College wrestling needs home and away singlets

[MPhillips]

23 minutes ago, jackwebster said:

Either that or a change to red and blue.

And make it freestyle while were at it...

[Winners Circle]

On 12/15/2024 at 12:29 PM, KennyEBHS said:

The red / green anklets are stupid, especially at a dual. What other common sport we watch does not have home and away uniforms?

Just like wrestling fans to make problems were there isn't a real one.

[Winners Circle]

1 hour ago, jackwebster said:

I'm red-green colorblind. As a coach, I would always have to ask my asst who got the points when there was a lot of rollin' around. For the differently-abled, I see the advantage of home and away. Either that or a change to red and blue.

 

1 hour ago, Pin Head said:

I am also red-green color blind.  I always had to let my opponent go to the inner circle first after looking dumb the first few times going to the wrong side. Not sure how singlets would work out in tournaments but for dual meets the football approach would be great. 

Glad to know I'm not the only one. Cheers boys.

[CHROMEBIRD]

7 hours ago, charmon55 said:

I like this idea. We already do something similar in freestyle with the red and blue singlets. Wrestling could take the approach of most college football teams and wear their school's primary colored singles while the away team wears a primarily white singlet with a trim of their primary colors. It would get tricky in tournaments but could be solved with something like the higher seeded guy always wearing his team's home singlet. 

Basketball and baseball does the opposite: home team wears their whites, visiting team wears their normal home colors or greys/blacks. I think it's from an old timey rule where teams would wear bright or non-white colored uniforms while on multi-leg road trips to hide dirt, scuffing, blood, etc. if they didn't have the time or facilities to wash their gear while traveling. It's also more exciting for home fans because they get to see different uniform colors and whatnot instead of the same home colors every time.

[ionel]

What if we had smooth/slick vs fuzzy/furry wrist & ankle bands, would that solve the problem?  

[alex1fly]

I'm more in favor of wrestling teams having one singlet. Just wear the darn thing. Leave the fashion statements to frou frou sports.

I do like wrestlers having their name on it. That's about as fancy as I want singlets to be.

[BruceyB]

2 hours ago, alex1fly said:

I'm more in favor of wrestling teams having one singlet. Just wear the darn thing. Leave the fashion statements to frou frou sports.

I do like wrestlers having their name on it. That's about as fancy as I want singlets to be.

You probably wear ankle socks with your wrestling shoes.

[Hammerlock3]

who shouldn't need ankle bands in a dual anyway...

[MPhillips]

16 minutes ago, Hammerlock3 said:

who shouldn't need ankle bands in a dual anyway...

I give.  Who?

[Hammerlock3]

1 minute ago, MPhillips said:

I give.  Who?

grumble......

[alex1fly]

21 hours ago, BruceyB said:

You probably wear ankle socks with your wrestling shoes.

You probably wear wrestling shoes with your ankle socks. How about that 

Edited 18 hours ago by alex1fly