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Discussion Topic: move college season? could be.
Bob Preusse added to this discussion on May 21, 2020

the Stillwater Press reports John Smith among others want to move college wrestling to a one Semester Spring sport-- starting this season.

good idea? any impact on high school which i'm sure would stay a December to March sport?

https://www.stwnewspress.com/sports/osu_sports/smith-nwca-discussing-the-potential-of-shifting-college-wrestling-to-spring/article_00176159-d0d1-50a7-b2ac-9e1751eaba86.html?fbclid=IwAR0RJBw8iOoWrgGjBSM3TjgXdaNEb6FlTUUE2v2NdFXawY1-60BWxGqxPSQ



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Discussion Topic: move college season? could be.
Jim Behrens added to this discussion on May 22, 2020

Other than possibly giving more time for freshman to "adjust" to college life and getting a good handle on their studies, I am not sure I see much of an advantage.
Am I missing something?



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Discussion Topic: move college season? could be.
Jared Ball added to this discussion on May 25, 2020

The one semester argument has been largely attributed to academics and general length of the season. Additionally I’ve seen some arguments where John W and others want to avoid the basketball tournament, which would push NCAAs into April possibilities. This would seem counter productive to the season length argument. I don’t see any major drawback other than how it would potentially effect tournaments like the Cliff Keen. Midlands, and Scuffle. I do think the argument is mostly academic in an effort to allow athletes to focus on exams and the like instead of all the other things associated with wrestling. Besides, how awesome would it be to finally get to eat at Thanksgiving and Christmas!



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Discussion Topic: move college season? could be.
Mark Niemann added to this discussion on May 25, 2020

Quote from Jared Ball's post:

"...Besides, how awesome would it be to finally get to eat at Thanksgiving and Christmas!"



#GloryBe



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Discussion Topic: move college season? could be.
J.P. Barner added to this discussion on May 25, 2020

Quote from Jared Ball's post:

"The one semester argument has been largely attributed to academics and general length of the season. Additionally I’ve seen some arguments where John W and others want to avoid the basketball tournament, which would push NCAAs into April possibilities. This would seem counter productive to the season length argument. I don’t see any major drawback other than how it would potentially effect tournaments like the Cliff Keen. Midlands, and Scuffle. I do think the argument is mostly academic in an effort to allow athletes to focus on exams and the like instead of all the other things associated with wrestling. Besides, how awesome would it be to finally get to eat at Thanksgiving and Christmas!"



And not at Easter and Mother's Day? :)



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