IOC to drop wrestling

[Takeda Shingen]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ioc-wrestling-summer-olympics-20130212,0,2900843.story

What? Really? I mean, wrestling is a quintessential Olympic sport. Hell, it's one of the few sports that actually has roots back to the ancient games that the modern version is supposed to emulate. What, you're going to have golf, but no wrestling?

[AVGWarhawk]

It will be replaced with Coach Potato. :88) I do not understand the reasoning. Is golf really a sport or just a game? Soon crochet will be considered a sport.

[the_tyrant]

Come on now, in a few years, we will see starcraft in the Olympics lol:O:

[frau kaleun]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ioc-wrestling-summer-olympics-20130212,0,2900843.story

What? Really? I mean, wrestling is a quintessential Olympic sport. Hell, it's one of the few sports that actually has roots back to the ancient games that the modern version is supposed to emulate. What, you're going to have golf, but no wrestling?

Yes but apparently in their review of ticket sales and "popularity" it didn't fare well. I guess if they leave it in it will take time away from events that could draw more viewers to the televised broadcast thus increasing ratings thus allowing the broadcasters to charge more for ad time thus allowing the IOC to charge more for the privilege of broadcasting the event.

Eventually they'll probably replace the pentathlon with a ladies' swimsuit competition and a Nascar race.

[Takeda Shingen]

Yes but apparently in their review of ticket sales and "popularity" it didn't fare well. I guess if they leave it in it will take time away from events that could draw more viewers to the televised broadcast thus increasing ratings thus allowing the broadcasters to charge more for ad time thus allowing the IOC to charge more for the privilege of broadcasting the event.

Eventually they'll probably replace the pentathlon with a ladies' swimsuit competition and a Nascar race.

I'm sure your right. It is probably all about broadcast revenue. Higher, faster, stronger, richer.

[AVGWarhawk]

It's all about the $$$$. Speaking of dollars. Is pole dancing a sport? Will it draw viewership for the Olympics and find a spot in history?

[Buddahaid]

I sure your right and that's the biggest reason I rarely watch any of it anymore. It's just turned into Olympic Star Search and the competition comes in second.

[Jimbuna]

I can think of a few other disciplines I'd rather see go but as already mentioned, the revenue generated would prevent this.

[Sailor Steve]

Wrestling, jumping, running, throwing things...that's what the Olympics are about. Everything else is fluff. I'm not a wrestling fan at all, but I can't think of anything more boring to watch than golf.

The Winter Olympics bug me too. Any so-called competion in which the winner is decided by a panel isn't a sport at all. It's not even a game. It's just more fluff.

[mookiemookie]

They're trying to turn the Olympics into the X-Games. Get rid of all the classical stuff, put more crap like snowboarding, BMX and beach volleyball in. :nope:

[vienna]

"What?!? Dump wrasslin'? Wait 'til I get my hands on those pencil neck geeks!!"...

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110316183850/prowrestling/images/b/bf/Freddie_Blassie_1.jpg

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[Madox58]

Looks like Vince McMahon didn't offer enuff bribes to spiff up the action.
:haha:

[Takeda Shingen]

You guys are thinking of a different sort of wrestling.

[vienna]

You guys are thinking of a different sort of wrestling.


There's more than one kind? :D

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[Madox58]

When it's all about money?
What other kind is there?
:har:

[Platapus]

I mean really, how long as it been since the Olympics were actually about actual athletic competition?

Sadly it is all about the bucks.

Not that too many in the US would miss wrestling. When was the last time American TV even covered Olympic wrestling? :/\\!!:/\\!!:/\\!!

[Madox58]

Ya. Like a whole slew of Olympic Wrestlers went Pro after the Olympics?
:haha:

What? There's all one of them?
:hmmm:

[Dan D]

In what is known as one of the most famous moments in Olympic wrestling history, Dietrich of Germany suplays America's 420 lb. Chris Taylor, earns 5 points, a pin and most likely a very sore shoulder (http://www.sectiononewrestling.com/documents/1972_olympics_throw_420_chris_taylor.html)

different link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTOKc39yzP8

http://imageshack.us/a/img15/815/taylorthrow.gif

[Platapus]

The bigger they are, the more it hurts when they fall on you. :o

[Sailor Steve]

That's right up there with one of my old favorites: The bigger they are, the harder they hit. :dead: