But the IOC's decision feels like another money-driven shin-kick to the idea of what makes the Olympics the Olympics. Most of us are probably not watching a lot of amateur wrestling on TV in our spare time during non-Olympic years.
In wrestling, this is our one opportunity to represent our sport we love and our country. It doesn't need to be a part of the Olympics. There are golf tournaments every weekend. 'Now they're thinking it's more about the mainstream, it's about the money, the TV appeal. 'The Olympic movement used to be about amateur sports,' Gardner told the Journal's Sara Germano.
