dcro 10,179 Posted August 11, 2018 #81 Share Posted August 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said: Huge win by Canada against Australia. This also guarantees an American nation will win the quota (even if the US was a huge favourite pre-tournament) and likely means Chinese Taipei won't qualify a team. Of course in a six team tournament there was always going to be snubs. I don't mind. Mexico and Puerto Rico have shown much more than Chinese Taipei at this tournament. One of them deserves to go, it should be an interesting battle. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted August 11, 2018 #82 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Great game between USA and Japan... Some very enjoyable softball! #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted August 11, 2018 #83 Share Posted August 11, 2018 USA come back and take the win in 8th inning. What a match! #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted August 11, 2018 #84 Share Posted August 11, 2018 7 hours ago, dcro said: I don't mind. Mexico and Puerto Rico have shown much more than Chinese Taipei at this tournament. One of them deserves to go, it should be an interesting battle. Ya, I think this tornament has shown that the Americas very much deserve 3 of the 6 quotas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,202 Posted August 11, 2018 #85 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I'm just upset that so few quotas are available in baseball/softball. It likely won't matter for Canada in softball, but baseball will be quite difficult to qualify in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,201 Posted August 11, 2018 #86 Share Posted August 11, 2018 It won't matter I think. Baseball/softball will not be in on Paris or LA without a team sport coming off the program. Field hockey is the most likely one to come off the program... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,470 Posted August 11, 2018 #87 Share Posted August 11, 2018 53 minutes ago, intoronto said: It won't matter I think. Baseball/softball will not be in on Paris or LA without a team sport coming off the program. Field hockey is the most likely one to come off the program... I’d rather see Basketball go “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,199 Posted August 11, 2018 #88 Share Posted August 11, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, intoronto said: It won't matter I think. Baseball/softball will not be in on Paris or LA without a team sport coming off the program. Field hockey is the most likely one to come off the program... You keep saying the same every year and it never happens Do you have something against the sport?... I have noted that you also seem to have some feud against India at times, is it related to it? (I mean, because it's an "indian" sport) or it's just the old "hockey code" rivalry because you are canadian? Edited August 11, 2018 by LDOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,781 Posted August 11, 2018 #89 Share Posted August 11, 2018 c'mon, guys...Basketball, Volleyball, Handball, Field Hockey, Waterpolo and Football (Soccer) will never get off the Olympic program... and having Softball without the correspondent men's event (Baseball has no chance to stay in the program, since it's more and more obvious that in 2020 there won't be any Major Leaguer in Tokyo) is not an option for the IOC... so, we already know which team sport will be dismissed in Paris... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,201 Posted August 12, 2018 #90 Share Posted August 12, 2018 5 hours ago, LDOG said: You keep saying the same every year and it never happens Do you have something against the sport?... I have noted that you also seem to have some feud against India at times, is it related to it? (I mean, because it's an "indian" sport) or it's just the old "hockey code" rivalry because you are canadian? What rivalry? And field hockey was the only team sport that was in consideration of being dropped back in 2013 (ultimately wrestling got the boot). That's why they went to 4 quarters, to make the game more interesting? If field hockey was ranked last, its unlikely to have changed. So for any team sport to have hope of being on the Olympic program, it has to hope another team sport is dropped, ie field hockey. "Tuesday's decision came via secret ballot over four rounds, with 14 members voting each time on which sport should not be included in the core group. IOC President Jacques Rogge did not vote. Three sports were left in the final round: wrestling, field hockey and modern pentathlon." Source Personally, I would cut men's football to 12 teams, and ask all other team sports to cut rosters by 1 (except water polo, as it already has been cut) to get extra athlete quotas. However, I doubt that would ever happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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