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re: New age limit for 2016 olympic basketball
Posted on 7/7/12 at 1:39 pm to TigerScribe
Posted on 7/7/12 at 1:39 pm to TigerScribe
This is how Olympic men's soccer works except with an allowance of three overage players in each roster. It started as a compromise between FIFA and the IOC to insure that the World Cup remained the best international competition every four years. It also extended when professional clubs complained about losing their best young players during the first weeks of the season, in addition to the possibility of fatigue and injury. This is essentially the NBA's argument in this matter. Playing for Argentina worsened Manu Ginobili's persistant injuries.
It still makes Olympic soccer entertaining, because some of the best players in the world are under 23. Messi's current peak began when he won the gold medal with Argentina in 2008.
Olympic basketball would remain competitive with the American team remaining the overwhelming favorites. It might actually make it into a less imbalanced tournament. I love seeing the US win, but it'd be nice to see an actual competitive game featuring them every once in awhile. (Athens 2004 and 2006 World Championships debacles notwithstanding.)
It still makes Olympic soccer entertaining, because some of the best players in the world are under 23. Messi's current peak began when he won the gold medal with Argentina in 2008.
Olympic basketball would remain competitive with the American team remaining the overwhelming favorites. It might actually make it into a less imbalanced tournament. I love seeing the US win, but it'd be nice to see an actual competitive game featuring them every once in awhile. (Athens 2004 and 2006 World Championships debacles notwithstanding.)
Posted on 7/7/12 at 1:40 pm to thenry712
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But this is not how it would work in Basketball. The IOC wants the NBA superstars to play, David Stern does not. The only U-23 team would be the US.
Posted on 7/7/12 at 3:54 pm to thenry712
The worst debacle was when the US WC team in Indy, forgot the year and I think every player was over 23. 04 Olympics was a scam as all the "good" players backed out and AI was only one left and Brown did not know his roster until week before, but they still won a bronze. FIBA will make it U23 I am thinking if the NBA and NBAPA decide they arent going to play nice with them, FIBA needs Stern and he knows it.
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