens-eagles-will-play-four-games-in-17-days-this-season/ And although the Eagles were crap the Ravens went on to win the SB that year so players could hardly argue about performance issues. |
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plusmali
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posted: 2013-12-18 07:37:50 (ID: 100016669) Report Abuse |
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Solana_Steve wrote:
The one problem with football in the Olympics, is that the games last for 2+ weeks (usually 16-17 days). It would be really tough for most football teams to play more than a few games in that period of time....its just not a sport you can play on a daily basis. Additionally, the number of career ending injuries is a lot higher in football than other sports. I wonder how motivated professional teams would be allow their stars to play in the Olympics. Soccer clubs already complain about their stars doing international duty....and the injury rate/risk is a lot lower. Why isn't rugby in the Olympics - - there are certainly more countries where rugby it popular than football. Steve SD Blitz Rugby will be in the next Olympics. 7 against 7. It is quite a show. |
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plusmali wrote:
Solana_Steve wrote:
The one problem with football in the Olympics, is that the games last for 2+ weeks (usually 16-17 days). It would be really tough for most football teams to play more than a few games in that period of time....its just not a sport you can play on a daily basis. Additionally, the number of career ending injuries is a lot higher in football than other sports. I wonder how motivated professional teams would be allow their stars to play in the Olympics. Soccer clubs already complain about their stars doing international duty....and the injury rate/risk is a lot lower. Why isn't rugby in the Olympics - - there are certainly more countries where rugby it popular than football. Steve SD Blitz Rugby will be in the next Olympics. 7 against 7. It is quite a show. They made a big sink over here about excluding wrestling and baseball. Steve SD Blitz |
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Meitheisman
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posted: 2013-12-19 02:48:22 (ID: 100016776) Report Abuse |
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Solana_Steve wrote:
plusmali wrote:
Solana_Steve wrote:
The one problem with football in the Olympics, is that the games last for 2+ weeks (usually 16-17 days). It would be really tough for most football teams to play more than a few games in that period of time....its just not a sport you can play on a daily basis. Additionally, the number of career ending injuries is a lot higher in football than other sports. I wonder how motivated professional teams would be allow their stars to play in the Olympics. Soccer clubs already complain about their stars doing international duty....and the injury rate/risk is a lot lower. Why isn't rugby in the Olympics - - there are certainly more countries where rugby it popular than football. Steve SD Blitz Rugby will be in the next Olympics. 7 against 7. It is quite a show. They made a big sink over here about excluding wrestling and baseball. Steve SD Blitz What I don't get is why they don't make the Olympics much bigger. Instead of excluding sports keep them all and add rugby 7, rugby 15, football... They could even add an extra week to the Olympics. It'd mean more sponsors, more medals, more people watching on TV, more athletes... So more fans happy and more money for the organizing city and the Olympic committee. Seems like a win-win to me.  |
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JonnyP
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posted: 2013-12-20 20:20:04 (ID: 100017061) Report Abuse |
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I thought traditional wrestling was back in?
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plusmali
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posted: 2013-12-22 20:45:56 (ID: 100017359) Report Abuse |
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JonnyP wrote:
I thought traditional wrestling was back in? It is, with less categories but it is. |
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| posted: 2013-12-22 22:53:39 (ID: 100017380) Report Abuse | |
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Meitheisman wrote:
Solana_Steve wrote:
plusmali wrote:
Solana_Steve wrote:
The one problem with football in the Olympics, is that the games last for 2+ weeks (usually 16-17 days). It would be really tough for most football teams to play more than a few games in that period of time....its just not a sport you can play on a daily basis. Additionally, the number of career ending injuries is a lot higher in football than other sports. I wonder how motivated professional teams would be allow their stars to play in the Olympics. Soccer clubs already complain about their stars doing international duty....and the injury rate/risk is a lot lower. Why isn't rugby in the Olympics - - there are certainly more countries where rugby it popular than football. Steve SD Blitz Rugby will be in the next Olympics. 7 against 7. It is quite a show. They made a big sink over here about excluding wrestling and baseball. Steve SD Blitz What I don't get is why they don't make the Olympics much bigger. Instead of excluding sports keep them all and add rugby 7, rugby 15, football... They could even add an extra week to the Olympics. It'd mean more sponsors, more medals, more people watching on TV, more athletes... So more fans happy and more money for the organizing city and the Olympic committee. Seems like a win-win to me. I think it's already incredible expensive for the host nation of the Olympics and if you required cities to add additional facilities like football stadiums, baseball ballparks, more arenas…it would make that all the more expensive. China’s magnificent venues from their a few years ago are mostly empty – I hear you can tour them on segways and Water Cube (swim stadium) was turned into a giant mood ring. In Greece, the cost of facilities was equal to roughly 8% of their GDP and supposedly contributed to the troubles they are/were having. Los Angeles has hosted the summer games twice, but the city already has a huge amount of facilities & infrastucture…the Rose Bowl, the Coliseum, facilities at UCLA & USC etc. Of course, public transit really sucks in LA – but they had lots of extra buses back in ’84 (plus the Russian boycott). Maybe Berlin can host the games again.... :-) Steve SD Blitz Last edited on 2013-12-22 22:58:47 by Solana_Steve |
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Solana_Steve wrote:
Maybe Berlin can host the games again.... :-) Please no... |
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