hexah
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Saw the Commonwealth Games on the news. I had no idea it was coming to Glasgow next year. I looked it up on Wikipedia and LOL at the fact that there are fewer sports than usual. If you look at the list 2026 Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia then look at the list of sports usually held in a Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games sports - Wikipedia then you should start to get suspicious. How much does it cost to put on an archery event? In the London Olympics they put it in a park. Same with beach volleyball. Road cycling is also easy, with a number of events every year in Scotland. There is a national shooting centre in Surrey with lots of accommodation near by. So why drop a lot of these events? Because the home nations will not do well in them is the reason! It is like putting a finger on the scales when weighing something.
If you think about it, it would be easy to have a full games by dividing the sports up and running them around the world every games. Then you would have a number of sponsors in each country because the local people would be directly involved in the games. My idea is to have 2 or 3 big countries and 3 to 4 small countries holding events during every future games from 2030. This would be broadcast around the world using satellite and fibre circuits. For the big countries like Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, UK with many sports facilities it would be easier than previous games because each big country would have 20% to 30% of the events. The smaller countries could use existing facilities. Some small countries have good facilities for some sports, Jamaica could host athletics, New Zealand has good rowing, cricket, rugby facilities and a velodrome for track cycling. Some sports only need indoor or outdoor arenas or public parks so the smaller island nations could easily host netball, badminton, squash, gymnastics, archery. Some events only need temporary road closures so road cycling, triathlon, race walking and the marathon could be held on tiny island nations. If the governing body made a profit, which is possible with ticket sales and big sponsors in so many countries, then it could be used to guarantee events in smaller countries and some could be spent improving the sports facilities in small countries. Like a Glastonbury festival for sport.
There is 12 months until the Glasgow games so there is more than enough time to get sponsors and venues in other countries and put on a lot of the sports that have been dropped. Lots of possibilities:
Canada - road and mountain cycling, marathon running and race walking (Calgary and Edmonton had bid for the 2026 games and this would give them a chance to attract more tourists to the prairies of Canada)
India - Twenty20 cricket, field hockey, shooting
Singapore - diving, freestyle wrestling
Malaysia – squash, badminton
New Zealand - rugby sevens (winter there but not a problem for rugby if held in Auckland or Hamilton)
Fuji - archery
Jamaica - beach volleyball
The Bahamas - rhythmic gymnastics (could be held outdoors)
Trinidad and Tobago - table tennis (could be held outdoors)
Barbados - triathlon
It would be easy to put any or all of these events on if they make an effort. They should be able to organize popular sports like rugby sevens, beach volleyball and triathlon in the next 3 months. But I bet they won't because like so many bodies these days they seem to be stuck at the level of a teenager and want to try to get away with putting their finger on the scales...
If you think about it, it would be easy to have a full games by dividing the sports up and running them around the world every games. Then you would have a number of sponsors in each country because the local people would be directly involved in the games. My idea is to have 2 or 3 big countries and 3 to 4 small countries holding events during every future games from 2030. This would be broadcast around the world using satellite and fibre circuits. For the big countries like Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, UK with many sports facilities it would be easier than previous games because each big country would have 20% to 30% of the events. The smaller countries could use existing facilities. Some small countries have good facilities for some sports, Jamaica could host athletics, New Zealand has good rowing, cricket, rugby facilities and a velodrome for track cycling. Some sports only need indoor or outdoor arenas or public parks so the smaller island nations could easily host netball, badminton, squash, gymnastics, archery. Some events only need temporary road closures so road cycling, triathlon, race walking and the marathon could be held on tiny island nations. If the governing body made a profit, which is possible with ticket sales and big sponsors in so many countries, then it could be used to guarantee events in smaller countries and some could be spent improving the sports facilities in small countries. Like a Glastonbury festival for sport.
There is 12 months until the Glasgow games so there is more than enough time to get sponsors and venues in other countries and put on a lot of the sports that have been dropped. Lots of possibilities:
Canada - road and mountain cycling, marathon running and race walking (Calgary and Edmonton had bid for the 2026 games and this would give them a chance to attract more tourists to the prairies of Canada)
India - Twenty20 cricket, field hockey, shooting
Singapore - diving, freestyle wrestling
Malaysia – squash, badminton
New Zealand - rugby sevens (winter there but not a problem for rugby if held in Auckland or Hamilton)
Fuji - archery
Jamaica - beach volleyball
The Bahamas - rhythmic gymnastics (could be held outdoors)
Trinidad and Tobago - table tennis (could be held outdoors)
Barbados - triathlon
It would be easy to put any or all of these events on if they make an effort. They should be able to organize popular sports like rugby sevens, beach volleyball and triathlon in the next 3 months. But I bet they won't because like so many bodies these days they seem to be stuck at the level of a teenager and want to try to get away with putting their finger on the scales...
