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gab13by13

(29,029 posts) Thu Aug 1, 2024, 03:55 PM Aug 2024

Do We Really Need 3 ON 3 Basketball In The Olympics [View all]

I like basketball, but they cut out 4 weight classes for wrestling. Wrestling was an original sport in the Olympics.

We only have 6 weight classes now - 4 wrestlers belong to the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club, talking freestyle wrestling. Little plug for Penn State.

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Do We Really Need 3 ON 3 Basketball In The Olympics [View all] gab13by13 Aug 2024 OP

Whether you like it or not, it's there Jilly_in_VA Aug 2024 #1

Break dancing kind of surprised me displacedvermoter Aug 2024 #2

Tell the wrestlers to enter the Judo competition Ponietz Aug 2024 #3

I really don't think they cut the number of weight divisions in wrestling to accommodate 3x3 basketball. Voltaire2 Aug 2024 #4

Sign of the times. The Big 3 League is growing in popularity. They even have their games on tv. tulipsandroses Aug 2024 #5

We don't REALLY need any of it. RockRaven Aug 2024 #6

It's just become another circus. Wonder Why Aug 2024 #9

No. obnoxiousdrunk Aug 2024 #7

My pet peeve snowybirdie Aug 2024 #8