Olympic bodies concerned about rev share at LA28

Olympic sports bodies "want urgent talks with the IOC" about the "risk of cuts in their revenue shares and medal events" at the 2028 L.A. Games because cricket and other newcomers were added to the program. The umbrella group of current Summer Games sports, known by the acronym ASOIF, said today the decision to increase to a record 36 sports "has raised several questions" among its members, who collectively shared $540M of IOC-allocated money at each of the past two Olympics. Adding four team sports in 2028 also is set to "break the IOC’s preferred limit of 10,500 athletes at a Summer Games" and "likely will put pressure on the core Olympic sports to cut their quotas of athletes or even medal events." ASOIF’s ruling council agreed "to raise these urgent matters with the IOC leadership" after meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland (AP, 11/13).