Pretty lame. [roll]
ping pong and dressage are still in...
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/sports/olympics-may-drop-wrestling-in-2020.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/sports/olympics-may-drop-wrestling-in-2020.html)
Wrestling will have to compete with wakeboarding to maybe get reinstated in 2020.
Yeah I saw that, knocks out a lot of countries that otherwise wouldn't have a competitive athlete to send. I guess they kept that ridiculous beach volleyball in.
Dumbest thing I've ever heard the IOC do. Hopefully they'll change their decision.
Dan Gable [bow_down]
http://youtu.be/ngxZVmtKCCo (http://youtu.be/ngxZVmtKCCo)
Having been a wrestler in my school days I have to say this really sucks. Wrestling is often stated to be the worlds oldest sport. Think about, we probably wrestled when we were Homo erectus. This makes no sense. If I were still young and still wrestling this would be a dream killer.
Syncronized diving and curling are Olympic "events" but wrestling isnt. Sad.
Quote from: rgramjet on February 12, 2013, 06:19:30 PM
Syncronized diving and curling are Olympic "events" but wrestling isnt. Sad.
I do love me some Curling.
Every curling match Ive seen would have been right at home on AFV.
Seriously... who thinks this is a GOOD idea? [thumbsdown] It's the OLYMPICS and wrestling is one of the ORIGINAL competitions along with running, boxing, and beer-drinking!
Quote from: rgramjet on February 12, 2013, 06:29:19 PM
Every curling match Ive seen would have been right at home on AFV.
Just a few of the reasons I like Curling.
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They can sweep my floor any day!
Curling...wtf.
I lost the link i read this from, but it said they dropped wrestling becasue wrestling is already extremely popular and if the Olympics droped it, the sport would still thrive and live on.
If curling was stopped...well no one would really give that much of a hoot and the "sport" ight be lost altogether.
Quote from: He Man on February 12, 2013, 09:45:06 PM
I lost the link i read this from, but it said they dropped wrestling becasue wrestling is already extremely popular and if the Olympics droped it, the sport would still thrive and live on.
If curling was stopped...well no one would really give that much of a hoot and the "sport" ight be lost altogether.
That is just silly. It was dropped because the IOC wants to make money.
"The board voted after reviewing a report by the IOC program commission report that analyzed 39 criteria, including television ratings, ticket sales, anti-doping policy and global participation and popularity. "http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ioc-wrestling-summer-olympics-20130212,0,2900843.story (http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ioc-wrestling-summer-olympics-20130212,0,2900843.story)
television ratings & ticket sales.... $$$
global participation:
71 countries sent wrestlers to London, 21 sent competitors for the modern pentathlon, 56 for ping pong, and 51 for badminton.
Participation and popularity my a$$.
Quote from: Vindingo on February 12, 2013, 10:20:11 PM
That is just silly. It was dropped because the IOC wants to make money.
"The board voted after reviewing a report by the IOC program commission report that analyzed 39 criteria, including television ratings, ticket sales, anti-doping policy and global participation and popularity. "
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ioc-wrestling-summer-olympics-20130212,0,2900843.story (http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ioc-wrestling-summer-olympics-20130212,0,2900843.story)
television ratings & ticket sales.... $$$
global participation:
71 countries sent wrestlers to London, 21 sent competitors for the modern pentathlon, 56 for ping pong, and 51 for badminton.
Participation and popularity my a$$.
Most folks in this Country don't watch wrestling, never have and never will. It's the most pure form of sport period. Hopefully they'll see the light.
Quote from: kopfjäger on February 12, 2013, 10:34:03 PM
Most folks in this Country don't watch wrestling, never have and never will. It's the most pure form of sport period. Hopefully they'll see the light.
But we still fill the stadiums to watch steroid-infused circus clowns carry on with the WWE Raw nonsense
and their ratings on cable must be good
Like most I heard this yesterday and wondered WTF the IOC is doing. It's one of the original Olympic sports and pretty much every country has some traditional national form, if not multiple. I think it's a poor choice to drop. If you want to take out a sport to make way for others, ok. But there's much better targets IMO. Dressage - while skillful requires a shit ton of money and (duh) horses. Lots of coutries don't/cant compete there. BMX? Wakeboard? Hello, trying to be X-games...
Feh. Disappointed IOC
while I can understand the IOC's will to address modern trends in terms of sports and athleticism....the trend of moving much younger "X Games" style sports in is tragic IMHO...while it isn't the most popular...there are some sports that by the bounds of tradition, should never be touched...wrestling IMHO is 1 of them and it happens that this one also does in fact have a major following in most of the attending/competing countries...while it will never reach the popularity of say "soccer/futball" on the telly...that doesn't mean people don't want to see it or represent their country doing it....and I agree on Dressage....there are some sporting events that are just ridiculous...
I could only see this making sense if they replaced wrestling with another ancient time-honored sport like "Sheep Groping"
(http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7218/7217975802_89ffa05f67_m.jpg) Indeed! Rubbish, I say! Please oblige me to identify the imbecilic fool who proceeded upon the supposition that the grand unarmed combat of wrestling in the greco roman style would not be included in the most venerable Olympic Games?
Oh, how I do wish for us to return one day to the grand days of yore when only true manly feats of strength, agility, and ability are included in the Olympic Games.
When will these loggerheaded, hasty-witted joitheads return real sports back to The Games? Sports like Tug of war (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tug_of_war_at_the_Summer_Olympics), Croquet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croquet_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics) (and it's bastard American cousin Roque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics)), and the ever grand sport of Basque pelota (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_pelota_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics)?
So called International Olympic Committee, I early await your reply, post haste, forthwith, and with all due endeavor! Until that time I say Good Day to you! Good day!
Lol [clap]
It is the purest sport. No equipment or team.
which makes it sub-par in today's world
I would like to see Full Contact Golf with competing teams in golf carts
You ever see what a properly wielded 9 iron can do to a human?
Quote from: RAT900 on February 14, 2013, 08:49:40 AM
which makes it sub-par in today's world
I would like to see Full Contact Golf with competing teams in golf carts
You ever see what a properly wielded 9 iron can do to a human?
+1....that or bull riding!!!
Quote from: RAT900 on February 14, 2013, 08:49:40 AM
which makes it sub-par in today's world
I would like to see Full Contact Golf with competing teams in golf carts
You ever see what a properly wielded 9 iron can do to a human?
And taking the Gold Medal is:
(http://www.isportstimes.com/data/images/full/2012/12/11/3278-elin-nordegren.jpg)
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Quote from: mitt on February 13, 2013, 08:35:12 PM
It is the purest sport. No equipment or team.
Well, unlike in the original Olympic games, they do wear singlets instead of a coating of olive oil. Fortunately.
I do think it's a pretty short-sighted move by the IOC; in my understanding, tradition is a significant if not the most significant component of the Olympic brand. They start tossing that overboard to make more room for X-games events, they best start getting ready to fold up the tents when participants and viewers choose the real X-games over the imitation.
Quote from: Bick on February 14, 2013, 09:11:33 AM
And taking the Gold Medal is:
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she's a rank amatuer next to this woman!
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1528184-golfer-picks-out-black-widow-venom-with-tee-finishes-round-like-a-boss?hpt=hp_t3 (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1528184-golfer-picks-out-black-widow-venom-with-tee-finishes-round-like-a-boss?hpt=hp_t3)
Quote from: zooom on February 14, 2013, 09:28:51 AM
she's a rank amatuer next to this woman!
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1528184-golfer-picks-out-black-widow-venom-with-tee-finishes-round-like-a-boss?hpt=hp_t3 (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1528184-golfer-picks-out-black-widow-venom-with-tee-finishes-round-like-a-boss?hpt=hp_t3)
Sorry. No mention of using the spider to take a mulligan. As far as we know, the spider watched the rest of the round sharing a frozen yogurt with Ms. Muffet. Doesn't count.