Does Collegiate hold us back?

i think fok should be added as a forth style or just modify folks rules

Small modification to be closer to freestyle who be enough, but over all keep it as is. If anything freestyle needs some slight modifications too from the state it is in to be different than its current form. Some of those modification could make it a little freestlye more like folkstyle.

I second this statement:
"martin, i know you are capable of more. instead of another front lawn wrestling match between you and joe in austin, set up more meetings with usa wrestling management, with russian federation management, with FILA to really try and see where we as a country can grow and get better. and as a journalist, don't just settle for the politically correct answer. if you see an inroad, probe and get to the deeper more honest truth.
keep up the good work."

It should stay the same. Folkstyle is Our American way of wrestling. Collegiate style teaches American wrestlers control over their opponent, more so than in freestyle. I think we need more wrestlers from the collegiate level and all wrestlers in general to make the transition.
I don't think Collegiate holds us back, it's just that most wrestlers are not making the transition, or are going to MMA. With the recent recession and institutions closing their mat programs, we need to rethink how to keep our mat skills as a nation up to par with the international level.

Jfrizzle- I agree. A lot of recent NCAA wrestlers have been going to the MMA side. We need more wrestlers who stick with the sport and not abandon it for Mixed martial arts.

martin,
you are always a leader in this sport and have done so much to advance the cause of wrestling. i really appreciated these interviews, however i think as a good journalist you needed to push rich bender a little bit more to give real HONEST answers to your questions. why was kj let go? he didn't really answer this question but rather gave you the cookie cutter politically correct response. what does zeke really bring to this program? he is unproven as a coach. why has russia dominated us so thoroughly over the last 4-10 years? why can't we get more money to our athletes now? why do the russian olympic gold medalists get BMW's from their dagastanian oil tycoon while clarissa chun maybe gets $40,000? you didn't probe him enough about the ralph marinetti experience at NCAA's. rich let you in on some very inside info about how he brought the head of FILA to the NCAA's to try and change the international style from f/s to folk and you just nodded your head and gave him a couple of "o.k's." that's huge news. what came of that meeting. what was ralph marinetti's feelings on folkstyle. what years was that? he fed you a bone there and you just dropped the ball. and the most important question you forgot to ask rich was about MMA. our best and brightest stars are fleeing USA wrestling for greener pasteurs. ben askren, phil davis, jake rosholt, johnny hendricks, henry cejudo, etc all have left wrestling to pursue mma. if we expect to not only compete with the russians but beat them one day we need to retain our best stars. what is usa wrestling doing to ensure that our most promising wrestlers continue wrestling and don't leave to compete in mixed martial arts???

martin, i know you are capable of more. instead of another front lawn wrestling match between you and joe in austin, set up more meetings with usa wrestling management, with russian federation management, with FILA to really try and see where we as a country can grow and get better. and as a journalist, don't just settle for the politically correct answer. if you see an inroad, probe and get to the deeper more honest truth.
keep up the good work.