A story claiming that 3-on-3 basketball has been confirmed for the 2016 Olympics is a hoax.
Basketball is typically played 5-on-5, full court, especially in professional settings such as the Olympics.
But the fake story claimed that the International Olympic Committee approved 3-on-3, half court basketball for the next Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
“We have spent many months weighing up this proposal, and our final call was to include the appropriated version of basketball into the 2016 Olympic program,” the article quoted the IOC President Thomas Bach as saying.
“This is a trial program and one that asks a lot more of both administrators, hosts, staff and players. However, keeping with the spirit of The Olympic Games, we have decided to include the 3-on-3, half-court variant”
Hinting at the fake nature of the story, the article comes from the Betoota Advocate website.
A number of media outlets, including Deadspin and RealGM, were fooled by the fake story.
