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Originally Posted by GusJohnsonGOAT
I mean the Olympics shouldn't just be "sports that people don't normally watch". Any globally played sport with strong participation should be an Olympic sport unless you want to eradicate anything but ancient sports, which would make the games super unprofitable and far less entertaining.
But why something like breakdancing is an Olympic sport and something like darts isn't deserves discussion
No, the point is that the Olympics is not the most prestigious title in tennis. Witness the number of top players who didn't turn up. This is not a remotely original point btw. There was similar discussion when football, rugby, probably some other sports became Olympics sports.