Jim L

Yes making weight has been easy post-college, losing weight is the hard part

If I recall correctly, they come from a Land of Up Over

A middle schooler training with a DII wresler is insane

Famously though the 7 Tour de France victories were not give to the runner-up or anyone else because virtually all of the top riders in those races were caught doping, confessed dopers (like Lance) or at least credibly accused dopers.

No. I really don't get what you are trying to say. BBall and Football are not stealing all the best athletes, just the majority of the unusually tall/large ones.

Only if you equate size with being the best.

Seems logical, but the top average-sized US athletes (5'8"ish, 160lbs or so) are not going to be football or bball stars. Coaching and competion is why regions excel in a particular sports

USA wrestling does fair much better than USA soccer. well at than men's soccer. Do or women's soccer results mean that we are doing youth development right right for girls, or is it more likely that there is just less competition worldwide for woman's soccer, similar to wrestling.

Wasn't part of the controversy in Kurt Angle's gold medal match that his opponent could have got two points for a turn where the ref ruled it hand to hand, but his elbow possibly touch so it should have been 2 points instead the 1 that was scored?

Wasn't it a single leg? The upper body clinch was horrible as well. I think the best tiebreaker ever was the original thirty second ride out. I know it was not perfect, though the many changes have made it worse. Also for folkstyle, my opinion is that tiebreakers should only be for tournaments, bring back draws for dual meets.

Unlimited OT is not a good option IMO. Judo has this rule and it has become a travesty. In big matches it seems like more than 50% matches go into OT as competitors seem to wait for OT to really try to score (I see this is Folkstyle matches with tied matches later in the third period, both wrestlers seem to slow down saving a good attack for OT) Additionally with close matches in Judo it is really hard to score and then as competitors tire, it is even harder to score. Too many big matches end up being decided on penalties.

Using Chrome and ridiculous number of ads. Is there a setting to block ads?

There was a time when hand to hand turns where one point and turns with true back exposure was two points. Seems logical that if you are sitting up going hand to hand and actually not exposing your back there should not be points being scored

Its actually more than just weights and measures, lots of US standards are weird and arcane while metric (ISO) standard almost always make intuitive sense. Really hard to make any coherent argument for the Imperial system besides MERICA!!

I was in general agreement with you until the end. The imperial system is much, much worse than the metric system