I am no wrestling fan but I know enough to understand it meets the IOC qualifying requirements, namely universal appeal and a very good spread of international competitors.
Maybe it is not television friendly enough
Wrestling dropped from the Olympics
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Wrestling dropped from the Olympics
by WizardfromOz » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:28 pm
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/ ... n-18477144
I am no wrestling fan but I know enough to understand it meets the IOC qualifying requirements, namely universal appeal and a very good spread of international competitors.
Maybe it is not television friendly enough
I am no wrestling fan but I know enough to understand it meets the IOC qualifying requirements, namely universal appeal and a very good spread of international competitors.
Maybe it is not television friendly enough
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Re: Wrestling dropped from the Olympics
by The Dharma Bum » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:31 pm
They may as well dump track and field. Ridiculous.
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Re: Wrestling dropped from the Olympics
by WizardfromOz » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:38 pm
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Re: Wrestling dropped from the Olympics
by uebermann » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:02 pm
I imagine wrestling doesn't bring in enough revenue. Thats the only reason to drop it.
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Re: Wrestling dropped from the Olympics
by uebermann » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:03 pm
Well, that or they are going to drop wrestling and pick up MMA cage fighting.
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Re: Wrestling dropped from the Olympics
by John Galt » Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:58 pm
Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience. -- Theodore Roosevelt
My life has become a single, ongoing revelation that I haven’t been cynical enough.
My life has become a single, ongoing revelation that I haven’t been cynical enough.
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Re: Wrestling dropped from the Olympics
by Breakage » Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:49 pm
How can they drop wrestling when it was one of the ancient events ? And yet swimming still has eleventy million completely repetetive and dull events ? Olympics is turning to utter shit.
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Re: Wrestling dropped from the Olympics
by The Dharma Bum » Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:57 pm
I concur.
Biathlon is weirdly awesome.
Biathlon is weirdly awesome.
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