Good News
Last February, the Olympic committee removed wrestling the list of sports in the summer olympics, due to the sports outdated leadership and potentially dull matches. Removing a sport that has been present since the Olympics in 708 B.C. drew harsh criticism, however. It may sound like not that big of a deal, but being pulled from the olympics could potentially drivet he sport into the ground. This is because unlike baseball, (which wrestling opposed for the olympic slot) there isn't a well organized pro league to compete in. After college, there is not where to go, except the olympics. (Unless you count WWE... most people don't). This puts less value in the D1 league, and would result in less scholarships for wrestlers.
According to BBC, a few changes have been made. Two weight classes were eliminated for men, and two were added for women. One of the problems was that matches were only two minutes, so an it wouldn't develope and become entertaining for spectators. They solved this by lengthening the matches.
Hurray for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
But there's Bad News for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
I won't be watching them, and neither should you.
This is due to the Russian anti-gay laws that have been recently instated. Specifically, the law bans "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations around minors."Because of this, they have arrested openly gay people, and made it clear that any gay atheletes who come to compete will be arrested.
According to CNN protests involve bars refusing to serve Russian Volkda- as high-schoolers we can't participate in this boycott, but we should not watch the Olympics. Revenue from Olympics depends greatly on advertisements being seen by viewers, and this would be a HUGE hit to a city that has to spend a lot of money to put the games together.
As gay rights have steadily increased in America, it is very surprising to see other countries with such different views.
How long do you think it will take for America to have widespread acceptance of homosexuality? The rest of the world?
Homophobia is still a huge concern, and I think it will continue to be for a long time. People act like racism is gone but some may say tht the racism is much more subtle. Instead of being a straight up hate speech it has become the little things like picking the white person over the African American person for a job. Widespread acceptance is something that we want, but in reality is seems to good to be true. There will always be an opposition to every argument or dispute
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