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2 hours ago, heywoodu said:
Wouldn't this lead to every single match being a 'big match' and so every big match being nothing special anymore?
Plus it'd probably destroy the sports in many countries, since at best 1 or 2 teams from most countries would even remotely stand a chance of having any kind of competition then. One might have like 10 different levels between which one can fight for promotion/relegation (we definitely should not have the closed market that is the North American system of sports), but good luck to a small team from, say, Ireland going to an away match against a small team from, say, Turkey, they aren't going to be able to keep paying that
Again, but you do have a closed market for professional football in the Netherlands
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11 minutes ago, heywoodu said:
Definitely agree with the latter, not so sure about the former
Much as I'd like to see actual cheats be removed forever, there are doping offences where genuine mistakes are involved (say contamination, which should lead to a ban because it can increase performance, but I wouldn't be a fan of a lifetime ban for that).
No idea what would be the most fair way to deal with the whole thing though, glad I'm not a rulemaker
Well at the end of the day, mistake or not, the athlete did use a performance-enhancing drug. And really, this is about incentives, because at the moment, there are barely any for an athlete not to dope (unlikely chance to get caught, great chance to cheat the system anyway, and in worst case scenario, a relative lenient sanction)
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13 minutes ago, Jinzha said:
I'm not sure if I agree with this. For viewership at the elite level (and for sponsors) the American model is maybe better, but I much prefer the grassroots model of the European sporting pyramid. It creates local engagement and a connection to grassroots talents. And with Champions Leagues and Euro cups in all team sports there is still the opportunity for the best teams to compete. If the CL becomes the normalised regular competition it also loses its prestige imo.
Local competitions are also much more sustainable than weekly flight between say Copenhagen and Barcelona for handball games or Milan and Istanbull for volleyball games.
You d'on't have a football pyramid in the Netherlands (or didn't, not sure where it stands today)
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Rebuild the Euroleague from scratch with the aim of two divisions of ~20 teams each (East and West), without national leagues participation, salary floors and caps all across the board and a heavy emphasis on financial fair play. Plus a traditional elimination cup on top of that.
Generally speaking, most national leagues for team sports in Europe make zero sense. They were okish in an amateur aera, but not today. They are not competitive and are totally dominated by one or two teams and are for the most part a shit product. NA leagues are much better in this regard. We should look at cross-countries or continental leagues.
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Life ban for any doping offence as an athlete, coach, director or whatever. Your only way out is to give everyone up and reject your right to appeal
Also, remove entirely the anti doping policy from federations and national interests hands.
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41 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said:
I think boxing in an open stadium would look cool
It happened a lot back in the days. Including at RG.
https://www.rolandgarros.com/fr-fr/photo-gallery/boxe-les-combats-precedents-histoire?photo=4
But obviously, you can't have that anymore with TV scheduling and whatnot.
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7 hours ago, rajiv said:
Every Olympic medal event must have the support of a minimum of 10% of all NOCs (currently that's 21 countries)) with ño continent having more than half of these NOCs
There are so many events-especially in the Winter Games -which are just not really very international (although they can be demonstration sports)
Yes for snowboarding as a demonstration sport for Doha 2036 !
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Olympics wise, I would
- Split the summer Olympics in two (outdoor and indoor or whatever)
- Allow a shit load of mew quotas
- Let every sports have up to two representatives per country per event
- Drop the additional sports thing and bring demonstration sports back (up to two sports let's say) as full medals events
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On 5/25/2024 at 12:32 PM, dullard said:
Despite successfully defending against his EPO positive this guy is sus af.
Screenshot found on Peter Bol's phone contained doping information - report
Won't be cheering for him in Paris.
Interesting that EPO is still around ... ant that people can still very easely get away with it.
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It still makes more sense than a freaking football world cup tbh. On a side note, it would be the first time ever that 3 consecutive SOGs are held outside of Europe.
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The roof over Suzanne Lenglen's court has been inaugurated today during the first day of Roland Garros.
The venue will host the boxing tournament.
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Et double minimas en 3000m steeple
Que j'adore ces soirées d'athlé avant les Jeux
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Explosion de PB pour Louise Maraval sur 400 haies et minimas pour Paris
Le meeting de Marseille en direct
https://www.bfmtv.com/marseille/en-direct/
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AVIRON
in Paris 2024
Ah, voilà l'article que je cherchais. En 2022, le DTN fixait ses objectifs
QuoteIl est orienté pour une qualification de six à huit bateaux (il y en avait cinq au Japon) et l’obtention de trois à quatre médailles pour les valides.
Pour le premier objectif, c'est raté et pour le second, ça risque d'être compliqué
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AVIRON
in Paris 2024
Au final, 5 bateaux qualifiés sur 14, le même total qu'à Tokyo (le quatre sans barreur masculin ayant remplacé le quatre de couple féminin). On en avait bien plus dans les années 2000
2000 : 9
2004 : 6
2008 : 8
2012 : 5
2016 : 7
2020 : 5
2024 : 5
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How will the teams be seeded in Paris? Simply the world ranking?
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Good olympic vibes finally ! Main TV channels are broadcasting live since this morning waiting for the arrival in Marseille in front of a huge audience (150,000 people are expected) and under a great weather. Hopefully, this means a new period of excitement and national concord (wich was laking so far tbh)
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People tends to think as basketball as the second major team sport in Europe (and there are many arguments for that), but when it comes to people actally attending games, ice hockey is likely ahead (liga acb is around 6,000 spectators per match, other leagues like Germany, Italy or France around 4,000 or a bit less)
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3 hours ago, heywoodu said:
To be fair, it is simply not unthinkable. And it might get proven for example by hair analysis, where in this case it might be possible that Thibus is shown to not have been a user of this substance and Imboden has been, in which case the defense has quite a good point.
Apparently, there were two cases where the athletes was able to "prove" just that. Basically, you have to show evidence that the amount of the prohibitive substance from your partner is much higher than your own.
(in french)
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I'm surprised the chinese KHL team is still around. I would have thought it folded years ago
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4 hours ago, Jur said:
4 basque quotas in Surfing 
We would be a top nation in this sport lmao
I see some basque imperalism around here
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Sorry, I haven't followed the topic, how the team ranking is calculated ?
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Yeah, a fully open pyramid is a luxury that very few sports and countries can afford because you need a shit load of well supported clubs all across the divisions (so basically football in England and Germany). The rest is cheating its way with different tricks (wild cards, licences, stadiums requirements, etc.)