FanOfPurdueWrestling

The “/s” means sarcasm, it’s a Reddit thing. Sorry for not being more clear folks lol

There are plenty of alternate scenarios that may have to become reality if colleges stop sponsoring non-revenue sports. There are currently as many NWCA D1 club teams as there are NCAA D1 teams. Obviously there would be a landscape shift but wrestling isn’t such a niche sport that it will simply seize to exist in a post HS capacity. We are the only country with athletics tied to universities. If the NCAA disbands or becomes insolvent there are many alternative. Also have you ever considered that many programs thrive not due to NCAA/university support but due to donor support? In my opinion the NCAA is too big to fail, but as football becomes increasingly an ROI seeking endeavor other sports will have changes to pursue. we currently have more NCAA sponsored programs than ever before, we haven’t he RTC model, we have the club model, we have NAIA. Things may change but it doesn’t have to be the NCAA or bust .

I could see a scenario where college wrestling breaks off from the NCAA, due to the NCAA no longer existing, or other, where college wrestling is regulated and sought over by a wrestling specific governing body. Like UWW for international wrestling, or NWCA for club wrestling. Wrestling isn’t going anywhere but the sports that can quickly pivot to a new format with the possible death of the NCAA will have less negative impacts.

I feel this may be a bit dramatic, I can can this eventually leading to the end of the NCAA but this affects 30+ sports that are sponsored across various schools and each will need a backup plan if football no longer subsidizes them and the NCAA no longer exists. This is about the powers that be squeezing every penny out of college football and no considering anything or anybody else.

Woods will bounce back fine, as long as the PSU guy doesn’t win the weight I’ll be fine though.

Very rare I bet. Brothers wrestle, but in a collegiate sanctioned meet probably rare.

I’m a Ramos guy myself…. Caliendo idk much about

Everyone is telling me that football is eventually going to break off from the NCAA. How would that affect our sport? What would the college sport landscape look like if that were the case? Will every sport besides football and basketball downgrade to club and form their own collegiate leagues?

Bird hunting?? I think Iowa is going to take tomorrow off and then come in Sunday to a wringer of a workout.

I too find sparky a lil annoying at times, but I love his passion for the sport we all love. tonight was a great night of wrestling. Everyone won today (except Iowa )

Glazier is the only Hawkeye I could ever root for… (and Arnold once he’s full time)

Matchups make the dual to be fair. Sorta how Michigan lost to OSU but beat Iowa.

I just was trying to figure out how Iowa could get tricky to win.

I sure hope so

I’m loving this. Michigan is going to come off a loss to OSU to take out Iowa! Lemely being absent last week definitely hurts though, likely changes the results.

I love it tbh. The green shirts are also sick. I guess you hate the military? /s

You must be fun at parties

No one is saying they won. I’m just saying they showed up to fight.

Love that pin of Bernie. Happy to see that they won’t have 4 straight NCAA champs from 174-285.

They did though…. Very impressive coming off a loss to a much lesser team than PSU.

In college they’re much more willing to give a pin when the wrestler is (literally) stuck, even if both shoulders aren’t exactly flat.

That’s the worst no takedown I’ve ever seen in my life. What do they want him to do? Obviously there is reaction time but that doesn’t consist of 6 seconds to roll around and try to escape and get out of bottom…. horrible. I don’t care for the Mendez call but at least it’s close.

What happened in 125? Had trouble getting the stream going

Bouzakis has a 3-1 takedown lead on Nagao…. Wow

Kueter doesn’t have a shot unless he improved significantly since his first showing or Davidson looks flat like he did against Ohio State. I call it a duck if they don’t send him out, redshirt being pulled or not he has the dates right?