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Wrestling in America has historically been more popular in rural / suburban places that have an appreciation for hard labor - whether agricultural or industrial. Those communities have tended to be less racially diverse on average than urban communities which may lend to the stereotyping that wrestling is defined by being a racist community. I would argue against that being the case, while also acknowledging, there may be a higher likelihood of minorities facing cultural challenges because of the natural demographics of the sport. This is why when the black wrestlers took a photo together a couple years back, I found it was in recognition of their success in the face of a shared experience and I thought that was really cool and worth taking the time to celebrate. I don't think it's racist in a negative sense for them to take such a picture. If white people did the same, it would be racist in a negative sense to me. It would be celebrating success from the position of shared privilege instead of shared challenge. If this was a basketball team, it gets more complicated, because white players are not typically as successful in the sport than their black counterparts. I think it is also worth pointing out that from a long-term perspective, there was more of wrestling country in the union than the confederacy (and a significant portion). Not that it matters specifically today, but often times, there are lots of invisible walls that take hundreds of years to tear down. Our current media structure which has the urban and rural sides pretty firmly aligned with the two major political parties, there is another dynamic in play, where we fall victim to viewing the other team as the enemy, and using visual cues like race, fashion choices, etc. in order to make those determinations. So that acts as an amplifier to an already sensitive situation. In summary, I think wrestling is not a racist sport, but there is a decent amount of nuance to consider how each race may experience the sport in its current form.

https://www.themat.com/news/2023/december/21/major-holiday-events-midlands-championships-and-soldier-salute-to-live-stream-exclusively-on-b1g-

As for the word liminal - I had to look it up and even still not quite sure

I do love those fries

Agnostic people don't tend to push their beliefs but atheists can be just as annoying and evangelical as deeply religious types. Live and let live is a concept I take pretty seriously

In the spirit of Christmas, I just wanted to express my gratitude for having a community of people that like to talk about college wrestling and most of you happen to be awesome individuals. Cheers mother***duck**ers

I don't see Ferrari going for Italy unless he is banned from the US team. DeSanto... maybe but I doubt it. Suriano - absolutely

Spencer Lee doesn't know the first thing about Fois Gras or Chataneuf-de-Pape

https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2023/11/espn-platforms-to-feature-more-than-200-collegiate-wrestling-events-during-2023-24-ncaa-season/?fbclid=IwAR1-n1sneRTkeZXCqLi144WyIoP3yIB5HbvwY4KBI6UpmRWwO158qFSr938 Thanks to Purler Wrestling for sharing this in Facebook. Click the link for the ESPN info. Screenshot is for BTN

O'Toole is awesome man. I always liked him, but only rooted against him because he just happens to always be the favorite and I liked underdogs (see the avatar)

You're right from the perspective of growing wrestling media in general and the competition should help yield a better overall product. It's just that the fan now has a more complicated and expensive way of trying to gain access to it all. I think this opens up an opportunity for an aggregator/middle man to step in - simplifying it into a single price and then each offering becomes like a channel

With all due respect to Camacho - how did he actually earn that rank? He beat Ramos which is impressive but that's not enough on its own for a guy who has been around awhile and never AAd (in my opinion)

Major props to O'Toole for bumping up facing a tougher opponent

Surtin dec over Cardani Kade Moore is beating Kole Brownler 6-2 right now at 133

I believe just the one

Venue looks cool - wrestling in an opera house! I hope at least one person in attendance is wearing black tie

No Maida tonight vs Navy - no explanation

You said Dan, I said Pyles, someone else said Tbar. But it's funny that our perception of JimmyBT has become like a Rorschach test

I am not talking about people on the message board that should tell what they know- I'm talking about a formal injury report which would be submitted by coaches in advance of a dual or tournament. How? I live within four hours drive of several colleges. I don't want to drive my family there to see them put out a backup if the reason I'm driving out there in the first place is the promise of a marquee matchup. For example, last year, I was trying to figure out when I should go to Cal Baptist so I could see Mesenbrink. The information was never available and Mesenbrink missed most duals and tournaments, which just discouraged me from going to any. Lots of examples like that. I'm actually shocked you wouldn't have understood that.

Nevermind I looked through and saw what you mean. Its unfortunate. I don't know the solution

I saw the N word one which was very disappointing but didn't see the other racist replies (might be me being dumb or they have already changed it). I also try to remember there are a decent amount of bots out there and hope that egregious comments are coming from there rather than an actual person

We learn more about Illinois injury situation from IWB than from the team itself (or any team that matter). This information is vital for people planning around the event in anticipation of a certain matchup.