IOC drops wrestling from the Olympics in favor of Golf

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garbon

#30
February 13, 2013, 09:41:36 AM
Quote from: Martinus on February 13, 2013, 02:36:47 AM
Meh, on one hand it's a tradition, but on the other, with the changing social mores, do closeted gay men really have to resort to aggressive cuddling in public to get their groove on?

I'd be okay if they replaced it with turkish oil wrestling.
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garbon

#31
February 13, 2013, 09:42:54 AM
Quote from: frunk on February 13, 2013, 08:19:25 AM
Sports with popular yearly or semi-yearly competitions where the best in the world compete against each other shouldn't be included in the Olympics.  It should be a venue where athletes are given opportunities to compete on the world stage that wouldn't otherwise.  No tennis, golf or soccer.  Hockey has such a great tradition at the Olympics that it can stay.

I've seen this stance before but why? To make sure that it is a bunch of sports most people don't want to watch? :unsure:
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Valmy

#32
February 13, 2013, 09:48:52 AM
Quote from: garbon on February 13, 2013, 09:42:54 AM
I've seen this stance before but why? To make sure that it is a bunch of sports most people don't want to watch? :unsure:

Olympic soccer is pretty much a flop.  The top players cannot or do not play.
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frunk

#33
February 13, 2013, 09:52:40 AM
Quote from: garbon on February 13, 2013, 09:42:54 AM

I've seen this stance before but why? To make sure that it is a bunch of sports most people don't want to watch? :unsure:

Because the sports already have a world stage and a competition with the best players.  How is the olympics materially different in a competitive sense?

mongers

#34
February 13, 2013, 09:53:38 AM
Quote from: frunk on February 13, 2013, 08:19:25 AM
Sports with popular yearly or semi-yearly competitions where the best in the world compete against each other shouldn't be included in the Olympics.  It should be a venue where athletes are given opportunities to compete on the world stage that wouldn't otherwise.  No tennis, golf or soccer.  Hockey has such a great tradition at the Olympics that it can stay.

Yes I can go along with that, football has first or second greatest sporting event in the world plus several really strong continental contests, wedded to the intensity of the club game and player availability, I see little reason for football to be in the Olympics.   
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garbon

#35
February 13, 2013, 09:55:52 AM
Quote from: frunk on February 13, 2013, 09:52:40 AM
Quote from: garbon on February 13, 2013, 09:42:54 AM

I've seen this stance before but why? To make sure that it is a bunch of sports most people don't want to watch? :unsure:

Because the sports already have a world stage and a competition with the best players.  How is the olympics materially different in a competitive sense?

I guess it depends on what you think the point of the Olympics should be.
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

#36
February 13, 2013, 09:57:11 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 13, 2013, 09:48:52 AM
Quote from: garbon on February 13, 2013, 09:42:54 AM
I've seen this stance before but why? To make sure that it is a bunch of sports most people don't want to watch? :unsure:

Olympic soccer is pretty much a flop.  The top players cannot or do not play.

Ok, so are you suggesting that if we removed the all sporting events that already have their own world stage tournaments/competitions that we'd see the same viewership/interest for the Olympics?
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Valmy

#37
February 13, 2013, 09:59:23 AM
Quote from: frunk on February 13, 2013, 08:19:25 AM
Sports with popular yearly or semi-yearly competitions where the best in the world compete against each other shouldn't be included in the Olympics.  It should be a venue where athletes are given opportunities to compete on the world stage that wouldn't otherwise.  No tennis, golf or soccer.  Hockey has such a great tradition at the Olympics that it can stay.

Um huh?  Hockey has no equivalent tournament to the Olympics.  Soccer and the individual sports are the only ones that do.
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CountDeMoney

#38
February 13, 2013, 10:00:30 AM
Quote from: garbon on February 13, 2013, 09:41:36 AM
I'd be okay if they replaced it with turkish oil wrestling.

Isn't that what got Tom Cruise trapped by the Scientologists in the first place?

Strix

#39
February 13, 2013, 10:02:07 AM
I applaud the IOC for adding Tiger Woods to the next Olympics. How can wrestling compare to Tiger?

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garbon

#40
February 13, 2013, 10:03:41 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 13, 2013, 10:00:30 AM
Quote from: garbon on February 13, 2013, 09:41:36 AM
I'd be okay if they replaced it with turkish oil wrestling.

Isn't that what got Tom Cruise trapped by the Scientologists in the first place?

I'm not part of the Tom Cruise fan club so I've no idea.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Legbiter

#41
February 13, 2013, 10:05:32 AM
This is bullshit. At least replace it with pankration then.
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Admiral Yi

#42
February 13, 2013, 10:07:31 AM
One of the cool things about wrestling at the international level is the geographic dispersion. 

How can you not root for a sport practiced by Americans, Turks, Central Asians, Iranians, and Russians?

So many terrible sports they could have axed instead.

garbon

#43
February 13, 2013, 10:10:09 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 13, 2013, 10:07:31 AM
One of the cool things about wrestling at the international level is the geographic dispersion. 

How can you not root for a sport practiced by Americans, Turks, Central Asians, Iranians, and Russians?

So many terrible sports they could have axed instead.

Agreed.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Eddie Teach

#44
February 13, 2013, 10:11:14 AM
Quote from: Martinus on February 13, 2013, 02:36:47 AM
Meh, on one hand it's a tradition, but on the other, with the changing social mores, do closeted gay men really have to resort to aggressive cuddling in public to get their groove on?

They should come out of the closet and practice diving instead.
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