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Post by jwvolley on Mar 30, 2020 13:40:59 GMT -5
I'm not impressed when some tennis player is said to have won a medal at the Olympic Games. I am impressed however when they've won a Grand Slam though. Ask Djokovic how meaningful an Olympic gold medal would be. Methinks he'd disagree with you
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Post by Reach on Mar 30, 2020 17:26:53 GMT -5
I'm confused how this is an issue next year and wouldn't have been in 2020.... same same
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Post by n00b on Mar 30, 2020 18:17:12 GMT -5
I'm confused how this is an issue next year and wouldn't have been in 2020.... same same Right. It makes no difference for sports with championships every year like tennis and golf. It DOES affect sports with odd-year world championships like Aquatics and Track & Field. Might run into a busy summer with continental soccer championships going on as well.
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Mar 30, 2020 18:40:35 GMT -5
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Post by tamz on Mar 30, 2020 18:40:35 GMT -5
I wonder what happens to the biennial events of Beach Volleyball World Champs (Rome) and FINA World Champs (Fukuoka).
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Post by saywhatnow on Mar 30, 2020 19:41:32 GMT -5
The problem with tennis will be the North American hard court season. Because some of them will be impacted this year, it will be hard to take another financial loss because when top players are scheduled to play in the Olympics. Younger players will have no issue with the schedule but our older favorite such as the Big Four on the mens side will more than likely reduce their schedule. Can they play all 3 yes, however, it will come with repercussions for both the ATP and WTA tours such as Toronto/Montreal, Cincinnati and DC. The other problem with the Olympics on the tennis schedule is that they aren't rewarded any points for that two week period. So for those that are trying to position themselves for the US Open, the scheduling gets tricky. Sure the Olympics can say they spoke with Wimby and USO, but I wonder what input the players had as well as their respective tours. WImbledon is supposed to be canceled this week, so the Olympics had to make sure that they were able to hold their event in 2021 as scheduled.
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Post by saywhatnow on Mar 30, 2020 19:44:51 GMT -5
I'm not impressed when some tennis player is said to have won a medal at the Olympic Games. I am impressed however when they've won a Grand Slam though. Ask Djokovic how meaningful an Olympic gold medal would be. Methinks he'd disagree with you He wants what Fed (doubles) and Nadal have, especially after an early exit in 2016 to Del Potro.
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Post by n00b on Mar 30, 2020 19:54:55 GMT -5
The problem with tennis will be the North American hard court season. Because some of them will be impacted this year, it will be hard to take another financial loss because when top players are scheduled to play in the Olympics. Younger players will have no issue with the schedule but our older favorite such as the Big Four on the mens side will more than likely reduce their schedule. Can they play all 3 yes, however, it will come with repercussions for both the ATP and WTA tours such as Toronto/Montreal, Cincinnati and DC. The other problem with the Olympics on the tennis schedule is that they aren't rewarded any points for that two week period. So for those that are trying to position themselves for the US Open, the scheduling gets tricky. Sure the Olympics can say they spoke with Wimby and USO, but I wonder what input the players had as well as their respective tours. WImbledon is supposed to be canceled this week, so the Olympics had to make sure that they were able to hold their event in 2021 as scheduled. But these are the same issues that would've come up in a pandemic-free 2020, right?
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Post by saywhatnow on Mar 30, 2020 20:26:27 GMT -5
The problem with tennis will be the North American hard court season. Because some of them will be impacted this year, it will be hard to take another financial loss because when top players are scheduled to play in the Olympics. Younger players will have no issue with the schedule but our older favorite such as the Big Four on the mens side will more than likely reduce their schedule. Can they play all 3 yes, however, it will come with repercussions for both the ATP and WTA tours such as Toronto/Montreal, Cincinnati and DC. The other problem with the Olympics on the tennis schedule is that they aren't rewarded any points for that two week period. So for those that are trying to position themselves for the US Open, the scheduling gets tricky. Sure the Olympics can say they spoke with Wimby and USO, but I wonder what input the players had as well as their respective tours. WImbledon is supposed to be canceled this week, so the Olympics had to make sure that they were able to hold their event in 2021 as scheduled. But these are the same issues that would've come up in a pandemic-free 2020, right? The financial component is different in 2021 because we don't know what is going to happen with the rest of this season. Sponsorships, prize money, etc. will be impacted for the bigger stops on the tours but also the smaller stops. While the schedule is the same, the financial components will not be.
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Mar 30, 2020 21:26:12 GMT -5
In swimming, the World University Games have already been moved so as to not overlap with Tokyo 2021. FINA (swimming's FIVB) is already committed to moving the World Aquatics Championships.
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Post by Reach on Mar 30, 2020 22:00:58 GMT -5
Again no athlete is choosing any tournament over the Olympics.
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Post by saywhatnow on Mar 30, 2020 22:25:34 GMT -5
Again no athlete is choosing any tournament over the Olympics. not sure who is saying that an athlete would?
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Mar 30, 2020 22:39:36 GMT -5
Again no athlete is choosing any tournament over the Olympics. With swimming, it will not be an either/or choice. My siblings and I were swimmers. Pre-meet (games) conditioning involves what is known as shaving and tapering. Due to the rigors of the season...numerous meets in Summer...having the OGs, then World University Games, then the Worlds in sequence, and in relatively short order, is doable. Plus it could be viewed as most preferable for this particular Quad.
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Post by akbar on Apr 2, 2020 8:35:06 GMT -5
The Men and Women teams from Italy have pulled out of the VNL at the end of the summer apparently.
That means no competition for them all summer. I would imagine the Italian Government has to utilize their sport funding and resources elsewhere and income for the Italy Federation is way down.
One Domino has fallen..... 👀👀👀👀
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Post by werka on Apr 3, 2020 3:54:30 GMT -5
The Men and Women teams from Italy have pulled out of the VNL at the end of the summer apparently. That means no competition for them all summer. I would imagine the Italian Government has to utilize their sport funding and resources elsewhere and income for the Italy Federation is way down. One Domino has fallen..... 👀👀👀👀 Does this impact the Serie A?
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Post by akbar on Apr 3, 2020 5:36:51 GMT -5
My prediction is the VNL shutters for the year.
All leagues Series A start up in August with training with the plan to end in March or early April to release all players to go prepare for Tokyo.
Ultimately all summer 2020 International Ball is a wash. #1 COVID 19 #2 Seriously short on $$ for Federations
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