Voltron1978

When is state down there? Is it streamed online?

Good response to the critics.

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place will never be with those cold and timid souls who could know neither victory nor defeat"....

~Roosevelt

is the flowrestling one going to work?

That's the only one I seen, I also liked the Yorktown pinstripes I haven't seen then before

I'm surprised you haven't mentioned the kid from Northview that Sliga beat Friday night.  That whole team has US Marine Corps Tribute Singlets. They have a Marine combat landscape over the whole singlet and a saluting Marine in full dress on the left side. They are a tribute to the Assistant Coach's brother who died in combat operations supporting OIF/OEF.

Just reading that article again gives me the same sick-to-my-stomach feeling I had after getting upset in the ticket round my senior year.

You know what the best thing about a governing body is? They can be replaced. Easily. You stop getting support from the IOC, you get it from somewhere else.

Wrestling will continue. As long as we have kids willing to wrestle for the love of the sport and people willing to teach, coach and ref. It's not like we do this for the money...

If American wrestling is getting this riled up, can you imagine what the Russian Wrestling Fed is like...? They've dominated for so long recently that telling them they can't wrestle in the Olympics would have been like the IOC removing hockey from the 1976 Winter Games and then trying to explain why to the Soviets...

The rule changes were made to appease the IOC actually.

Agree. I remember all the pre-tournament clinics from when I was about 17 until now including some variation of the phrase .."to make the sport more spectator appealing and more exciting..."

 

You forgot the drugged up cyclists.

;D    what about the roided up shot putters.....is that actually a word...?  I'd rather watch a bunch of kilt wearing scots toss cabers and some matadors dodge bulls than watch a 300 pound man...or woman....throw a little metal ball...

This doesn't have to be a disaster for wrestling. First, focus on the September meeting of the full IOC. But realistically, with eight other sports, some deserving (Karate, Baseball/Softball) and some ridiculous (roller sports, sport climbing) all competing for for one spot, it may be too much to expect, especially since this would mean refuting the Exec. committee.

 

If FILA is unable to convince the IOC not to act stupidly--a difficult feat under the best of circumstances--then FILA, USA Wrestling and all other interested parties should focus on conducting the best, most highly publicized and most heavily attended world championships possible. Get corporate sponsors. Consider including all major styles (folk, greco, free, beach, heck, even invite the sumo guys. Imagine the fun of having Indy host all of those styles at the Convention Center and Banker's Life. Enlist Mitch Daniels, a former wrestler, to champion Indiana hosting the inaugural "Olympic Corruption Free World Wrestling Championships." The Olympics can go stew in their sleazy tactics and keep sliding towards becoming a glorified X Games. No more dropping weights classes to comply with the IOC's whims or putting up with corrupt officials that the IOC protected (FILA--clean up your act, too), no more being treated like an afterthought when our sport was one of the reasons for the ORIGINAL games and a charter sport at the reborn games in 1896. Long live wrestling!

This has to be a balanced response from the wrestling world. First you have JR/SR high wrestlers right now who may have their dreams shot to crap by the political and financial decisions of the few.

Second, this is a chance for FILA to clean up and get better organized. Focus on the World Championships. Possibly create a rival tournament for the Olympic wrestling tournament. Focus on what we can control as a community. Focus on making wrestling an irresistible option. Focus on making the Olympics want us back.

The possibilities are endless to focus now on a chance to significantly stabilize, grow and globalize wrestling without having to worry about the 2020 Games. This is the chance to reach out to past and future wrestlers for support, men and women who are the face of not only wrestling, but the face of other sports that are more recognizable worldwide and where wrestling provided a catalyst to where they are today. This is PR time.

A bit of history... During WW2, the Russian Army was in full retreat. Russian troops were driven by fear. They often faced 3 choices...Freeze to death, Fight and deal with German bullets or retreat and deal with bullets from their own officers.  It wasn't until Stalingrad and the published stories of heroism that the battle finally turned...

Maybe that's where we are now... Wrestling needs global heroes. Not Americans, Russians, Georgians or Bulgarians....Global.

So let me get this right. Based on their decision which is supposed to include a report detailing 39 different criteria but was readily acknowledged to be more about personal and political opinion than fact, we can't watch wrestling in the Olympic Games but we get stuck with watching Dong Dong win Trampoline (seriously...look it up), women throwing Badminton matches, Dancing with a ribbon, BMX (I thought thats why the X-Games existed), Ping Pong (If you play it in college to see who can drink the most, how can it be an olympic sport), Horseback riding (why doesn't the horse get the medal) and like someone else mentioned....dinghy sailing....

Wow...Seriously.... Somewhere in whatever heaven or hell they ended up in, Ancient Greek athletes are simultaneously laughing hysterically and vomiting....

I don't know about the Rock, but maybe Ditka after he blood dopes from Chuck Norris....

Mr.salkill was on my account, Sliga is my pick at 195 but I do think Salkill will be in the top 6

I put Salkill in the Finals. I saw the other half of the bracket where Sliga gets to beat on everyone and figured Salkill's half may just come down to who has the best couple days. Sliga could wrestle like crap for the whole tournament and still walk off the mat in the finals with a Decision and another title...Salkill's half really does look like a crapshoot...

106 Mini Ditka over Red

113 Ditka Jr over Micic

120 Half Size Ditka over Phillips

126 Ditka's leg over Crume

132 Hobbit Ditka over Lecount in OT

138 2 of Ditka's legs over Forte

145 3/4 Ditka over Kelley

152 Ditka minus 1 arm over Farrell

160 Ditka's stache over McCloskey in OT

170 Hobbit Ditka over Lefever for 2nd Title in the same night

182 Stache-less ditka over Masengale

195 SLIGA UPSETS DITKA

220 Ditka over Robinson (revenge for losing to Sliga)

285 Trick play Ditka subs in The Fridge for a win over Bernard

Sorry. SNL skit was on a few minutes ago...

106 Sinkovics over Red (DEC)

113 Micic over Davis (TF)

120 Phillips over Garcia (MAJ)

126 Crume over James (DEC)

132 Lecount over Moss (DEC)

138 Forte over Blanton (DEC)

145 Kelley over Molloy (DEC)

152 Farrell over Bradley (DEC)

160 McCloskey over Maldonado (MAJ)

170 Lefever over Steveson (DEC)

182 Masengale over Thacker (DEC)

195 Sliga over Salkill (FALL)

220 Robinson over Tolley (DEC)

285 Bernard over Winfield (DEC)