Following Monday's post about the likelihood of golf and rugby sevens being added to the Olympic Games, it seems that the decision is not quite the foregone conclusion that everyone seemed to think it might be. It seems that the IOC executive and golf's administrators still need to factor in the labyrinthine world of IOC politics, as well as the genuine concerns about how seriously the golf world will treat the games, that I blogged about on Monday. Perhaps unsuprisingly, it turns out that IOC members are not keen on being dictated to by the executive, and there is talk of a revolt.
I suspect this will turn out to be a false alarm and that golf will be admitted after the IOC members have made their point, but it would be nice to see the voters doing what they think best for the games, rather than what they are being encouraged to do by the executive, or rather than playing politics. If that means excluding golf (and even rugby) in a bid to maintain the Olympics' sense of occasion and to limit its size, then that may be no bad thing. The most important point is that the decision must be made for the right reasons, in the most informed way possible, and with the best intentions at heart.
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