What They're Saying

• by Soccer America , Feb 4, 2009

"The Olympic Games are for youth. We should play them with the youngsters. Although the limit of 23 years gives us a better quality of football, it is bad to keep adding up to three players above this limit. It's illogical. We're going to abolish that."

-- FIFA President Sepp Blatter, endorsing a plan to limit the 2010 Olympic men's soccer tournament to players 20 years old and younger, with no exemptions allowed for overage players. (Los Angeles Times)