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Most of us have been around for awhile. What do you like about the current landscape and what don’t you like?
That’s to keep your whining ass shut. You want off this ranch, you got it. I’ll drive your ass to the train station myself.Feels like college wrestling is following the trend of pro sports in that we have some have and a lot of have nots. there will always be the singular kid wrestling for team not named Penn State or Iowa or Cornell etc etc but the gap is lengthening.. Being a Penn State fan I ain’t complaining btw.
Also, the early development of the younger wrestlers is amazing. more and more come out of high school ready to get after it. thinking a lot of that has to do with the Blairs, st Edwards and Sems of the world, not to mention clubs like young guns and law etc etc.
Also, another positive trend I like is the ROTC’s and monies for them and wrestlers which is allowing USA to be much more than competitive on the world stage in free style today as well.
Regarding high school a negative trend I see is the huge amounts of forfeits regularly seen on a weekly basis in most matches. I realize society isn’t promoting what wrestling and wrestlers require but none the less is disheartening.
Also, the medical forfeits regularly seen at colleges opens and tournaments that are so common place when a wrestler loses and drops into the wrestle backs. “well I can’t make the finals, so time to pack up and go home. Boooooo
I have other thoughts but will allow others to chime in here.
Not much emphasis on the pin. That’s what I see mostly. Now that may be that the competition is just that good, but it appears to me to be a points thing. May be easier to get points and dominate that way than get pins and dominate that way.
mspart
Get rid of riding time as it currently exists. After 1 minute of riding, give the wrestler 1 pt, and then he’s done accruing anything for riding. Call stalling on both the top and bottom wrestler equally.
Much more wrestling available on streaming/tv platforms.
“I’m sick and f—in’ tired of making excuses for all these f—in’ guys getting’ paid on this hockey club blaming it on somebody else all the f—in’ time.” – BrophyGet rid of riding time as it currently exists. After 1 minute of riding, give the wrestler 1 pt, and then he’s done accruing anything for riding. Call stalling on both the top and bottom wrestler equally.
Almost like a pizza guy wrote it!
I’ve gone further in this and would support a full move to freestyle
Riding time does not exist in HS. So why have it in college. Of course the HS matches are 6 min and college are 7. Even less reason for riding time.
Agree on calling the stalling.
Do not agree on going to freestyle. Cael vs Sajidov where Cael rode him like a pony. He tried to escape and Cael brought him back down with ease due to his folkstyle wrestling. DT did the same to Yazdani in a match I just watched. There is a mat awareness you get in folkstyle that you don’t get in freestyle. Unfortunately, neither of these ended up with back points where we, in general, do not excel at. Perhaps going to a back exposure rule like freestyle would work, 90 degrees instead of 45 degrees. I guess I could support that.
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