No wrestling in Olympics -> good for MMA?

[COTUR1@43]

Originally Posted by footodors

PR stunt. It will be back in no time.

"Exibition wrestling..."

[Mumrik]

Couldn't it mean less wrestling in the US education system?

[dubjab]

Did they really eliminate both freestyle and greco wrestling? Why would they do that to the sport that started the Olympics? Does this have something to do with Brasil retaliating about Jiu Jitsu not being in it?

[BrainCandy]

Wrestling is a foundation of the Olympics. Dropping it is stupidity beyond description.

[Mumrik]

Originally Posted by chamchamtrigger

Not only will Joe lose the ability to tout someone as "an Olympic-level wrestler,"

Nah... It makes it even easier. "Mike, these are the kinds of dudes that would have been competing in the Olympics if the sport wasn't dropped. Now we get to see them in the UFC at the peak of their wrestling ability. These guys have REAL Olympic caliber wrestling."

[MadMardigain]

Gives college AD's yet another reason to say wrestling isn't a popular enough sport to hold onto. With less college programs less guys will perfect their wrestling skills and then transfer them to MMA after college. If wrestling is removed from the Olympics then MMA needs to step up and show more support for college wrestling as one of their best feeder systems.