That was a lot of wrestling, wasn’t it? I can’t be the only one that felt like that was a tremendous amount of wrestling that was yielded by six teams of six. 

We had high-level matches. We had blowouts. When it was all said and done I think we can all agree that this is something that we should be doing more of. But is the RTC Cup something that is sustainable? Can it be expanded upon to the point that it starts to look like a season? 

I honestly do not know the answer to those questions, but I do know that these are at the top of a long list of questions that we should all be asking ourselves. The point of this article is not to answer questions, it's to pose questions that we should be thinking about if we liked the wrestling product that was presented on Friday and Saturday in Cincinnati and we’d like to see more of it. 

Is There A Way To Make RTC's Profitable? 

Cliff Keen RTC made $70k altogether this weekend. That's a good chunk of change. While I have no idea how they allocated the money I do know that even if every cent went back to Cliff Keen it wouldn’t begin to put a dent in the amount of money that the company and the Keen family have paid out to help young men achieve their post-college wrestling goals over the years. 

Most of the money that funds RTC’s is donated. In fact, if you look at most big college programs most of the money that funds them is donated as well. What if we looked at the money coming into the RTC’s as an investment? 

Is there any way for an RTC to be profitable? Is there any way for an RTC to be able to give an investor a return on their investment? I have thoughts, but Im curious to hear your point of view? Is this possible? Hit me with a DM on Instagram @mikemalinconico 

Is It Time To Create A New Position?

From what I understand, in most cases, the RTC’s managerial responsibility falls largely on the head coach of the NCAA institution that houses it, or in other cases where the RTC has a designated head coach, the ball is in their court. In either event, they are in charge of fundraising, staffing, coaching, marketing, etc. 

Is it time to assign a director of sorts for each RTC? The skill sets involved with coaching is completely different than the skill set involved with marketing or fundraising, so why are these coaches expected to excel all of them.

Finding the right athletes to be in your RTC seems key. For example, has there been a better pick up as far as free agents go than The Spartan RTC picking up Even Henderson? Identifying talent that can be acquired at a bargain seems like a job in its own right

One More Weight Class? 

I know that putting together a 6 person squad has proven difficult for even the most well funded RTC’s and I'm very curious to see how the teams that made money last weekend paid their free agents, but I think the goal should be to expand to a 7 man roster. It doesn’t have to be 70kg, but that weight class is smack dab in the middle and just makes the most sense to me. This would take a lot of the guesswork out of the team scoring.