Nah - your analogy is more like comparing Figeroa to Kirkvliet. Different size but still folkstyle.
There's plenty of college wrestlers who are the same size as freestylers but are just not good at freestyle; and vice versa.
No shame in making AA; that's a compliment. But there's also plenty of kids who don't have the advantage of his youth training environment who will have the opportunity to catch up.
Both great athletes, but Ferrari could have been a 4 timer, while I don't see Downey winning even one.
On a bigger scale, we're all the actual losers for never getting to see Ferrari v. Brooks compete for a national title (not current Ferrari but what he could have been with some discipline and 4 yrs. under John Smith on the OSU room).
There are so many things that can derail a college wrestling career - injuries, burnout, training environment, maturity, diet, grades, social pressures, etc.
PSU should do this too - each week come out with a list of all the HS kids they're not going to recruit. Week 1 can be everyone who is 2nd or 3rd string on their HS team or went winless last season.
My sister and her girls ate ham sandwiches for lunch today. That ham came from a farm where illegal immigrants supply the labor. Therefore, all illegal immigrants are good people.
He's trying this to increase his popularity and status in the MMA community. It worked for Colby Covington.
I doubt he has genuine interest in national policies on infrastructure, housing, transportation, etc.
I suspect the renewed wrestling focus is because his football career may not be progressing as he hoped. I'm not sure he's giving up anything on that front.
The only way I see this impacting wrestling is if programs use money to buy football players, but then for equity purposes need to "find" money to pay equal amounts to female athletes and that money may come from wrestling programs.