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Old 02-23-2006, 02:58 PM
KSigkid KSigkid is offline
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Originally posted by BigCityStripper
Do you agree with the thought that removing baseball and softball from the olympics is an attempt by the old guard europeans to remove sports that are dominated by New World countries? I have a feeling that if Euro basketball leagues were akin to US soccer, basketball would be out as well.
I thought a part of it was that Major League Baseball wouldn't release their big stars to take part in the summer games (much the same problems occurring with the WBC). I could be wrong on that, though.
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