I don't get it. Do people not watch any wrestling or boxing? I used to watch both but they are not on anymore. It is all swimming, gymnastics and figure skating.
I hate swimming and figure skating. I get some people want to watch. Do they really want to watch 100 or so swimming events? 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, x multiple different strokes x multiple sexes x relays.
At least show wrestling and boxing finals.
Aristotle always said raw democracy (as distinct from a democratic Republic) is probably the worst form of government because it's easily manipulated. I always point to the 1994 Nittany Lions. Every computer algorithm agrees that was one of the best teams ever, not just that year, but democracy, manipulated by the press, decided they didn't even deserve a split. We would have killed Nebraska that year. Nebraska didn't have the offense to keep up. But that wasn't what the almighty voters decided.
Raw viewership is a terrible way choose, say, swimming over wrestling. Why? Because while swimming is more self-explanatory than wrestling, and perhaps easier to market, wrestling is inherently superior in the aesthetic sense of "watchability." But viewership is manipulated against wrestling because wrestling has a niche culture. Wrestling gets poor exposure internationally, which creates a self-fulfilling problem.
I didn't wrestle. I didn't start watching it till I was a teenager. Now I can't get enough of it. I prefer folk, because of its emphasis on control and because I hate freestyle back exposure rules, but I love both. Greco is boring and feels contrived.
But it took an investment of time, initially, to learn to appreciate wrestling.
More importantly, many foreign countries - especially the ex Soviet ones - tend to cheat and be dirty in wrestling so the international bodies frown on wrestling.
In any event, there should be ten international weight classes. Six is ridiculous.
