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Olympic Council of Asia warns India of penalty if it withdraws from some sports

Just like the Olympics, the Asian Games are held every four years. What are the Asian Games? I didn't even know the Asian Games were a thing until I read this article. I had to do some other research to figure out what they were. They are basically the same as the Olympics, except there are some different sports involved and it is only among athletes from all over Asia. There have been 44 different sports that were presented in Asian Games history. The Games for this year actually just ended yesterday, as they went from September 19 to October 4. This article dealt with something that happened before the Games started.

India was warned of a heavy penalty by the Olympic Council of Asia if they withdrew from sending a couple of teams to the Asian Games. They were going to receive a penalty because the team draw had already been completed, and if they were to withdraw, the whole draw would have to be done again. I feel that India should deserve a penalty if they withdrew because they waited until after the team draw was already completed. This penalty could end up being a bad thing for India economically. Not knowing what the penalty will be, it could be something like not allowing India to ever host one of the Asian Games. That could really be a bad thing because if they were able to host the Asian Games one year, that would bring in a lot of money to the businesses of the country and help out the economy a lot. So India has to make an economic choice here. The article doesn't really give a reason for why they are withdrawing some teams but it must help them in some way for the time being. So India can either decide to withdraw the teams and help themselves for a little, and receive a penalty that could possibly hurt them economically pretty bad, or they can send the teams to the Games and possibly help the economy in the future .

I just find it really interesting that I have never heard of the Asian Games. I'm sure a lot of other people haven't heard of them either. It's hard to believe because it's described as the second largest multi-sport event, behind the Olympics.