I have to disagree that there isn't a bond between these wrestlers. My son has made some tremendous friends out of the competitors. Just last weekend, one of them beat him out - the difference between 3rd/4th or 5th/6th. He was really ticked off... but 20 minutes later he was up sitting with him and his family doing "boy" stuff.
Later, when my son was wrestling in his last match - who was right there beside me cheering him on??? That boy's mother. When her son was wrestling... who was cheering him on? Me and my daughters.
I think it is a matter of perspective. This is just one example - I can give you many, many more. The good of the wrestling community out weighs the negative 1,000 to 1!!