Discouraging. On one hand, Team USA gymnasts are fighting tooth and nail to make a place for men’s gymnastics, but the odds seem to be working against them. Their Paris Olympics win ignited more than a glimmer of hope that the sport could have a bright future. But, Ohio State’s recent controversial step pushed that down in the dumps. However, a veteran has now joined Stephen Nedoroscik and others in condemning this decision.

Kathy Johnson Clarke, a retired sports commentator and an Olympic and World medalist in gymnastics, has thrown her support for America’s male gymnasts. After Ohio State decided to remove athlete scholarships for men’s gymnastics, Johnson has now lashed out saying, “It’s flat out shameful(angry emoji)” The sports veteran is aware that this will be detrimental to the sport’s growth, thus she has voiced her stand fearlessly.

Quick rundown, despite the cost for each athlete winding down to $8,572, Ohio has decided to stop the athlete scholarships for male gymnasts, despite their department having a whopping purse of $250 million. No wonder steps like these have limited the sport to a speck on the radar, dipping the NCAA-level men’s gymnastics programs by around 79 percent in a little over 4 decades.

Currently, there are only 12 NCAA Division I teams for the sport, which has triggered a row if NCAA is dismantling the foundations of men’s gymnastics. In fact, over the years, Ohio has had athletes like Blaine Wilson who have touched the highest ranks of men’s gymnastics. A 5x National Champion, an Olympic silver medalist, and a 3x Olympian, he has brought great pride to the side. Nonetheless, their abrupt decision has come across as a very disappointing step for many notable male gymnasts.

One of them is Stephen Nedoroscik, the Pommel Horse guy who took to X and wrote, “Ohio State removing athlete scholarships from Men’s gymnastics. Yet again, another step backwards for MGYM. With the success of current and former NCAA gymnasts at the Olympics you’d think NCAA programs would be exciting for the upcoming season, not stripping away opportunities.” Clearly, this decision has not settled well with him.

But, not just Kathy Johnson Clarke, it looks like Stephen Nedoroscik has garnered support for another notable gymnast from the University of Oklahoma.

Stephen Nedoroscik, Yul Moldauer condemn but this was long coming

Amidst the Gold Over America Tour shenanigans, 2x World medalist gymnast Yul Moldauer, too, has not missed on the update. He reposted the Inside Gymnastics infographic showing Stephen Nedoroscik’s comment on the Ohio debate on his Instagram story. Hinting that the six-time world team member may be in agreement with what Nedoroscik has stated.

Irrespective, NB’s sports anchor, Whitney Harding had seen this coming from afar. He reported, “We knew this was a possibility. My sources have been telling me for a while that they feared this because changes are coming to how money in college sports is spent.”

Harding further added, “The NCAA rules are changing to allow universities to pay some athletes to have the money to do that. Universities say they must be forced to make tough financial decisions impacting some of their programs.” But this is clearly not what Stephen Nedoroscik or any contemporary male gymnast envisioned. What do you think of this step? Share our thoughts below!