> Football? It isn’t in the Olympics. Soccer? For women, the Olympics are a best-on-best tournament, but for the men, team rosters are largely restricted to players under the age of 23. The real soccer championship is the World Cup, held every four summers in non-Olympic years.

Completely irrelevant pair of points.  Football isn't in the Olympics because no one else plays it so there's no comparison.  Soccer is the way it is because of an AGREEMENT between FIFA and the IOC through cooperative communication.  Additionally, people still very much care about the Olympic soccer tournament despite its u23 (+ 3 designated players) status.