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02-12-2013, 11:04 AM
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Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympi...9336--oly.html
Seems like Wrestling, probably the most associated sport to the Olympics since its birth is being removed from the 2020 Olympics. I feel really bad for the people who spent their lives training in hopes to represent their countries at the Olympic games.
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02-12-2013, 11:10 AM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
You have got to be kidding me. That HAS to be a joke: wrestling is one of the THE classic Olympic sports. This is BS if they really get rid of it; it is one of the greatest pure sports on the planet.
MMA is one of the fastest growing spectator sports in the world, and most of the fundamentals of that sport are based on Greco-Roman wrestling, so the popular interest will also be served by keeping it.
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02-12-2013, 11:16 AM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
This doesn't make any sense. I'd like to know how they came to this decision.
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02-12-2013, 11:20 AM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
how the f can they do this?..hell no
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02-12-2013, 11:42 AM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
Wow, that is lame. I saw some of the martial art fighting last time. It was pretty boring.
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02-12-2013, 11:50 AM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
WHAT??!! Wrestling is one of the toughest, most time-honored sports in existence. This decision is awful.
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02-12-2013, 11:50 AM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
This is disgraceful.
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02-12-2013, 12:04 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
I'm glad others agree with me. This has to be the worst decision the Olympic Games council has made to my recollection.
How about the hunders/thousands of men who've trained their entire lives in hopes to represent their countries!? What of the Olympians already on the team!
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02-12-2013, 12:11 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
We need to get a committee consisting of Dana White, John Irving and Kurt Angle on this stat! They'll fix this.
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02-12-2013, 12:27 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
Kurt Angle ftw
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02-12-2013, 12:29 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
No wrestling in the Olympics. . . . Idiotic
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02-12-2013, 12:51 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
I'm conflicted. Never been a fan of this brand wrestling at all. I find it boring. The Olympics should be able to evolve and better represent modern society and the strengths we value. But, come on, rather than cutting it couldn't they have updated the sport, or at least replaced it with some other form of combat?
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02-12-2013, 12:53 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
That's crazy. Wonder if losing this affects the sport overall? I'm n mma fan and wrestling can be a big part of what wins fights so the impact will be interesting to watch.
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02-12-2013, 12:53 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
No wrestling, and i hear they want to include golf?
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02-12-2013, 12:55 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
There are a **** ton of 'sports' in the olympics that could be gotten rid of before wrestling.
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02-12-2013, 12:57 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
I wonder if schools will continue to carry it? And what about scholarships? Will colleges offer them now that it is pretty much a dead end sport?
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02-12-2013, 01:09 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
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02-12-2013, 01:12 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
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02-12-2013, 01:14 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
Thank God, I thought it was gonna be basketball. A sport people actually watch. And by people I mean me and my friends.
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02-12-2013, 01:27 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
You'll notice that it is predominantly Americans getting upset about them dropping wrestling from the Olympics because wrestling is predominantly an American sport nowadays I feel.
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02-12-2013, 01:35 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
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02-12-2013, 01:36 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
They need to replace it with WWE wrestling.
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02-12-2013, 01:38 PM
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02-12-2013, 01:40 PM
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Re: Olympics to get rid of Wrestling in 2020
Then they could actually get more usage out of those lights and pyrotechnics from the opening ceremonies.
The problem isn't with spectator interest, it's with showmanship.
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02-12-2013, 02:08 PM
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