I don't know...
A two week disruption every four years would seem a stupid excuse, and even Football with their busy schedule can find room for it..
If they are stopping cricket from being in the Olympics, than you can bet your left nut that fear of China dominating limited overs cricket isn't the reason.
Go back to my original post- China can't dominate any Olympic team sports no matter their money and population...
But National soccer boards do not make their money from a fairly significant home season of internationals. They play qualifiers in an international window from the club competition.
ICC has voted against cricket as an olympic sport. If you watch "Death of a Gentleman" - which I recommend, The British ICC board member discusses honestly that he voted in the interests of EWCB against the Olympics as to stop home scheduling interruptions. The two chucks ask if that is appropriate for the ICC to be run in such a manner lacking independence of the Big 3 nations. It gets ugly swiftly.
Any discussion about China dominating limited overs cricket is irrelevant to what has been said.
So you can go have your Anti-China as against Australians at sports debate with a Chinese person for all I care. Australia poured money into Olympic sports, and other sports in the mid 80's through the AIS. And the results speak for themselves. They qualified in more sports, and won more medals. Congratulations. The facts are China plays team sports, and they play them well enough to qualify for the Olympics. China has upped its Olympic programme with government money in recent times as its economy grows and continues to do so and has increased its Olympic success. Money influences success at qualifying and even winning medals. Look at Australian Olympic results in 1976, 1980 and 1984.
But the issue is about money for Franchise cricket, not on field gold medals where only 8 or 9 nations at present are expected to win a gold, but with a population of over a billion, a growing economy and whether Chinese fans would like watching the game or not. Of course India does not ideally want that in world cricket with T20 franchise cricket booming at present.
They are simply rational not too.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/889289.html
