Olympic sports program review

[heywoodu 15,353]

  On 8/20/2024 at 1:50 PM, NearPup said:

If the Haudenosaunee are allowed to compete

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I'd assume they would form the Canadian team?

[NearPup 3,249]

  On 8/20/2024 at 4:47 PM, heywoodu said:

I'd assume they would form the Canadian team?

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If they aren't allowed to compete independently (and tbh I don't expect they will) they will likely refuse to compete at all. The Haudenosaunee players have a fairly strong aversion for competing for either Canada or the US.

[Siddhartha Talukdar 235]

Cricket has a smaller version and is played in Hong Kong called 'Hong Kong sixes' where there are just 6 players per side with 5 overs per innings. The ground is much smaller too and therefore sixes are very common

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Cricket_Sixes

[Siddhartha Talukdar 235]

  On 8/20/2024 at 12:15 PM, phelps said:

yes, you can!

 

provided it's a football stadium with the athletics track (it would only require minor adjustment, like a carpet to cover the track and make it a playable surface) 

 

I remember that they also played a world cup semifinal at the Eden Park in Auckland, which is a rugby stadium with some space around the rugby lines 

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The laws state that the boundary length must be minimum 60m, but since Eden Park was already a Test venue, all formats can be still played and the law is ignored. But future grounds must follow the boundary length rule

[heywoodu 15,353]

  On 8/20/2024 at 5:07 PM, NearPup said:

If they aren't allowed to compete independently (and tbh I don't expect they will) they will likely refuse to compete at all. The Haudenosaunee players have a fairly strong aversion for competing for either Canada or the US.

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If it were a demonstration sport, they should be allowed. If not, then not, I guess. Letting an entirely separate entity compete by itself for the sake of one single sport feels wrong...

[Siddhartha Talukdar 235]

  On 8/19/2024 at 9:39 PM, JoshMartini007 said:

I think they're overestimating the depth from the West Indies. Once you get past  the other Caribbean nations are not relevant.

 

Cricket's issue is not interest as there are enough nations which compete at a high level it's the sport-specific venues required (like baseball/softball). Unfortunately, you can't fit a cricket field in a football stadium.

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The 2024 T20 World Cup was hosted by and . The current vice captain Alzarri Joseph was born in . Darren Sammy who was World Cup winning captain is from

Edited August 20, 2024 by Siddhartha Talukdar

[Siddhartha Talukdar 235]

  On 8/19/2024 at 9:31 PM, De_Gambassi said:

Wouah Trinidad, St-Kitts AND St-Lucia ? Amazing !

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Basically the main nations are and minor are 

 

Also and have participated in 50 over World Cup

 

 

[Dragon 1,898]

Keacy Carty made his test debut for West Indies this month.

At the Olympics he can only play for the Netherlands or Great Britain.

[mpjmcevoy 363]

  On 8/20/2024 at 5:07 PM, NearPup said:

If they aren't allowed to compete independently (and tbh I don't expect they will) they will likely refuse to compete at all. The Haudenosaunee players have a fairly strong aversion for competing for either Canada or the US.

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Sovereign first nations and all that.

[JoshMartini007 2,567]

I think the IOC/LA28 stepped into a minefield by letting lacrosse in. There is going to be a lot of negative press once it is announced they won't be allowed to compete. Also setting the precedent of non-NOCs competing would open up such a can of worms in the future.