Maninly becuase most college wrestlers are so evenly matched that there needs to be a way, one wrestler can claim a win over another without an overtime period which still happens on occasion. But it seems more fair to award a victory to a wrestler that can control another for 1 minute as opposed to 1 wrestler getting a "lucky" takedown or 1 decided by a referee.
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