Sixth sign of the Apocolypse, wrestling gone from the Olympics.

[Tim K]

At least, that's the recommendation.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/12/sport/olympics-wresting/?hpt=hp_c3

At least we still have rhythmic gymnastics.

[GilpinGuy]

Curling? OK
Wrestling? NO

[Dave]

I noticed ping pong is still there, as well as badminton.

[nikolatesla19]

Sad sign. My sons only 11 but has wrestled since he was 7 and that's all he's ever talked about was going to the Olympics to wrestle. Le Sigh.....

[two shoes]

Sofa King stoopid!!! My kid LOVES it and the Olympics was a HUGE motivator... Hopefully FILA (sanctioning body) can do something...

[hollohas]

I wrestled in middle school and highschool and I just don't understand this. One of the original sports and it is the one they choose to ax? Insane.

[Tinelement]

That's recockulas!

[Ronin13]

Stupid... I just read they got rid of it to make room for golf (?) and rugby. WTF!? So they toss out one of the oldest Olympic sports instead of say synchronized swimming? Now I really don't want to live on this planet anymore.
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/66914_4966557316276_1069320877_n.jpg

[Mazin]

Wrestiling is not PC I guess.

[BigBear]

Marketing and money... The world revolves around the money. No money in wrestling, TONS in golf. Gotta grease those palms of the OoC ya know.

Sad world, I'm ready to leave it. Take me Lord.

[colorider]

Fuck tradition and history. It's all about $$$$$$$$$. Very sad.

[generalmeow]

It is ridiculous. They've been screwing with the rules for years, cutting down the number of weight classes, and the international styles of wrestling have become less exciting to watch. Half of the matches are decided by the ref grabbing either the red ball or the blue ball out of a bag. And the other half of matches are overturned on protests by whiny bitch countries.

Putting on a wrestling tournament is a piece of cake. You could hold the Olympic wrestling event in any high school gym in the country in 2 days, with about $10k worth of mats and equipment, and volunteer refs and matworkers. I can't imagine any financial reason why they would ever cut it. And that's before considering that it's one of the world's oldest sports, and has been in every Olympics, since ancient times. Half of the sports in the Olympics shouldn't even be Olympic events. In terms of worldwide participation, wrestling probably blows away 90% of the other Olympic events. Maybe even more.

Oh, you can't make a fortune selling the TV rights? Who cares? Don't put it on TV.

I've been telling my old high school for years that they should stop doing Freestyle and Greco, and start wrestling collegiate year round. I hope they finally start doing so. They aint going to the Olympics now, so what's the point?

Just another piece of news proving that the world has gone insane.

[Zundfolge]

Wow, a thread about Olympic wrestling AND homosexuality on the same page? Whodathunkint?

:p

[Tim K]

It's outrageous. As an ex wrestler and coach, I'm appalled.

[alxone]

every time i hear the word wrestling all i can think of is the breakfast club .

[Raul Duke]

It's outrageous. As an ex wrestler and coach, I'm appalled.
Agreed. My entire family is a wrestling family. My father and I were wrestlers and then coaches, and my younger brother was a National Freestyle Champ. One of the best sports out there to teach discipline and accountability for your actions... but hey, who needs that anymore...
It's the continued pussification of our society.

[akumadiavolo]

People still care about the Olympics? It's been a joke for a long time, so who cares?

[Zundfolge]

Not to stir the pot here or start any conspiracy theories, but I've actually worked with people from the Olympic Committee here in The Springs and I've been told candidly that there are many people in the international Olympic scene that want to strip the Olympics of ALL sports even REMOTELY connected to martial arts, hunting or shooting ... bunch of peacenick BS about how they don't want the Olympics to be about "fighting, war or killing".

[soldier-of-the-apocalypse]

isnt wrestiling the sport that started the olympics?