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Originally Posted by Long_Long_Name
The Olympic Games are not about popularity of the sport. Honestly, how often do you watch shot put outside the Olympic Games?
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Are you kidding me. One main reason these sports got the axe was because there just isn't enough popularity world wide[according to the IOC members that voted].
Holy cow dude, EVERYTHING in the Olympics is about popularity. Do you think swimming and gymnastics are popular in the Olympics? Sure they are, so they are put on during primetime for the world to watch... Curling or Handball, you'll never see those on TV. Baseball and softball...yeah, those are on TV.