The very idea that sports can / should be dropped from the Olympics is the basis for softball being gone. Whoever came up with that idea is a knucklehead.
If anything, drop the Opening Ceremonies. Every host city is compelled to outdo the previous host, resulting in outlandish extravaganzas that cost more than it would cost to immunize hundreds of thousands of children against curable diseases.
If London really wanted to put on a show, they would fill Wembley with 75,000 kids whose lives they saved and have them sing "Joy to the World".




























