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parrot

Jun 9, 2009
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Baseball and softball IMO is Americas sport, probably more kids play these sports that the others combined, the fields around our area are packed all summer with kids playing BB and SB.

I have not watched an Olympic event this Olympics, because I watched due to baseball and softball. I watched other events while waiting for baseball and softball to come on so now I have no reason to watch any of them.

I understand that they were having problems filling the stands for different events for this Olympics and had to get workers and give free tickets and position cameras to make it look like the stands were full of spectators.
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Everything I have ever read indicates that basketball is the favorite sport among American kids, and by a comfortable margin.

A lot of the empty seats at the Olympics have been attributed to the number of VIP and sponsor tickets given out, not to lack of interest from everyday fans. You're missing a lot of great stuff by not watching.
 
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parrot said:
Everything I have ever read indicates that basketball is the favorite sport among American kids, and by a comfortable margin.

A lot of the empty seats at the Olympics have been attributed to the number of VIP and sponsor tickets given out, not to lack of interest from everyday fans. You're missing a lot of great stuff by not watching.
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You may very well be correct about basketball, it's not what I see in my small world though many of the schools in our area have trouble getting enough girls to field a basketball team.

My interest is baseball, softball fishing, rodeo and cattle none which are in the Olympics.

One of the opposing networks was talking about the empty seats at many of the events. I don’t have anything against the Olympics, they just don’t have anything currently that interests me.
 
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Perfect Circle

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Japan is still the best prepared and defensive team in the world.
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You were right about that Steve... back in April !!!! I think it came down to coaching...and Ueno batting to draw in a K on our pitcher.
That was the only one she hadn't K'ed.
 
starsnuffer

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The Olympics are about celebrating heroics and heroes. Mr. Easton proved unable to rise to such standards. I'm not saying that any other members of the IOC are justified, just that Mr. Easton clearly failed to even try, and shall forever be remembered as a common rich fool who will vanish into obscure mediocrity.

-W
 
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Lozza

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I'm really uneasy bout softball and baseball combining the international federations. Softball has a lot to lose by this move and baseball a lot to gain.
 
CoachKevin

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Honestly it's all about the $. You cannot argue that softball was removed because of US dominance. The USA basketball teams have won 13 (and probably 14) Gold medals out of 17 Olympics that is also dominance yet do you see Basketball removal being discussed? No, because money drives the bus, people will pay to see Kobe play. Although I would have paid to see Jenny and she wouldn't even have to play softball...hahaha
 
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Lozza

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Even at Athens though the stadiums were filled. The biggest problem is that softball and baseball require specialised stadiums that are very difficult to convert. It was great in Atlanta, Sydney and Beijing because those three countries are top softball countries, but Greece certainly weren't. The Great British team is filled with Aussies and Americans. Brazil isn't. One thing softball and baseball need to come up with is a way for it to be cost effective for softball and baseball to be back in, which I think they're working on.
 
MsDinosaur

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Ok, I'm sure I'm horribly naive, but why do they have to build expensive, specialized stadiums for softball? Just because the IOC poohbahs say so? The game is played perfectly well on bulldozed former fields and cow pastures all over this country. Put up some fences, restrooms and concession stands, bring in temporary bleachers for a few thousand and you'd have a decent venue, that they could easily convert to soccer fields afterwards. Isn't it really about the TV revenue? The TV won't care that the stands aren't comfortable, etc.
 
starsnuffer

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The better solution would be to not allow countries in debt to hold the Olympics. Maybe that would give some people around here more incentive to make some freaking sense for once.

-W
 
MsDinosaur

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starsnuffer said:
The better solution would be to not allow countries in debt to hold the Olympics. Maybe that would give some people around here more incentive to make some freaking sense for once.

-W
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LOL, it is akin to going to Vegas on a fun gambling binge when you don't have enough money to cover your mortgage and utilities.
 
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