This topic has been discussed in the past. It seems like there are some coaches and individuals on this forum that have rationalized a reason to not have their wrestlers approach the opposing coach and offer their hand in friendship and respect.
Come on now---if more than 99% of the teams do this why do you want to try and change a neat and useful tradition??are we not still trying to help these young men grow and mature??
Why don't all the coaches try to organize and control this sport a little better.For instance many teams wear matching warmups and they have their teams organized on the bench and some teams rise to greet their wrestlers after a match--win or lose.I like this--it shows some team unity and mutual repect for what these boys do to compete on the mat and participate in this grueling sport!
I wish this was more common.
Also, after years of participation way back in high school and recently following my grandsons I can say that the sport is still great and I love it!However, I do feel like the tournaments and matches could be better presented to the viewing public in order to try and gain more fans.The printed programs, if available, could present more information,the annoucements could be done better so that people could hear and understand,and the results posted and given more often.Maybe even some special recognition of ranked wrestlers.Or a heads up that there is a potential match between 2 ranked wrestlers---something of that nature.