dcro 10,172 Posted February 8, 2020 #91 Share Posted February 8, 2020 And there you have it. Brazil can now defeat Australia by 40 points and still both would go through. Any victory would do it for Brazil. And I have a feeling it might happen. Worst qualification system ever. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted February 8, 2020 #92 Share Posted February 8, 2020 On behalf of the US Women’s National Basketball Team, I formally apologize to the country of Mozambique for the unwanted slaughter they just received. bmo 1 “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...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted February 8, 2020 #93 Share Posted February 8, 2020 1 minute ago, dcro said: And there you have it. Brazil can now defeat Australia by 40 points and still both would go through. Any victory would do it for Brazil. And I have a feeling it might happen. Worst qualification system ever. As much as I too love to “unusual” teams make the Olympics, this is on Puerto Rico. They needed to play better today. Brazil is the better team by most measures anyway. It sucks for Puerto Rico, but system still seems rather “fair” here (I would agree that I’d prefer a playoff game to points difference). “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...
dcro 10,172 Posted February 8, 2020 #94 Share Posted February 8, 2020 The only good news for is that AUS vs BRA will be held before FRA vs PUR. Australia could therefore miss out if they lose to Brazil and Puerto Rico gets an unlikely victory over France. But still, had it been the other way around, the doors of corruption and match fixing would have been wide opened. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,047 Posted February 8, 2020 #95 Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, dcro said: And there you have it. Brazil can now defeat Australia by 40 points and still both would go through. Any victory would do it for Brazil. And I have a feeling it might happen. Worst qualification system ever. even though I agree with all you said but BRA-AUS will be the first game of the day, I know Puerto Rico can't beat France but Australia can't take that risk. they will play 100% tomorrow. Edit: just saw your post moments before mine, btw South Korea wasn't lucky like this though, they have to beat China , if not they have to pray for Spain to play "fair" against GB. Edited February 8, 2020 by MHSN dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted February 8, 2020 #96 Share Posted February 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said: As much as I too love to “unusual” teams make the Olympics, this is on Puerto Rico. They needed to play better today. Brazil is the better team by most measures anyway. It sucks for Puerto Rico, but system still seems rather “fair” here (I would agree that I’d prefer a playoff game to points difference). No, it is not fair. If you already must have a system where 3/4 teams advance, then at least add semifinals and finals after the round robin stage. Any system where outcomes of the meaningless matches (meaningless for at least one of the teams) can have more impact than outcomes of the direct match-ups is flawed. Besides, if you check recent championships results, you'll see that Puerto Rico has been on-par with Brazil for a while now. Also, they qualified for the 2018 Worlds, while Brazil didn't. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajiv 25 Posted February 9, 2020 #97 Share Posted February 9, 2020 5 hours ago, Olympian1010 said: As much as I too love to “unusual” teams make the Olympics, this is on Puerto Rico. They needed to play better today. Brazil is the better team by most measures anyway. It sucks for Puerto Rico, but system still seems rather “fair” here (I would agree that I’d prefer a playoff game to points difference). Puerto Rico shouldn't even be at the Olympics .It's a USA territory and all it's people are US citizens The Olympics should be about national teams representing nations My understanding is that PR has decided to be a permanent US territory rather than become a US state or an independent country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted February 9, 2020 #98 Share Posted February 9, 2020 1 hour ago, rajiv said: Puerto Rico shouldn't even be at the Olympics .It's a USA territory and all it's people are US citizens The Olympics should be about national teams representing nations My understanding is that PR has decided to be a permanent US territory rather than become a US state or an independent country A fair point I’ll give you that, but the US has never treated Puerto Rico as equal. There are actually specific clauses in US law that make it abundantly clear that Puerto Rico is a US-occupied territory at best. Most Americans actually believe that Peugeot Rico is a foreign country. They speak a different language, have a different culture, and send a different Olympics team. They got grandfathered in after the current IOC national Olympic committee guidelines. No other NOCs really seem to complain about Puerto Rico being allowed to participate either, so for now, it’s a non-issue. “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...
NearPup 2,095 Posted February 9, 2020 #99 Share Posted February 9, 2020 4 hours ago, rajiv said: Puerto Rico shouldn't even be at the Olympics .It's a USA territory and all it's people are US citizens The Olympics should be about national teams representing nations My understanding is that PR has decided to be a permanent US territory rather than become a US state or an independent country Under current rules Puerto Rico couldn't get an NOC. They are grandfathered in from the old rules (from when there were a lot more colonies). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Liu 1,558 Posted February 9, 2020 #100 Share Posted February 9, 2020 100-60 Let's see if Spain vs GB will play fairly opruh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now