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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 250527"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (William18 @ Mar 11 2009, 06:24 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=383822" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>1) <strong>International</strong> Basketball doesn't have a more prestigious competition than the Olympics. If there were to be an Olympic 7s, I'm sure there'd be no more 7s world cup. I agree with you about tennis and football though.</p><p></p><p>2) You can't have a 15s tournament at the Olympics. There's a 2 week window, and given that you can only play 1 game of 15s per week then there'd be a maximum of 3 matches to play on each weekend and even if you made it straight knockout, you'd get only 8 teams there. It wouldn't work. Much better to have 7s where you can have a group stage; plus 16 or so teams competing. The point of having 7s at the olympics would be to demonstrate rugby's global appeal, so you could have teams from places as far apart as Argentina, Kenya, Samoa, Canada, Portugal and the UAE.</p><p></p><p>What's more, do you think a global audience will understand and appreciate the intricacies of 15s? Much better to start them off on a game more similar to something they can start up with their friends in the park, with high excitement, skills etc. and also no need for 30 people to play 1 game...</p><p></p><p>3) 7s athletes work as hard for their sport as they can. You can't judge whether a sprinter works harder, or for that matter a swimmer... it's a different discipline.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 250527"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (William18 @ Mar 11 2009, 06:24 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=383822']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> 1) [b]International[/b] Basketball doesn't have a more prestigious competition than the Olympics. If there were to be an Olympic 7s, I'm sure there'd be no more 7s world cup. I agree with you about tennis and football though. 2) You can't have a 15s tournament at the Olympics. There's a 2 week window, and given that you can only play 1 game of 15s per week then there'd be a maximum of 3 matches to play on each weekend and even if you made it straight knockout, you'd get only 8 teams there. It wouldn't work. Much better to have 7s where you can have a group stage; plus 16 or so teams competing. The point of having 7s at the olympics would be to demonstrate rugby's global appeal, so you could have teams from places as far apart as Argentina, Kenya, Samoa, Canada, Portugal and the UAE. What's more, do you think a global audience will understand and appreciate the intricacies of 15s? Much better to start them off on a game more similar to something they can start up with their friends in the park, with high excitement, skills etc. and also no need for 30 people to play 1 game... 3) 7s athletes work as hard for their sport as they can. You can't judge whether a sprinter works harder, or for that matter a swimmer... it's a different discipline. [/QUOTE]
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