Wrestling News and UpdatesJul 30, 2016 by Wrestling Nomad
NWCA Proposes Drastic Changes To NCAA Season
NWCA Proposes Drastic Changes To NCAA Season
One of the most frequent topics of conversation in our community is to change the timing of the NCAA wrestling season. Today, a five-year strategic plan was
One of the most frequent topics of conversation in our community is to change the timing of the NCAA wrestling season. Today, a five-year strategic plan was released by the NWCA in hopes of doing just that.
The 31-page report list a host of reasons they would like the season to be changed, focusing on the unique needs of wrestlers as student-athletes and the marketability of college wrestling as a whole.
Most of the changes are to scheduling, with a few semantical rule changes in the operation of teams. Essentially, the season will start and end later.
Instead of opening practice on October 10th, it would be pushed back to November 1st, though the color coded chart with it intimates it could also be the Friday immediately following Thanksgiving. This would need to be cleared up.
That would mean the start of competition is pushed back, to around the week of Christmas. The document proposes changing that start to the first Friday following Christmas, but the chart calendar shows it starting on December 18th.
Finally, it would push back the NCAA Championship tournament several weeks, to as late as the third full weekend in April. The plan also recommends a formal Dual Team champion, something the NWCA has been pushing for years.
Also included are a number of other changes, from recruiting, RTC integration and helping make women's wrestling an emerging NCAA sport.
Read the entire 31-page report below, and let us know in the comments or on social media what your feelings are on these proposals.
NWCA proposal
The 31-page report list a host of reasons they would like the season to be changed, focusing on the unique needs of wrestlers as student-athletes and the marketability of college wrestling as a whole.
Most of the changes are to scheduling, with a few semantical rule changes in the operation of teams. Essentially, the season will start and end later.
Instead of opening practice on October 10th, it would be pushed back to November 1st, though the color coded chart with it intimates it could also be the Friday immediately following Thanksgiving. This would need to be cleared up.
That would mean the start of competition is pushed back, to around the week of Christmas. The document proposes changing that start to the first Friday following Christmas, but the chart calendar shows it starting on December 18th.
Finally, it would push back the NCAA Championship tournament several weeks, to as late as the third full weekend in April. The plan also recommends a formal Dual Team champion, something the NWCA has been pushing for years.
Also included are a number of other changes, from recruiting, RTC integration and helping make women's wrestling an emerging NCAA sport.
Read the entire 31-page report below, and let us know in the comments or on social media what your feelings are on these proposals.
NWCA proposal
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