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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 808416" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>It was an argument made by the sports in competition for an olympic place; not by the IOC - so the likes of Karate or Golf's organising bodies were saying that it's too fast for TV, and that you'd struggle to get more than 50-odd people who could see it live.</p><p>Even if the argument ever held any water; it would have been irrelevant for olympic inclusion; which is about things like popularity as a participant sport; breadth of countries who play to a high standard, boosting variety on the medals table, sexual equality (at all levels), professionalism of the organising body etc etc.</p><p>Mind, it was all a while ago now; so I'm going by memory (though I was quite active in promoting/supporting squash locally at the time)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 808416, member: 73592"] It was an argument made by the sports in competition for an olympic place; not by the IOC - so the likes of Karate or Golf's organising bodies were saying that it's too fast for TV, and that you'd struggle to get more than 50-odd people who could see it live. Even if the argument ever held any water; it would have been irrelevant for olympic inclusion; which is about things like popularity as a participant sport; breadth of countries who play to a high standard, boosting variety on the medals table, sexual equality (at all levels), professionalism of the organising body etc etc. Mind, it was all a while ago now; so I'm going by memory (though I was quite active in promoting/supporting squash locally at the time) [/QUOTE]
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