What the hell, wrestling out in Olympics, golf in....

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  1. RECcane

    RECcane Well-Known Member

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    Wow, I can't believe that they have pulled wrestling out of the games. This sport is one of the original events from the outset of the games and is pure to the core of what amateur sports are supposed to be...


    http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--ioc-s-poor-decision-to-add-golf-costs-wrestling-its-spot-in-olympics-201325406.html
     
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    So baseball, softball and wrestling are out and we still have taekwondo, badminton, trampoline and syncronized diving. The Olympics become a bigger joke year after year.
     
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  3. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    I think golf at the olympics is stupid as well.
     
    Terry O'Keefe, Feb 12, 2013
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    what a joke.
     
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    I couldn't believe it when I heard that on the radio this morning. Wow. So what's left? Two more weeks of "Little girls dancing for gold?" Count me out...
     
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