I know Olympics are not technically pro-sports, but oh well...

http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/id/9...etball-bmx

This is a completely dump idea. IOC gets rid of baseball and now wrestling, but they are thinking of adding 3-on-3 half court basketball, along with BMX? That is just idiotic.

They better overturn the idea of dropping wrestling. They also better make sure every sport have same number of events for men and women. Having 9 events for men and only 6 for women isn't fair and unequal.

I cold give BMX a chance...3x3 basketball ... NO.

Still can't figure out how they dropped wrestling.

I'd actually rather see a 3-point contest and slam dunk contest.

the Summer Olympics is getting really ridiculous. Dropping wrestling for BMX? Where's BASEBALL?

Next thing you know, they'll be bringing motoball into the Olympics (see: Goodwill Games)

I think they will overturn the proposal to drop wrestling from the Olympics. Their are too many countries that are upset by that decision. Those countries are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Greece, India, Iran, Japan, Russia, Turkey, and the United States. What's stupid about that is Istanbul, Turkey and Tokyo, Japan are bidding for the 2020 Olympics.

I could understand dropping baseball because there aren't that many countries where baseball is big, and it requires fairly specific infrastructure.

Wrestling, on the other hand, could be held just about anywhere. Wrestling is also probably going to grow in the United States due to the proliferation of college sports on TV-since the US is the most important TV partner for the IOC, that should raise the stature of wrestling for everyone.

The IOC really ought to move a couple of indoor sports to the winter games - I'm thinking indoor volleyball is a prime candidate. That should help keep the summer games at a manageable size.

Maybe they should have the Summer Olympics for outdoor events and have a separate Indoor Olympics for sports such as basketball, boxing, fencing, gymnastics, handball, judo, taekwondo, volleyball, and wrestling.

3 on 3? What is this NBA Jam Tournament Edition?