GSP and his Olympic dream

[raistlin]

He's a terrific fighter, and my favorite, but I would hate to see him take 18 months off, in his prime, for a small chance at going to the Olympics.
www.tsn.ca/mma/story/?id=305148

[Wes Gear]

from wrestling to mma...........yes..........from mma to wrestling.......no. from mma to olympic class wrestling.........a big hell to the no.

[raistlin]

Agreed! Although you have to give a him props for even thinking about this. We all have dreams.
My thoughts on this, is if it even does happen, we could have a respected world champion who could eventually lose in the first round to Joe Blow. What does that do to his and mma's reputation?

[Wes Gear]

not only his rep but his mind frame as well. you can't just up and say i want to be in the olympics. olympic training is far different than any other training. 18 months compared to years of state of the art training.

when america first sent its dream team to play b-ball in the early 90s we dominated. then the other countries started training their players from the age of 10 on up. now we can hardly beat anyone and those same scientifically trained athletes are becoming huge stars in the nba.

[raistlin]

Yeah, right on many fronts. I hope this link works, cause it will tell the tale
www.mmalinker.com/videos/view/2443/Leo_Santos_vs_Georges_St_Pierre

I also think the same on the Hockey issue Drex. The playing field is becoming more level on an all around basis and is related to your prognosis