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Originally Posted by flip
Not sure if anyone can answer this but what is up with soccer at the Olympics?
No one cares about it that I can tell and unlike basketball, tennis and hockey I don't recognize any big names being there (ie professionals instead of amateurs).
What is up with that? European soccer hasn't started yet has it? Why aren't the Ronaldo's of the world there?
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I believe there's an age limit for participation in the Olympic tournament (which some have suggested they adopt for hockey as well). Yup, here's what the Olympic website says...
"While professionals are allowed in the men’s tournament, rules restrict teams to players under 23 years old with the exception of three over-age players. ’No age restrictions apply for the women’s tournament. For the Beijing 2008 Games the number of women’s teams has been increased to 12. The men’s tournament is set at 16 teams."