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Originally Posted by getbak
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."
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hmm. I wonder why that is? Are the World Cup and Euro just too big and they don't want company competing for the biggest/best tournament in the world or maybe they just don't want those pesky British soccer houligans.
