It's a long road but not impossible (EDIT)
by stanford_07 (2020-02-18 11:55:25)
Edited on 2020-02-18 12:17:47

In reply to: It's not coming back at ND  posted by fontoknow

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Among the top ten most popular high school sports, boys wrestling saw the third-largest jump in 2018-19, behind track and soccer. Girls wrestling has grown exponentially in the last five years.

Yes, many D1 programs have been dropped in the last two decades. I'd argue that is due largely to wrestling being a Title IX scapegoat, not high school participation rates.

In fact, college wrestling has never been more nationally popular. It's now the fourth most-watched sport on the Big Ten Network, behind football, men's basketball and women's volleyball.

There are only four profitable NCAA championships each year: the Final Four, the College World Series, the Frozen Four and the NCAA wrestling tourney. And only two of those are big enough to hold in an NFL stadium.

Notre Dame wrestling could field a strong team for both men and women, just like it does in many Olympic sports. The sport would need a group of backers and some significant donors, but those aren't impossible roadblocks to overcome.



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