Eagles Coach:

I believe that is correct about a 230 muscular in shape wrestler is preferable to a fat out of shape 270 pound wrestler, but would you not be able to say the same thing about lighter weights. A muscular in shape 160 pound wrestler would be preferable to a fat out of shape 200 pound wrestler. I think a muscular in shape 270 pound wrestler would have an advantage over a muscular in shape 230 pound wrestler.

I just think that are a number of in shape muscular 225-250 pound football players out there who might be not wrestling due to this large weight spread between 215 and 275. I believe it would serve their football career better to be wrestling than focusing on weightlifting at this time of year. They could be doing in-season lighter weightlifting programs and then concentrate on their heavier weightlifting programs from March thru August.

I think we need to get these guys out to increase the popularity of our sport and this starts at the youth level. I mean do you really think it is right that college goes from 197 to 285. Does that really reflect what is going on with size in our society today?


Vince Nowak
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