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If your kid is losing and you're not assaulting either the ref or the opponent's dad, do you even really love your child?

what was the initial objection that broke you and led to all these inane posts? I didn't start this you did, only you know why

Russia’s invasion was unprovoked. Israel’s was not.

A few thoughts. First, I feel bad for the AIN athletes for Russia. Earl's article on the front page says that the boycott was a "unanimous vote" and that the invited athletes participated in it. But the time for the individual athletes to make that decision was two weeks ago. Several declined (mostly Belorussian, and one or two Russian), and the other 10 said yes. So basically all 10 of these athletes wanted to go, and now, obviously not wanting to spend the rest of their life in a Siberian labor camp, decided to "reconsider." Second, it isn't surprising. It never happened before because the AIN process had always been a rubber stamp. But now that the IOC actually decided to give a crap, and affirmatively refuse invites to people who are actively cheering on Russia's land-grabbing invasion, it creates a scenario where only athletes who steadfastly refuse to support their own government can participate. And if you're Putin, that's just not tenable. You can't have athletes actively trying to dissociate themselves from you. Better to ban them from going at all, lest it spark dissent against the warmongering regime. Third, all of this tells me the IOC, for once, got it right. Prior "bans" have been a JOKE, with there always being a de facto Russian team there, praising Putin as Putin praises them back. The AIN process was always supposed to be about the rights of the individual athletes, not Russia's rights, but Russia basically got to have a team in every way except in name. But done right, the AIN process can actually do some social good by incentivizing change. So while the boycott sucks for the AIN wrestlers, it tells them: either (a) stay in your country and cheerlead for its bad actions, and lose your right to compete, or (b) stay in your country and don't cheerlead, but realize your country may *still* not let you compete, incentivizing you and your supports to advocate for change in your country's behavior, or (c) find a better country, and compete there. Fourth, the question remains whether AIN selections will remain as rigorous for future UWW events. After all, many of these Russian athletes cleared the AIN hurdle for 2023 Worlds. What changed? Will UWW, when not being glared at by IOC, continue with its prior weak approval process, or will it have teeth? Does Sadulaev make a sudden return in 2025? Only if it has teeth going forward can the new AIN process have any effect. (My own guess is Trump wins in November, immediately cease all support for Ukraine, Ukraine is forced to capitulate and cede land, the war ends, the ban ends.) Fifth, all that said, it sucks we won't get to see the US wrestlers compete with Russia's best.

"Hey your best guys can't play because they support the evil invasion." "You can't fire me! I quit!" "That's fine. We already said no to the guys that mattered anyways, bro..." "BOYCOOOOOOOTTT!"

If that kid had just learned a stand up and gotten off from bottom his dad wouldn't have been arrested! That is why you practice mat wrestling (looking at you, Ohio State).

i thought that it was bad to discriminate against people who were different. you sound a bit fascist are you sure you aren't Trump?

he is full of hateful bullshit

You can tell the people have made hating trump into a religion because they demand you normalize faith based attacks on him. There is plenty of actual things to attack trump for, but if you really hate someone its more fun to attack them for ridiculous and apocryphal things.

This appears to be the case. https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdva/pr/richlands-salon-owner-pleads-guilty-defrauding-federal-government

Did you see this one?

Paddled the Pine Island/Cayo Costa area on the 4th, direct spot Hurricane Ian came ashore. Crazy seeing vessels still buried in the mangroves almost two years later…

I had seen this video when it first made the rounds on twitter. Pretty wild. You can see why its hard to convince people to become a ref (among other reasons)

In America today the only people that are oppressed are those that choose to be.

This guy deserves a new rank in the forum after making the most sense and by providing a quick exit without the lengthy gibberish provided by others.

My rationale for hoping this thread is moved to the non-wrestling board: 1) Its not about wrestling 2) I can hear idiots argue about this stuff anywhere I go and the points mentioned here are identical 3) It has made me think worse of people who I otherwise respected from conversations about wrestling. (not because of their political opinion, but because of how quickly they are willing to abandon decorum when alternate views are presented). 4) I make a decent effort to avoid thinking about things I don't want to and this thread keeps popping up in a place where I don't intuitively expect it. I will otherwise just keep trying to unsuccessfully ignore it lol

Great writeup by @Jon_Kozak https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/12590878-57-kg-2024-olympic-wrestling-preview-spencer-lee-headlines-deep-field What's everyone's predictions here? I'm just hoping we get to see how Spencer fares against the best of the field.

Really? Haha! GreatWhite once scolded me for misunderstanding that Biden’s dementia was simply a studder.

Makes sense it was one of them...funny they had to create a new account...SMH

Bro, pass the pipe. Jk I don't do drugs but seriously, what has been up with your posts lately? Things so boring at home that you have to stir up bad faith arguments online? It doesn't take much effort at all to find interviews online of some combination of spencer, his dad, teammates, or coaches, to realize that nothing you said is true (of Spencer). That being said, I can definitely envision Bassett being drawn to Iowa precisely because he would be perceived as the top dog - - including the financial incentives that would entail.

It's a legitimate question...Why would they rebrand her when she won the Olympics and got TONS of good press from that? The best in the sport do pretty well in the long term. I bet Gable Steveson would have been better off financially if he had stuck with wrestling. We'll see what happens in his career vs JB, Taylor, Dake, Snyder. Obviously, TMS has less earning potential than they do, but I doubt she has that much in WWE either (based on how they have treated her and that clip). WWE is not about actual wrestling skills at all, and it never has been. WWE stars come from being roided up and playing on whatever the zeitgeist is. Women's amateur wrestling is growing, and TMS could be a leader in that-there is much more space for growth there than there is in WWE.

Yeah it seems someone got to Bob…

Lame attempt at a joke. I retract it.

"Legitimately oppressed"?!? No there are not. Oppression is never legitimate. Wasn't that the justification for slavery?

FIFY

if the supreme court is leaking decisions i don't see why a few ounces of weed couldnt get it penciled in on the down low...

As far as I can tell the most expensive solo ticket is 209€. The high prices are for blocks of 6 tickets.

I like that but which bloodsucking parasite representative sneaks it in? You mean maybe an admin?

Capitalism doesn't, corporatism (when the government colludes with corporations) creates positive feedback loops that leads to real estate crisis' and the government subsidizing the crappiest electric cars, etc...

why do you post?

^^^ this ^^^

If you notice I didn't defend Trump just added equivalent for Biden.

It's GreatWhiteNorth. Same shitty attitude.

If clowns like you get your way English won’t be the first language for any of us. That’s how dumb you wokesters are. I love when someone uses a hateful term to tell them they’re hateful. Kinda loses the effect of trying to make themselves look like they aren’t one themselves. But again, that’s how dumb you are. No need to find another gig as I/we on here love owning your woke ass on this forum. It’s better for you in the long run to understand how stupid you are.

Man...you are a whackadoodle. You say you have "good intentions"...that is absolutely laughable. And it would be one thing if you were arguing with everyone about the actual topic at hand, but you get in stupid name calling back and fourths with people and they are 99% of the time YOUR fault. YOU are the problem. But like I said, go ahead and keep on keeping on...it at least gives most of a us a good laugh at your expense. By the way...glad to see you are back at it posting your nonsense BanBasketball

D3

The ref is an attorney. I’m guessing he knows the law.

Joe just said Bo Biden would be an excellent pick

people will vote for Biden if he is in a coma https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4756402-msnbc-joy-reid-biden-vote/amp/ or dead https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/-i-d-still-vote-for-biden-if-he-was-dead-pa-voters-react-to-trump-biden-2024-rematch-194683973849 or head in a jar of blue liquid https://www.newsweek.com/bill-maher-joe-biden-donald-trump-election-2024-republicans-democrats-1884079

It’s only real because of the media (and wokesters like you) that want people to believe it. Fairest and greatest country in the world. Again it’s what everyone wants in here.

Happy Independence Day, everyone. While we may disagree on many things, I think we can all agree we would not live anywhere else. Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others. I'm firing up the grill, firing back the beers (OK, maybe some whiskey and mezcal too), before watching my son in law fire off the works. He went big last year, then got certified so he can go even bigger this year.

Awww went to repost that and couldn't find it.

Anyone who keeps getting younger needs an asterisk. Anyone who wins so much on the mat against David Taylor but has never, ever won a fantasy match against him needs and asterisk. In fact, give him two..., maybe a half dozen if you want.

For those wondering if we should put an asterisk next to Dake's gold medal if he wins the Olympics... YES!

Immigrants commit crimes at lower levels than citizens. You can always find an instance or three of someone in an ethnic group who commits a horrible crime, but to cast that on the whole group is, well, racist. Oil is depleted? The US is a net exporter of energy. What resources are depleted, compared to the rest of the world? Who disrespects our military, besides Trump ("losers" and "suckers")? Doomsday predictions about the US currency have been going around for, what, decades? Maybe there's a reason why that just doesn't happen.Violent crime in the US has been dropping for decades, and is as low as it has ever been. From Pew: You know what has gone up? Public perception of crime rates. Who is it that beats the drum about crime, especially by illegal immigrants? What needs to change? Stop drinking the Kool-Ade, and stop listening to media outlets that spew BS 24/7.

No, it is not fair. He *mocked* a disabled person. That is quite different than "insulting" a disabled person. Are you denying that he mocked the reporter? Your defense of his behavior, in the face of clear evidence to the contrary, is telling. Why are you trying to defend the indefensible?

Did I say anything about "targeting"? We are saying (and you are denying) that he mocked this disabled reporter. This video is pretty clear that he is mocking the named reporter. Are you going to deny what we can all see?

My girlfriend says the same thing...

Show off!! mspart