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Missouri wrestling
Posted on 11/7/11 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 11/7/11 at 12:48 pm
where do they compete (if at all) since the rest of the SEC got rid of the sport long ago?
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Posted on 11/7/11 at 12:49 pm to Red Drum
as an independent.
Posted on 11/7/11 at 12:54 pm to Red Drum
I wouldn't mind the rest o the SEC sponsoring wrastlin.
Posted on 11/7/11 at 1:01 pm to Red Drum
Wrestling produces no revenue. It would behoove Missouri to drop this activity at once and get better at football so they can start making money for their new Daddy.
Posted on 11/7/11 at 1:20 pm to EPORE
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Wrestling produces no revenue.
It couldn't cost all that much either.
Posted on 11/7/11 at 1:36 pm to Red Drum
Mike Alden has said the wrestling program will continue to compete for championships at the NCAA level.
Posted on 11/7/11 at 1:43 pm to Tigerman550
We prefer the term "sports entertainment".
Posted on 11/7/11 at 1:47 pm to TheFolker
To comply with Title IX, I think it's only fair to add lady wrasslin' 
Posted on 11/8/11 at 8:32 am to EPORE
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Wrestling produces no revenue.
Schools in the Midwest sell out basketball arenas for wrestling. Iowa averages 14,000 fans a meet.
Posted on 11/8/11 at 10:19 am to RedHawk
The problem with college wrestling is that it does not prepare students for careers for pro wrestling like basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and of course football.
After the Olympics there's nothing left professionally for that style of wrestling unless you go into coaching and college wresting isn't a growing ncaa sport though it has many good programs; it has remained steady.
I really think that college wrestling needs to retool into a revenue enhancing version similar to professional wrestling. I mean you can train them like professonal wrestlers.
Can you imagine the hype of a match between Alabama and Auburn if done like professional wrestling or LSU and Ole Miss. You could provide people with real entertainment. Have a card of 6 matches charge 10-15 dollars for the general public and have matches with tag teams and regular matches and battle royales and ladies matches.
That is the only real future for college wrestling in this country.
After the Olympics there's nothing left professionally for that style of wrestling unless you go into coaching and college wresting isn't a growing ncaa sport though it has many good programs; it has remained steady.
I really think that college wrestling needs to retool into a revenue enhancing version similar to professional wrestling. I mean you can train them like professonal wrestlers.
Can you imagine the hype of a match between Alabama and Auburn if done like professional wrestling or LSU and Ole Miss. You could provide people with real entertainment. Have a card of 6 matches charge 10-15 dollars for the general public and have matches with tag teams and regular matches and battle royales and ladies matches.
That is the only real future for college wrestling in this country.
Posted on 11/8/11 at 10:21 am to Ralph_Wiggum
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That is the only real future for college wrestling in this country.
fake wrestling is the only future, huh?
Posted on 11/8/11 at 2:05 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
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The problem with college wrestling is that it does not prepare students for careers for pro wrestling like basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and of course football.
After the Olympics there's nothing left professionally for that style of wrestling unless you go into coaching and college wresting isn't a growing ncaa sport though it has many good programs; it has remained steady.
I really think that college wrestling needs to retool into a revenue enhancing version similar to professional wrestling. I mean you can train them like professonal wrestlers.
Can you imagine the hype of a match between Alabama and Auburn if done like professional wrestling or LSU and Ole Miss. You could provide people with real entertainment. Have a card of 6 matches charge 10-15 dollars for the general public and have matches with tag teams and regular matches and battle royales and ladies matches.
That is the only real future for college wrestling in this country.
WOW!!! That is one of the dumbest things I've ever read.
Posted on 11/8/11 at 2:10 pm to RedHawk
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WOW!!! That is one of the dumbest things I've ever read.
There's no future in college wrestling. Sure some like Kurt Angle make the transition, but you would get greater attendance across the country if college wrestling changed to be like pro-wrestling.
Posted on 11/8/11 at 2:25 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
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There's no future in college wrestling.
If you are using that philosophy, you can get on a slippery slope and make a case to cut out alot of other sports as well.
Posted on 11/8/11 at 2:34 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
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The problem with college wrestling is that it does not prepare students for careers for pro wrestling like basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and of course football.
After the Olympics there's nothing left professionally for that style of wrestling unless you go into coaching and college wresting isn't a growing ncaa sport though it has many good programs; it has remained steady.
I really think that college wrestling needs to retool into a revenue enhancing version similar to professional wrestling. I mean you can train them like professonal wrestlers.
Can you imagine the hype of a match between Alabama and Auburn if done like professional wrestling or LSU and Ole Miss. You could provide people with real entertainment. Have a card of 6 matches charge 10-15 dollars for the general public and have matches with tag teams and regular matches and battle royales and ladies matches.
That is the only real future for college wrestling in this country.
Posted on 11/8/11 at 4:13 pm to RedHawk
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Schools in the Midwest sell out basketball arenas for wrestling. Iowa averages 14,000 fans a meet.
1) The SEC is not the Midwest.
2) That's great for Iowa, but again, they are not in the SEC.
3) Cow-tipping is more popular in the south than college wrestling could ever aspire to be.
Posted on 11/8/11 at 4:24 pm to EPORE
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1) The SEC is not the Midwest.
2) That's great for Iowa, but again, they are not in the SEC.
3) Cow-tipping is more popular in the south than college wrestling could ever aspire to be.
Never said that the SEC could support wrestling, just saying that it is possible for wrestling to be profitable. Baseball will probably never be profitable for midwestern teams because of the season college baseball is played in, but baseball is profitable for LSU and a few other schools.
Posted on 11/8/11 at 4:30 pm to RedHawk
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baseball is profitable for LSU and a few other schools.
Everything stems from football revenue. All others sports are miniscule in comparison.
Posted on 11/8/11 at 6:14 pm to Smoke Ring
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To comply with Title IX, I think it's only fair to add lady wrasslin'
you forgot about the mud
Posted on 11/8/11 at 11:33 pm to Red Drum
If it weren't for wrestling, Oklahoma State wouldn't have any athletic accomplishments.
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