The big problem is, nobody cares about international sports anymore. Not that international wrestling was ever that big of a deal in comparison to other sports, but even us diehard wrestling fans have given up on it for the most part. I say put our time, money and energy into our youth, high school and college wrestling.
For the most part, I agree with this post. I think it is great for individuals to pursue the Olympic dream if they have that goal. I definitely agree with you though that it is best to put our time, money and energy into youth, high school and college wrestling. I do support some ideas for changes in college folkstyle wrestling that I have seen advocated by Cael Sanderson that would bring some aspects of freestyle into folkstyle to increase the scoring and action. These changes would also help young college wrestlers progress into international wrestling success if that is their goal. As far as investing the time, energy and money into youth, high school and college wrestling that is what I personally do and I am hoping that the NWCA soon starts a National College Wrestling Endowment fund to help start future programs and help sustain current ones. I also know that Cael Sanderson supports this concept of a National College Endowment fund.