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Announcement of ‘9-figure, 10-year’ deal between Dubai XTZ Esports and IBF raises many intriguing questions

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 11:00 am
Announcement of ‘9-figure, 10-year’ deal between Dubai XTZ Esports and IBF raises many intriguing questions
IBF President H E Sheikh Talal Mohammad Al-Sabah. Photo by IBF.
You want to see bowling in the Olympics? Make it a sport where athletes compete for tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars and the International Olympic Committee will be begging bowling to become a medal sport, rather than the other way around. The IOC has proven time and again over the years that it values money above all else, even if it means getting into bed with a genocidal dictatorship like China as an Olympics host. Sadly, the idea of bowlers competing for that kind of money...