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Post by cwsims on May 23, 2018 14:29:44 GMT
we keep hearing rumors that American Football could be an Olympic Sport for the 2020 Olympics or 2024 Olympics so the U.S. can have an easy path to a medal. American Football hasn't been an Olympic Sport since 1932 will it ever be again? or should it be? I vote yes
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Post by colaghost on May 23, 2018 14:31:14 GMT
never happen
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Post by klawrencio79 on May 23, 2018 15:00:14 GMT
Except for that odd-Thursday night game, every team has a week in between games. Would the Olympic football tournament consist of however many participating countries playing 2 games over the course of the entire Olympics?
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 23, 2018 15:17:52 GMT
Except for that odd-Thursday night game, every team has a week in between games. Would the Olympic football tournament consist of however many participating countries playing 2 games over the course of the entire Olympics? Great point, I don't even know how Olympic football would be formatted. |
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on May 23, 2018 15:32:13 GMT
What countries even play American style football outside of USA and Canada?
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 23, 2018 15:56:01 GMT
When the foreign personnel reaches 40% maybe. Right now it's probably around 1.4%.
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Post by knowlto on May 23, 2018 16:05:39 GMT
What countries even play American style football outside of USA and Canada? Japan does, I know, and I think Germany does. |
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Post by Aj_June on May 23, 2018 18:00:02 GMT
What countries even play American style football outside of USA and Canada? Japan does, I know, and I think Germany does. If enough countries play then the AF could be included into Olympics provided*
1)Time issue is solved 2)The other countries play AF at a certain minimum standard otherwise one gold will be a gift for America.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on May 23, 2018 19:08:37 GMT
What countries even play American style football outside of USA and Canada? Japan does, I know, and I think Germany does. According to the above link there are 104 countries that play American football. And from the above named federation's official website: These World Rankings show the results from the most recent editions of global championships. Tackle Football Adult (w) 1. United States of America 2. Canada 3. Mexico 4. Great Britain 5. Finland 6. Australia Adult (m) 1. United States of America 2. Japan 3. Mexico 4. France 5. Australia 6. South Korea 7. Brazil u19 (m) 1. Canada 2. United States of America 3. Mexico 4. Japan 5. Austria 6. Australia Flag Football Adult (w) 1. Panama 2. Austria 3. Mexico 4. Canada 5. United States of America 6. Brazil 7. Israel 8. France 9. Japan 10. Denmark 11. Guatemala Adult (m) 1. United States of America 2. Denmark 3. Mexico 4. Austria 5. Canada 6. Panama 7. Italy 8. Israel 9. Great Britain 10. New Zealand 11. Japan 12. Guatemala 13. Korea |
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on May 23, 2018 19:49:31 GMT
I foresee a dream team much like that first time Jordan, Bird, etc. went to the olympics. I mean what foreign team could beat a US team comprised of the likes of Aaron Rodgers, Antonio Brown, Todd Gurley, JJ Watt, all the OL and DL, etc etc etc? It would be like Bo Jackson Tecmo Bowl. Or would it be all college players? Even still, I’ll put money on Alabama vs. Croatia or whatever other country. NFL vs the world = boring. NCAA vs the world = more exciting.
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Post by klawrencio79 on May 23, 2018 20:06:56 GMT
I foresee a dream team much like that first time Jordan, Bird, etc. went to the olympics. I mean what foreign team could beat a US team comprised of the likes of Aaron Rodgers, Antonio Brown, Todd Gurley, JJ Watt, all the OL and DL, etc etc etc? It would be like Bo Jackson Tecmo Bowl. Or would it be all college players? Even still, I’ll put money on Alabama vs. Croatia or whatever other country. NFL vs the world = boring. NCAA vs the world = more exciting. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 21:03:09 GMT
No.
American football is clearly the best sport on the planet. It's not even close at this point.
But it would be totally unfair. The US would destroy any other teams by the most lopsided scores ever recorded.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on May 23, 2018 21:12:29 GMT
Hell, no. What are you going to do? Send a team of top pros and you will get scores like 250-0. Send top college players and you will get scores of 175-3. Send a bunch of has been and you still get 47-10. Some might argue for the exposure the Olympics would bring to the sport, but most non-Americans have had a glance at the NFL. The Super Bowl is on in nearly every country.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 21:17:31 GMT
No
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Post by NJtoTX on May 23, 2018 21:28:00 GMT
Initially, I was thinking sure - only counts as 1 gold medal, and by 2060, the world will have decent competition.
But how many games would a team have to play to get to the gold medal round? You can really only play one game a week. Pros are already at their limit of games for the season, any additional games have danger of injury and liability issues with their pro teams (no guaranteed contracts). Guys won't even put effort into the Pro Bowl and are quickly replaced in preseason games.
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Post by northern on May 23, 2018 21:35:23 GMT
we keep hearing rumors that American Football could be an Olympic Sport for the 2020 Olympics or 2024 Olympics so the U.S. can have an easy path to a medal. American Football hasn't been an Olympic Sport since 1932 will it ever be again? or should it be? I vote yes A better idea would be to try and set up a World Cup of American football and see if that works first... |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 22:31:07 GMT
It’d just be Canada vs America. No one else except for some South Pacific islands play it.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on May 24, 2018 0:40:29 GMT
we keep hearing rumors that American Football could be an Olympic Sport for the 2020 Olympics or 2024 Olympics so the U.S. can have an easy path to a medal. American Football hasn't been an Olympic Sport since 1932 will it ever be again? or should it be? I vote yes A better idea would be to try and set up a World Cup of American football and see if that works first... If you clicked on my link above (or maybe links in the link?) you would find that there already is such a thing and it's been around for almost 20 years and 5 tournaments.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on May 24, 2018 0:44:44 GMT
It’d just be Canada vs America. No one else except for some South Pacific islands play it. I guess you didn't read my post above? Not surprising. |
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Post by northern on May 24, 2018 0:45:47 GMT
A better idea would be to try and set up a World Cup of American football and see if that works first... If you clicked on my link above (or maybe links in the link?) you would find that there already is such a thing and it's been around for almost 20 years and 5 tournaments.
World CupHmm, didn't know that as obviously its not a very big deal in the sporting world in which case the popularity just isn't there to deserve a go at the Olympics. |
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