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It looks like the cricketeers are all in the Olympic TID (1170). It also looks like there's some soccer in there as well. 

That raises the question...Olympic Soccer is it Misc-sports or soccer?

Is cricket an Olympic sport? If so, same question as above.

I think the rabbit just went down the hole.

Edit: A differentiation field would be useful in this case

Misc Sports:

• Australia (Cricket)
• Australia (Olmpics)
• Australia (Rugby)

C2Cigars wrote:

Australia has two TIDs in Misc Sport, so far. A Rugby TID (4264) and a Olympics TID (1170).  They're not meant to be shared.  If there are Cricket cards that need an Australia TID, we'll create the TID.

cnangle wrote:

Holy crap on a cracker! This is a can of worms!

First, I'll fix this set. The team association should NOT be done in the player name field. I'm changing the PID to "0". 

Second, I'll make sure that the correct TID is listed in the Team Field.

Third....and here's the can of worms....validating that the cards associated with the TID are soccer cards. I just did Australia and there were over 30 non-soccer cards associated with the Australian National Soccer Team. Mostly Olympic Team members, but some Rugby and Cricket as well.

Two remaining issues..currently the Australian Women's National Team has the same TID as the Australian Men's National Team. I'm assuming this is the same for all National Teams. I don't think this is a terrible thing, but are we ok with mixing the different National Teams under one TID?

Second...the Misc-Sport category only has one TID for Australia. This means that the Olympic Team, National Rugby Team, and National Cricket Team all share the same TID. Again, maybe this is ok?

Well, Olympic basketball is listed in Basketball. Olympic baseball is listed in Baseball.  So, I'd say Olympic soccer should be listed in Soccer.

Cricket was only played once at the Olympics, in 1900.

As far as Australia is concerned I've moved all the Rugby and Soccer from the Olympic PID. Now all that's in PID 1170 is Olympics and Cricket.

I would create a Cricket TID but.....

Aussies and other cricket playing nations do not regard Cricket as an "Olympic Sport", it should stand alone the same as Australian Rules Football, Rugby League, etc.

To go further down the rabbit hole... if we are creating national sports teams as separate TID for each sport should we be calling them by their team name or just the country name or a combination of both?

eg Australian football/soccer team is called the Socceroos. Should this be called Australia (soccer)? Australia Socceroos? That would then mean the women's team would be the Australia Matildas though...

For rugby, we have New Zealand though the team is usually referred to as the All Blacks, the women's team is the Black Ferns, the cricket teams Black Caps (men) and White Caps (women) and so on.

We name club teams by moniker after all.

Not sure if international teams from other countries other such a plethora of official nicknames but pretty much every NZ team has one it is is prevelant 8n Australia too.

Would certainly make identifying the correct TID easier and make sorting your collection/want lists easier ie If I only want NZ men's rugby cards use All Blacks. But, would obviously mean a lot of TIDs!