Wrestling should be Removed from the Olympics

As my opponent has very kindly numbered his arguments, I will respond in kind:1: The Olympic Charter lays out seven fundamental principles:[1] *Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole thequalities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympismseeks to create a way of life based on the joy of effort, the educational value of goodexample, social responsibility and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.*The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious developmentof humankind, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with thepreservation of human dignity.*The Olympic Movement is the concerted, organised, universal and permanent action,carried out under the supreme authority of the IOC, of all individuals and entities whoare inspired by the values of Olympism. It covers the five continents. It reaches itspeak with the bringing together of the world’s athletes at the great sports festival, theOlympic Games. Its symbol is five interlaced rings.*The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility ofpractising sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, whichrequires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.*Recognising that sport occurs within the framework of society, sports organisationswithin the Olympic Movement shall have the rights and obligations of autonomy, whichinclude freely establishing and controlling the rules of sport, determining the structureand governance of their organisations, enjoying the right of elections free from anyoutside influence and the responsibility for ensuring that principles of good governancebe applied.*Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race,religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the OlympicMovement.*Belonging to the Olympic Movement requires compliance with the Olympic Charterand recognition by the IOCAs you can see, none of these have to do with entertaining people. I do not contest baseball is worthy of a spot at the Olympics - it does deserve one, and I suspect that the combined bid of baseball and softball will be added for the 2020 Olympics, since the two main federations for both sports merging allows them to take up only one spot rather than two. My opponent's logic here actually works against him here. My opponent asserts that:*The Olympics serve to entertain*Baseball entertains more than wrestling because it gets more viewers*Baseball, not wrestling, should be in the Olympics.Using that argument, I can clearly present the case that wrestling should not be eliminated as:*The Olympics serve to entertain*Wrestling entertains more than modern pentathlon because it gets more viewers*Wrestling, not modern pentathlon, should be in the Olympics.Simply put, this eliminates Pro's point here. Even taking the idea the Olympics are primarily supposed to entertain people, his own logical construction can be used to support keeping wrestling in the Olympics. 2: I do not contest that wrestling has among the most distinct events of any Olympic sport, but I would like to see conclusive proof that the monetary impact of retaining wrestling is signficant enough to warrant exclusion.3: Gender equality is a major issue in sport, but some sports just tend to be dominated by one gender or the other. In the United States there are over 270,000 high school wrestlers, out of which only around 8,200 are women. In other words, for every 1 female wrestler there are 32 male wrestlers.[2] While this is an issue, this is more the fault of wrestling being a male-oriented sport than it is of blatant sexism. Regardless, I don't see anyone complaining that there isn't a male division for rhythmic gymnastics or synchronized swimming.4: Match fixing is an issue in almost every sport. If we were to remove wrestling because of it, sports like soccer and basketball would be targets as well because some people try and fix matches.For the second round rebuttals:1: I believe you are referring to pankration, which combined wrestling and boxing into an event where the only real rules were you couldn't bite or gouge the eyes of your opponent.[3] Greek wrestling was very different - the goal was not to actually harm the opponent, but to score points by either forcing the opponent's back to the ground, making him tap-out, or forcing him out of the wrestling ground. If you intentionally hit or kicked the opponent (or tried to do the two things prohibited in Pankration), you would get penalized by being literally whipped by a referee until you stopped.[4] Obviously this isn't the most civilized sport, but it isn't anywhere near what you mention. Wrestling itself has existed longer than modern pentathlon has anyway.2: No, it doesn't. 180 countries vying for a spot in wrestling versus 53 in modern pentathlon is a large difference in participation. 3 : Using your train of logic from your first argument, wrestling is more popular than modern pentathlon, so shouldn't be included? Clearly more people watch it, so don't more think it is better?References:1: http://www.olympic.org...2: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com...3: http://en.wikipedia.org...4: http://en.wikipedia.org...