Will,

I agree with most of what you said. I will add that I think there is an additional core problem that we need to solve if we want to make wrestling appeal to a large population....

Emphasize the team aspect and make it a dual type format. The average person understands the fairly simple scoring of a dual. We have made wrestling too much of an individual sport (look at boxing if you want to see where we are headed). People love getting behind their country and supporting it. Remember when the US beat Russia in hockey and then went on to win the gold? Most people don't understand the intricate rules of hockey such as icing, etc....but everyone was watching the Miracle on Ice.

By the way.....this applies to folkstyle in high school and college also. These are all fixes we can control.

Personally, I would have liked to see our $$$ being donated to help get more duals in our high schools or creating a state kids dual tournament of some kind. Just my opinion.

Shawn Budke