Should have never came down to this. The IOC can go fuck themselves.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2013/09/08/olympic-wrestling-wins-ioc-vote-2020/2781887/

like_that;1497128 wrote:Should have never came down to this. The IOC can go fuck themselves.

:thumbup:
No doubt about it.

like_that;1497128 wrote: The IOC and FILA can go fuck themselves.

FIFY

This makes me happy. FUCK the IOC.

Good to see there's some sanity somewhere in the world. Never should have gotten to this point, but good that it got voted back in.

Squash....really?

And with baseball the pros can only go if played in the winter in the southern hemisphere.

Softball I don't care for but it seems more deserving than a number of events (like synchronized anything)

I truly believe the IOC used this whole process as a way to show FILA they weren't untouchable. When FILA ousted their President and the new President changed the rules to be more exciting, etc, it was a formality at that point that wrestling would get back in. That's what I believe anyway.

Let's be honest, I am a huge wrestling fan (became one when I started doing jiu jitsu, became more of one when my son started), and watching the Olympic FS and GR was like watching paint dry. The rules basically rewarded stalling for the whole period and then going for a push out/TD at the very end of each period to win that period 1-0. High School and NCAA were so much more entertaining.

Yes woke up to the good news today but as stated the IOC can still go Fuck themselves!

Dropping wrestling from the fucking Olympics was one of the dumbest things I think I've every witnessed.

ernest_t_bass;1497265 wrote:Dropping wrestling from the fucking Olympics was one of the dumbest things I think I've every witnessed.

Yeah I don't really give a fuck about wrestling, but it is basically what the Olympics started as. Made absolutely no sense to drop it.

Great news!

Woo-hoo!!!!!!!!

Now to get us to 10-10-8!!!

F*ck Phil Knight!



Oh wait.....wrong thread.

I get that wrestling might be extraordinarily boring to non-fans....but then explain to me the distance running, synchronized anything, and any number of other events. What can possibly be less dramatic and interesting than watching a guy run past mile marker 20?

Wrestling belongs in the Olympics. Aside from the fact it's supposed to be about competition and not tv ratings, why must they have an arbitrary limit on the number of events in the first place?

said_aouita;1497600 wrote:F*ck Phil Knight!



Oh wait.....wrong thread.

Still ok to type!!!

Grecos & Romans are really happy!

Baseball / Softball should have been reinstated over wrestling.

With that said, neither should have been eliminated. There are way too many other stupid fucking summer sports to eliminate two of the most popular.

Badminton? Trampoline? Sailing?

But baseball & wrestling are not good enough. IOC is a bunch of assholes.

Tiernan;1497754 wrote:Grecos & Romans are really happy!

Are the "Freestyles" really happy too?

SnotBubbles;1497804 wrote:Baseball / Softball should have been reinstated over wrestling.

Absolutely not.

SnotBubbles;1497804 wrote:Baseball / Softball should have been reinstated over wrestling.

With that said, neither should have been eliminated. There are way too many other stupid fucking summer sports to eliminate two of the most popular.

Badminton? Trampoline? Sailing?

But baseball & wrestling are not good enough. IOC is a bunch of assholes.

Nope.

SnotBubbles;1497804 wrote:Baseball / Softball should have been reinstated over wrestling.

With that said, neither should have been eliminated. There are way too many other stupid fucking summer sports to eliminate two of the most popular.

Badminton? Trampoline? Sailing?

But baseball & wrestling are not good enough. IOC is a bunch of assholes.

No.

Baseball and softball over wrestling....in THE FUCKING OLYMPICS?! LOL..c'mon.


I'm glad it's back. Totally asinine to drop it in the first place.

Baseball has professional leagues with the best going for a world series title. Wrestling only has the olympics.

No way baseball deserves in more than wrestling.

Other than the first part of Snot's post, i agree with him. The IOC is simply just corrupt. No other explanation why wrestling was temporarily dropped instead of these "sports":

-Trampoline: Give me a fucking break.
-Power walking: Why is this a sport to begin with?
-Modern Pentathalon: This sport pretty much cries "we are average in everything, so let's combine 5 "sports" (calling some of them sports is a stretch itself) we are average in, so we can have an opportunity to compete in the olympics!"
-Any type of range shooting.
-Equestrian. The horse does 98% of the work. How are these people athletes?
-Synchro swimming... smfh
-Kayaking
-Soccer. I know some of you might disagree because of how popular soccer is, but is it really necessary to be in the olympics? No one gives a fuck about it, because we already have the World Cup. Hell the 21 and under World Cup gets more a of a following than olympic soccer.

Umm, WWE?

said_aouita;1497912 wrote:Baseball has professional leagues with the best going for a world series title. Wrestling only has the olympics.

No way baseball deserves in more than wrestling.