Swedish Wrestler throws his medal in disqust.

[Nilsen]

I actually turned on the tv one min ago and this story was up. I dont know the rules in wrestling or what the issue was but apparently the judges were wrong.

[CAP1]

I just read about this, takes a big man to put down a medal.

but a very very imature one to do that.

there are a lot of kids looking up to him, regardless of what some of us may think of him.

 he could've dealt with this better.......and demonstrated to the kids watching what a good sportsman is. instead, he showed severe arrogance, and imaturity.

[Maniac]

He showed the kids that you should stand up against corruption. You aint a good sportsman by taking it up the arse. They did file a protest wich instantly got turned down, that was before this medal incident took place.

[CAP1]

If it was a lack of self control and anger management i dont like it. Im guessing though that it took some time from him winning the medal to the time he recieved it so he should have had time to reflect. If the latter is the case and they indeed are corrupt i support him.

if they're corrupt is irrelevent. it should have been handled off camera.

[CAP1]

He showed the kids that you should stand up against corruption. You aint a good sportsman by taking it up the arse.

no, he showed the kids how to act like asssholes. oo ea...and there is no shortage of that these days.

 he should have handled it off camera properly, not by throwing a temper tantrum

[Maniac]

no, he showed the kids how to act like asssholes. oo ea...and there is no shortage of that these days.

 he should have handled it off camera properly, not by throwing a temper tantrum

You are a fan of censorship? it was handled thru proper channels prior to this, with no result.

[Nilsen]

if they're corrupt is irrelevent. it should have been handled off camera.

Dont agree..

Off camera and we would prolly not have heard much about it.

[Skuzzy]

Please do not try to sidetrack my thread.

Ill post this again if you didnt catch it : Each country chooses who to send, each participant that has been sent to the Olympics has earned their right to be there. My guess is that he dont care one bit if he dont get to participate in another Olympics.

Not trying to side track your thread, but what you are saying is a little off.  No offense.  Hopefully it is just a matter of semantics or a language barrier that is the issue.  What I am saying is not really an opinion.  It is how it works.

I'll use your words to try and show you what is off.

Each country chooses who to send, each participant that has been sent to the Olympics has earned their right to be there.

Should read:

Each country chooses who is to be on thier Olympic team, each participant that has earned the right to be on that team is sent to the Olympics if the country they are from is invited.

You cannot earn the right to go to the Olympics.  You can only earn the right to represent your country at the Olympics.  If your country is not invited to the Olympics, then you stay home no matter what spot you earned on the team.

Again, I am not addressing what this person may or may not have done.  I have chosen to boycott the Olympics this year.

[Maniac]

In Rips reply it sounded that Ara was directly invited by the Olympic commite to come to the olympics. He was invited to go to the Olympics by the Swedish dudes who chooses wich wrestlers to send.

This is semantics, and not the point of discussion of this thread.

[Ripsnort]

I think Rip is referring to the invitation to participate in the Olympics each country gets, from the Olympic committee.  Those are not earned.

Yes sir. Thank you. Sometimes I'm clear as mud.

[Xargos]

You don't even have to live in the country you're playing for.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/olybb/news/story?id=3336490

[Ripsnort]

but a very very imature one to do that.

there are a lot of kids looking up to him, regardless of what some of us may think of him.

 he could've dealt with this better.......and demonstrated to the kids watching what a good sportsman is. instead, he showed severe arrogance, and imaturity.

He showed the kids that you should stand up against corruption. You aint a good sportsman by taking it up the arse. They did file a protest wich instantly got turned down, that was before this medal incident took place.

With all due respect, this is a "glass half full, glass half empty" situation. If I were a kid, I'd rather be raised by a dad with CAP1 ethics than Maniac ethics.

[Maniac]

With all due respect, this is a "glass half full, glass half empty" situation. If I were a kid, I'd rather be raised by a dad with CAP1 ethics than Maniac ethics.

You would be raised by a pansy 

[Rich46yo]

We have no idea what Rip is reffering to. Ara is a class act for standing up to Corruption.

I hope hes standing up for more then that. We have no business going to an Olympics in a Police state in the first place.

[Ripsnort]

I hope hes standing up for more then that. We have no business going to an Olympics in a Police state in the first place.

Probably not. He most likely thinks that only he was treated unfairly. Had he won the gold, I'm certain he would have not thrown it on the matt in retaliation for a corrupt ref that called the game in his favor.  In America, we call it "I'm the CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE" psychology.  California is the epicenter.