IOC ousts wrestling from the Olympics!

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Originally Posted by mngundog

Thanks for the laugh I just spit all over my keyboard, its a bad gig when its an all boys academy and its another dude he was holding up in the air. :D

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Your right, that is a bad gig! Still laughing at the the thought of GW holding a dude up in the air. Co-Ed only for me!
Mike

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Originally Posted by Ken Bora

to whom, how?
events do come and go, I know.
how does the man on the street make change?!

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bump, so anyone know anything on how to opine?
and to who?

I guess I would startn with the USOC. Best address I can find is :Since April 2010, the USOC’s headquarters have been located at the corner of Colorado and Tejon in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo. or www.teamusa.org

Another possiblity id the USA Wrestling:

USA Wrestling
6155 Lehman Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
Phone: (719) 598-8181
Fax: (719) 598-9440
http://www.usawrestling.org
http://www.themat.com

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Originally Posted by Ken Bora

bump, so anyone know anything on how to opine?
and to who?

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Ken, there is a Facebook protest taking place tomorrow to shed some light on it, what you need to do is take a photo of yourself in your singlet and post it on your Facebook page, good luck.

The sport of wrestling is down -22% in participation over the past year, and is down -41% over the past 3 years. In 2011 there wre 1.97M particpants vs 3.3M in 2008. I'd imagine this decline was seen elsewhere and they were cutting those with diminishing interest levels and adding those that were growing. For reference, Field Hockey has 1.14M participants in 2011 - still south of wrestling, but flat over a 3yr period.