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re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics UPDATE: Wrestling reinstated!
Posted on 2/12/13 at 10:20 am to UFownstSECsince1950
Posted on 2/12/13 at 10:20 am to UFownstSECsince1950
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Well you're wrong.....go check the Olympic board douche
Congrats you pretend to care once every 4 years.
quote:
I'm laughing my arse off at how pathetic the Reds are. That franchise is a complete joke
Uh...Sorry for winning 97 games last year and 2 of the last 3 division titles.
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Posted on 2/12/13 at 10:23 am to TigerMyth36
Petition
Here is a link a coach is passing around here in Alabama. I have no clue if this can do anything but it's a start.
Here is a link a coach is passing around here in Alabama. I have no clue if this can do anything but it's a start.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 10:47 am to thenry712
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The best part is that the IOC could have dropped the incredibly corrupt boxing; a sport that was completely discredited by bribe scandals in London last summer.
I don't mind the inclusion of team sports like soccer, basketball, ice hockey etc. They generate revenue and are usually much more entertaining than some of the other Olympic disciplines.
I'm a huge boxing fan, but Olympic boxing is an absolute joke. They should drop it unless and until they can clean it up.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 10:56 am to Byron Bojangles III
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can't take Kurt Angle winning anymore
Oh it's true. It's DAMN true.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 11:15 am to barry
quote:. Actually I do watch and care. As a matter of fact I watch (or at least try to with the crazy assed schedule they usually have) this and the weightlifting more than most of the other events
I bet none of yall actually watch the wrestling or care
Posted on 2/12/13 at 11:19 am to quail man
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first Title IX fricked wrestling over, and now this.
If you dont think this had an indirect effect on this get your head out of the sand. When a sport is popular in the USA it gets pop around the world. Why else is BMX an event? Fact is wrestling is a dying sport at the college level thanks to Title IX. This has led to fewer boys being interested in it at the high school and middle school level. But hey thanks to Title IX we now have chick softball exploding. This means everytime you want to take your "SON" to the field to work on baseball you can wait for the dad who wishes he had a son to finish with his daughters travel team.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 11:23 am to barry
I like wrestling, but don't really watch it except for the Olympics.
I'm pissed on behalf of wrestling fans, because if there was any sport that deserves to be in the Olympics, it's wrestling.
I'm pissed on behalf of wrestling fans, because if there was any sport that deserves to be in the Olympics, it's wrestling.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 11:54 am to PrimeTime Money
Wrestling is out but badminton, rhythmic gymnastics, synchronized swimming and fricking ping pong are in. Guess the IOC needs to keep the Asian medal counts up.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 12:42 pm to genro
Such
fricking
bullshite.
Wrestling is one of the purest damn sports in the games. No equipment needed. Huge credibility hit to olmoics.
fricking
bullshite.
Wrestling is one of the purest damn sports in the games. No equipment needed. Huge credibility hit to olmoics.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 1:11 pm to St Augustine
It's pretty ridiculous. It's an original Olympic sport, and when you think of the ancient games, wrestling is what you think of.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 1:21 pm to genro
That's pretty fricked up. Youth Wrestling is really on an upswing in the USA. Absolutely ludicris to drop the sport. Bad move, terrible move.
I hate the IOC it's one of the more corrupt organizations you'll find.
I hate the IOC it's one of the more corrupt organizations you'll find.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 1:29 pm to genro
no more women's wrestling?
Posted on 2/12/13 at 2:21 pm to genro
shitty decision, but understandable given the cynicism of Olympic sports. Wrestling is a niche sport in the largest TV markets, and those who do watch it aren't a desirable demographic to marketers. Some of the sports that made it are either ratings winner (ie rhythmic gymnastics, popular with females,) or appeal to a well off demographic. "Nobody" watches equestrian sports, but those who do make golf fans look like People of Wal Mart by comparison.
NBC is down with this decision, and it wouldn't surprise me to learn that they had a good deal of influence in it.
NBC is down with this decision, and it wouldn't surprise me to learn that they had a good deal of influence in it.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 4:02 pm to Jim Rockford
From a financial perspective, modern pentathlon is a sport no one cares about. It should have been taken off the Olympic schedule, not wrestling.
I think that in all honesty, this is just an attempt by the IOC to get bribes from former Soviet countries to bring wrestling back as the "conditional sport" for 2020. It is competing with baseball/softball, karate, roller hockey, and some other sports to be the 26th sport for 2020.
I think that in all honesty, this is just an attempt by the IOC to get bribes from former Soviet countries to bring wrestling back as the "conditional sport" for 2020. It is competing with baseball/softball, karate, roller hockey, and some other sports to be the 26th sport for 2020.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 4:31 pm to Keys Open Doors
Four of the best American achievements in the olympics happened in wrestling. Dan Gable in 1972 didn't give up a single point en route to the Gold Medal.
This post was edited on 2/12/13 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 2/12/13 at 4:39 pm to genro
Tony k and mike w just shredded this decision.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 5:17 pm to makinskrilla
Posted on 2/12/13 at 5:28 pm to genro
the oldest sport ever (ancient greeks) to be removed.
thats sad.
the iron sheik is pretty pissed off from what i read on his twitter account.
thats sad.
the iron sheik is pretty pissed off from what i read on his twitter account.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 5:32 pm to lsucoonass
why should karate be added if TKD is already an olympic sport. TKD is basically korean karate with more flashy kicks. it isn't all that different.
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