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DeWebb - To make way for MMA in Michelin Man suits?

cheesesteak - The sport the original olympics was built upon. What a shame.

Lots of backroom bullshit going on with the IOC. A friend of mine is the former head of Canada Wrestling and he broke it down for me.

The IOC wanted equal women's  and men's wrestling weight divisions, even though the talent pool in higher weight classes was very sparse for the ladies. They wanted to drop one of the men's styles to make room, which made the wrestling reps (who are pretty much the biggest and most powerful sport in the world due to political and financial backing) basically tell the IOC to go f--- themselves. There was a lot of malicious back and forth between the two sides. When they wouldn't agree and refused to be bullied into accepting IOC demands, which made no sense, they made this decision and announcement. It's likely that we'll see them come to a compromise and that money will have to exchange hands since the IOC is known to accept donations.

cheesesteak - The sport the original olympics was built upon. What a shame.

Mike Russell - 

Lots of backroom bullshit going on with the IOC. A friend of mine is the former head of Canada Wrestling and he broke it down for me.

 

The IOC wanted equal women's  and men's wrestling weight divisions, even though the talent pool in higher weight classes was very sparse for the ladies. They wanted to drop one of the men's styles to make room, which made the wrestling reps (who are pretty much the biggest and most powerful sport in the world due to political and financial backing) basically tell the IOC to go f--- themselves. There was a lot of malicious back and forth between the two sides. When they wouldn't agree and refused to be bullied into accepting IOC demands, which made no sense, they made this decision and announcement. It's likely that we'll see them come to a compromise and that money will have to exchange hands since the IOC is known to accept donations.

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Mike Russell - 

Lots of backroom bullshit going on with the IOC. A friend of mine is the former head of Canada Wrestling and he broke it down for me.

 

The IOC wanted equal women's  and men's wrestling weight divisions, even though the talent pool in higher weight classes was very sparse for the ladies. They wanted to drop one of the men's styles to make room, which made the wrestling reps (who are pretty much the biggest and most powerful sport in the world due to political and financial backing) basically tell the IOC to go f--- themselves. There was a lot of malicious back and forth between the two sides. When they wouldn't agree and refused to be bullied into accepting IOC demands, which made no sense, they made this decision and announcement. It's likely that we'll see them come to a compromise and that money will have to exchange hands since the IOC is known to accept donations.

LOL at wrestling being the biggest and most powerful sport in the world due to political and financial backing.

What fantasy world are you living in?

Your friend doesn't know shit. Nor does he understand the process.

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cheesesteak - The sport the original olympics was built upon. What a shame.

This is incorrect. The first Olympics included just one event - a short sprint. The Olympics were built upon running events. Wrestling, however, was the first non-running event added.

Mike Russell - 

Lots of backroom bullshit going on with the IOC. A friend of mine is the former head of Canada Wrestling and he broke it down for me.

 

The IOC wanted equal women's  and men's wrestling weight divisions, even though the talent pool in higher weight classes was very sparse for the ladies. They wanted to drop one of the men's styles to make room, which made the wrestling reps (who are pretty much the biggest and most powerful sport in the world due to political and financial backing) basically tell the IOC to go f--- themselves. There was a lot of malicious back and forth between the two sides. When they wouldn't agree and refused to be bullied into accepting IOC demands, which made no sense, they made this decision and announcement. It's likely that we'll see them come to a compromise and that money will have to exchange hands since the IOC is known to accept donations.

Voted up for spreading knowledge. 

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Mike Russell - 

Lots of backroom bullshit going on with the IOC. A friend of mine is the former head of Canada Wrestling and he broke it down for me.

 

The IOC wanted equal women's  and men's wrestling weight divisions, even though the talent pool in higher weight classes was very sparse for the ladies. They wanted to drop one of the men's styles to make room, which made the wrestling reps (who are pretty much the biggest and most powerful sport in the world due to political and financial backing) basically tell the IOC to go f--- themselves. There was a lot of malicious back and forth between the two sides. When they wouldn't agree and refused to be bullied into accepting IOC demands, which made no sense, they made this decision and announcement. It's likely that we'll see them come to a compromise and that money will have to exchange hands since the IOC is known to accept donations.

LOL at wrestling being the biggest and most powerful sport in the world due to political and financial backing.

What fantasy world are you living in?

Your friend doesn't know shit. Nor does he understand the process.

arnanderson - 

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Mike Russell - 

Lots of backroom bullshit going on with the IOC. A friend of mine is the former head of Canada Wrestling and he broke it down for me.

 

The IOC wanted equal women's  and men's wrestling weight divisions, even though the talent pool in higher weight classes was very sparse for the ladies. They wanted to drop one of the men's styles to make room, which made the wrestling reps (who are pretty much the biggest and most powerful sport in the world due to political and financial backing) basically tell the IOC to go f--- themselves. There was a lot of malicious back and forth between the two sides. When they wouldn't agree and refused to be bullied into accepting IOC demands, which made no sense, they made this decision and announcement. It's likely that we'll see them come to a compromise and that money will have to exchange hands since the IOC is known to accept donations.

LOL at wrestling being the biggest and most powerful sport in the world due to political and financial backing.

What fantasy world are you living in?

Your friend doesn't know shit. Nor does he understand the process.

troll on, faggot

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Mike Russell - 

Lots of backroom bullshit going on with the IOC. A friend of mine is the former head of Canada Wrestling and he broke it down for me.

 

The IOC wanted equal women's  and men's wrestling weight divisions, even though the talent pool in higher weight classes was very sparse for the ladies. They wanted to drop one of the men's styles to make room, which made the wrestling reps (who are pretty much the biggest and most powerful sport in the world due to political and financial backing) basically tell the IOC to go f--- themselves. There was a lot of malicious back and forth between the two sides. When they wouldn't agree and refused to be bullied into accepting IOC demands, which made no sense, they made this decision and announcement. It's likely that we'll see them come to a compromise and that money will have to exchange hands since the IOC is known to accept donations.

LOL at wrestling being the biggest and most powerful sport in the world due to political and financial backing.

What fantasy world are you living in?

Your friend doesn't know shit. Nor does he understand the process.

Please enlighten me, then.

I know an Eastern European wrestler who many considered the top in the world at one time who told me tht winning the gold medal in wrestling basically made you a millionaire in his country and ensured you would be taken care of -- more so than soccer players. I suppose you don't think FILA has much pull or money, then.