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Originally Posted by Benzgirl
Actually, Rugby would be exciting. Kind of like Hockey in the Winter Olympics.
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I totally agree and think it would be great. When I was living in France last summer, they were getting ready for the Rugby World Cup and it was cool to see the signs for it everywhere.
Supposedly the IOC wants to cap the Olympics at 38 sports so they don't get too unwieldy (sports, not disciplines - one sport = one international governing board). Since baseball and softball will be gone, that theoretically opens up the field but the IOC has shown no real initiative to replace them yet. I think I said this above but squash and karate got rejected.
Other frontrunners are cricket, climbing, and rugby. I say rugby! But I also realize the tremendous popularity of cricket and it could be good in pulling in some new demographics for the Olympics (specifically India & Pakistan - India specifically is very interested in hosting the games sometime in the 2020s).