midget5589 Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 How have 40+ states figured out how to: 1. get small school kids exposure to colleges and potential scholorships 2. discourage specialization 3. not feel the drain of spreading athletes 4. keep highly motivated coaches at small schools I bet you know the answer I love how easy it is to manipulate statistics, first of all there aren't 40+ states with class wrestling. Second of all, of the states with one class over fifty percent of them are in the bottom half of the most populous states in the country and the ones that are in the top half (California, Texas, New Jersey, and Indiana) repeatedly produce studs at the collegiate level. Also, on the discouragement of specialization topic, that can be felt at any school regardless of size as long as one sport, usually football, dominates, which is the case at many big schools. Umm, yes there are exactly nine states with single class wrestling: Indiana, California, New Jersey, Texas, Hawaii, Delaware, Kentucky, Arkansas and Vermont. Mississippi does not sanction wrestling. Arkansas just stated sanctioning wrestling last year and Texas is celebrating their 10th year of sanctioning wrestling this year. So to say all of these one class states are below average is without knowing the whole truth. More states with class wrestling are in the top 25% of top wrestling states than single class states. that would be because about 75 percent of states have class wrestling so of course more are in top 25 percent, just like 75 percent of kids go to big schools and 75 percent of state qualifiers are from big schools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCard Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Wow, I can't believe that the picture of the guys beating a dead horse has surfaced in this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickS Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Wow, I can't believe that the picture of the guys beating a dead horse has surfaced in this topic. You mean this horse? or this one? or maybe this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio Jr. Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 2. beating a dead horse 17 up, 1 down love ithate it It doesn't matter how much you want to continue riding beating a dead horse is not going to get you anywhere. If something is already done and over with there is no point in still talking about it. If something is already broken there is no point in trying to use it. is it really done? have we come to a clear cut non-refutable answer? NOPE BEAT AWAY FRIENDS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiralride1 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 > Why are you so sweaty? -- I was watching cops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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