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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I'm all for dropping baseball and softball from the olympics, particularly baseball. It's not the best players, the format sucks (single elimination?), and it's not a truly international sport yet.

But I shudder to think what it might be replaced by.

golf, rugby, squash, karate, or roller sports?

Egad. Tennis should go; let's not include squash too. (drop ping pong as far as I'm concerned, and badminton as well, unless you're sticking with keeping old clubby sports).

Rugby? And not even the full 15-person game? I realize it's a popular sport, but is it any more so than baseball, except in different countries?

"Roller sports" I can't see this as much better than synchronized swimming. Or derivative of winter olympic sports. Of course, it's fast becoming the X-games anyway, so have at it.

Karate perhaps, merely because of the other martial arts.

But the olympics have become like affirmative action--everybody's got to have a place at the table, and if you don't, it's a sign of disrespect or something.

Serious question - do you watch any significant part of the Olympics? If so, which part(s)? I tend to find virtually the entire production to be unwatchable. My wife, of course, watches the figure skating like the future of Western Civilization depended on it.