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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The sport has been one of the unfortunate NCAA victims in all the Title Nine progress. There are hardly any NCAA programs to go to compared to another winter sport like basketball.[/quote]

Oh okay, blame women for an unpopular sport. One that requires young men to foster eating disorders and slap around a sweaty floor together. Yep, if not for those stupid girls who want an equal opportunity to play sports, wrestling would be so popular. Face it, the only "athletes" who wrestle, are small boys who cannot excel at other sports. Sorry, it's the truth. But go ahead and blame female athletes for that.[/quote]

Look, I agree that blaming women's sports for a decline in wrestling is beyond stupid.

But putting the word athletes in quotes and saying only small boys who can't do other sports wrestle might just be the dumbest thing ever posted to DCUM.

[b]The wrestlers are the best athletes at a school.  A[/b]nd its not even close.  They are fitter, stronger, more flexible and more mentally tough than the other athletes, including the hard sports like crew or swimming, etc.

Actually watch an NCAA meet and tell me these guys couldn't excel elsewhere.  Gimme a break[/quote]

Sure, just tell yourself that. They are the most capable of purging and the most willing to wrestle. Those are the two characteristics that high school wrestlers share. It is a no cut sport in most schools around here because finding kids who meet those criteria is not easy.  
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In my son's close friend group from HS, they are almost all pretty good athletes.  But far and away the best one was a kid who excelled at soccer (played on the highest level teams for Arlington Soccer) but quit soccer for wrestling in HS.  He made it to the state finals and is now in a D1 wrestling program.  He is an amazing athlete who is in fantastic shape.  And he doesn't suffer from any eating disorders (though he wrestles at 187, I think).[/quote]

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