Today’s View From the Bull Pen
Priorities
We have them all wrong. From constant news coverage of Jodi Arias and OJ Simpson to athletes getting mega bucks for playing a game, our sense of what is important is completely and totally screwed up. You'd think that we might have learned something from the recent events in Boston. That heroes emerge from even the most difficult of circumstances, but, no, we return to the inane and inconsequential. Amanda Knox. Film at 11.I drew this cartoon after reading the recent story about Andrew Wiggins, supposedly the "next" LeBron James, signing a letter of intent with Kansas. While Wiggins did his best to keep his signing from becoming too much of a circus, it still carried huge weight in the 24/7 news cycle. It made me think of the number of brilliant kids who will walk across graduation stages all over our country in the next few weeks, whose names are only heard as they stride forward to get their diplomas. No newspaper columns are written or press conferences held for valedictorians or honor students, but, hey, dribble a basketball and we hear all about it. Priorities. Yeah. I'd say we have them pretty screwed up.
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I’m very upset over this decision. Wrestling was an original Olympic sport. god forbid they take away completely useless events like synchronized water dance or dancing around on a gymnastics floor with a ribbon or ball.
This just re-affirms how out of touch the powers that be, are with society. A classic sport that help build the Olympics is tossed to the side while Table tennis and Badminton remain. Time to stop watching the Olympics and pick up a book.
Count me among the people disappointed with the IOC’s decision. My husband wrestled (Greco-Roman) back in his younger days. Watching him watch the Olympians is/was great fun for me, simply because he got so excited about it.
The only Americans who like this decision are Vince McMahon and those phonies from the WWE.