Awesome!! I hope most of Cael's suggestions take hold. I would argue to keep the escape point though. I think it gives the bottom buy some incentive to do something and it does not reward as much as the reversal. I actually like the struggle on the ground by both opponents. The lay there and don't get turned mentality of FS and GR bottom wrestling is very boring.

I think wrestling will continue to spread to new areas of the country at the kids level and High School level. I also believe the National Collegiate Wrestling Association will continue to grow (add teams) and become stronger as an organization.

The biggest question I have is the direction of the NCAA (include NAIA in here) programs. There are conflicting trends by division, conference, state and region.

Here are a few super broad possibilities that I see.

1. The NCAA realizes the trend, takes advantage, and begins to add wrestling programs.

2. The NCAA remains stagnant, dropping some programs and adding others.

3. The NCAA misses the boat and shrinks. In this case, the NCWA continues to grow as an organization and venue for all class collegiate wrestling and eventually becomes the premier place to wrestle and win.

If we want it to grow at the NCAA level, I really beleive we have to make events fun for fans... We need interactive events with fans, exciting announcers, press coverage, advertising sponsors, and rivalries.

If you're just reading this post, I encourage you to scroll back and read Cael Sanderson's suggestions.

Erik Hinckley