In its never-ending quest to appeal to a younger viewership, the IOC is considering adding three-on-three basketball for the Tokyo Games in 2020. Actually this looks like it’s going to happen, so get out there and get in that pickup game at work — you could be destined for Olympic stardom. Associated Press:
“It would certainly be a perfect fit,” Patrick Baumann, the secretary general of world basketball’s governing body, told the news service Friday.
Baumann points to the addition of skateboarding and sport climbing to the 2020 Olympics as key factors in ushering in the additional basketball competition, which he said appeals to a demographic Olympic organizers are openly courting — the young and urban.