Bill Text: OH HR43 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: To urge the International Olympic Committee Executive
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-13 - Adopted [HR43 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HR43-Comm_Sub.html
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Representative Stinziano
Cosponsors:
Representatives Barborak, Brenner, Buchy, Curtin, Derickson, Dovilla, Green, Hackett, Heard, Huffman, Letson, Rogers, Sears, Stebelton, Strahorn, Williams, Gerberry, Perales, Cera
| To urge the International Olympic Committee Executive | 1 |
| Board to reverse its decision to remove wrestling | 2 |
| as an Olympic core sport and to urge the U.S. | 3 |
| Olympic Committee to work actively to reverse the | 4 |
| Board's decision to remove wrestling from the | 5 |
| Summer Olympics beginning in 2020. | 6 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| WHEREAS, Wrestling is a sport that epitomizes the Olympic | 7 |
| spirit of competitiveness and sportsmanship. Wrestling represents | 8 |
| the determination and hard work that it takes to succeed in life | 9 |
| as well as sports; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Wrestling was one of the original sports in the | 11 |
| ancient Greek Olympiads as well as the first modern Olympic Games | 12 |
| in 1896. Because wrestling is recognized as one of the world's | 13 |
| oldest competitive sports dating back to 3000 B.C., wrestling | 14 |
| events deserve to be revered as a time-honored tradition at the | 15 |
| international competition level; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, The sport of wrestling remains a significant | 17 |
| component in the lives of many Ohioans. There are more than 11,000 | 18 |
| high school wrestlers in the State of Ohio alone. In addition, | 19 |
| four Ohio universities have NCAA Division 1 wrestling programs; | 20 |
| and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, The decision of the International Olympic Committee | 22 |
| Executive Board to remove wrestling as an Olympic core sport and | 23 |
| thus remove it from the Summer Olympic Games beginning in 2020 | 24 |
| threatens the potential successes of young Ohio athletes who have | 25 |
| trained their minds and bodies in the hopes of competing in the | 26 |
| Olympic Games, a supreme achievement for athletes. Aspirations of | 27 |
| wrestling on the Olympic stage are crucial to coaches and student | 28 |
| athletes participating on school wrestling teams and in | 29 |
| organizations such as the Ohio Regional Training Center; now | 30 |
| therefore be it | 31 |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the House of | 32 |
| Representatives of the 130th General Assembly of the State of | 33 |
| Ohio, in adopting this resolution, strongly urge the International | 34 |
| Olympic Committee Executive Board to reverse its decision to | 35 |
| eliminate wrestling from the Summer Olympic Games beginning in | 36 |
| 2020 and reinstate wrestling as a core sport of the Summer Olympic | 37 |
| Games; and be it further | 38 |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the House of | 39 |
| Representatives of the 130th General Assembly of the State of | 40 |
| Ohio, strongly urge the U.S. Olympic Committee to work actively to | 41 |
| reverse the International Olympic Committee Executive Board's | 42 |
| decision to remove wrestling from the Summer Olympic Games | 43 |
| beginning in 2020; and be it further | 44 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 45 |
| transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 46 |
| members of the International Olympic Committee Executive Board, | 47 |
| the members of the U.S. Olympic Committee, and the news media of | 48 |
| Ohio. | 49 |
