I still see no reason to hate basketball, it's a cool and fun sport. And to tell you the truth, I never wrestled for the adulation of my peers, rather I just enjoyed it.

The fact that they really make fun of wrestlers seems to be pretty stupid too. Sure, I had a lot of friends on the basketball team who'd make fun of the spandex and such, but they still respected the sport. In fact after some of our practices they'd come in and roll around with me.

And another reason they get more "glory" or fanfare is because it's a much easier sport to watch and get into. I remember wrestling in a tournament last year where I was on the mat for a total of four minutes and thirty seconds during the entire day. My parents however sat around for twelve hours to see that, and my friends sat around for four just to see me win in the finals and while I'm sure my parents enjoyed watching everyone else wrestle, my friends only came to see me, so of course they were incredibly bored. Conversly in basketball you get to watch your team play for two hours straight, which is nice from a fan's point of view.

In short, suck it up and quit whining about basketball. Wrestle for yourself, not for all the people you want to look good in front of, and most of all, have a sense of humor. The premise of wrestling is easy to make fun of. Deal with it. In the end most kids really do have respect for wrestlers and I personally have respect for basketball players. I've seen them throwing up enough to know that they work hard too.