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Part of our problem with Wrestling in this country is our leadership doesn't have to answer to anybody. So where is the critical independent media? It is either owned by our governing body or they arent willing to ask the hard questions. Questions of our governing body are good, especially when no one is asking them. Over the past year, I have been approached by several different people in regards to All American Wrestling supply's relationship with USA Wrestling. Dave Miller the former CEO at USA Wrestling now owns All American Wrestling Supply. All American Wrestling Supply has an exclusive… more »

So I read an interesting blog post (http://gg121and2.blogspot.com/2009/03/tom-brands-in-twilight-zone.html). It’s a hypothetical situation about Iowa dropping their program. As the author mentions, two more D1 programs have been dropped with little uproar from the wrestling community. It seems that we all are close to a program that has been dropped or have a good friend who is. My former assistant coach at UVA, Brendan Buckley (Columbia Univ Head Coach) wrestled at Clemson until the program was dropped then transferred to Fresno, which has since been dropped. I coached at Slippery Rock University which has been dropped. My former teammate, Steve Garland,… more »