College Wrestling Programs Gone

kevinjoseph · 11-12-2008, 11:51 AM

How many 100s of schools ...both JCs and 4 year have dropped wrestling?
I know why....online i thought there was a site that kept count!

in LA..the local JC..Santa Monica dropped wrestling program and UCLA dropped it due supposedly to $$$ and politics.

does anyone know if theres a site that keeps a count?

SuicideGripMe · 11-12-2008, 01:19 PM

Not sure but its ridiculous and pisses me off. The schools keep pouring money into stadiums for basketball and football but piss on every other sport. I loved wrestling and it just bothers me the way things are going.

Anotherfling · 11-12-2008, 03:46 PM

Perhaps the popularity of MMA will help boost interest in middle school and high school wrestling, which may trickle up to revitalize college wrestling. Hopefully people like Randy Couture and Rashad Evan out there in a way promoting wrestling due to their MMA style will help.

Maybe I'm an optimist though, with the wussification of America by "parents" who live in terror of anything that might scrape, cut, or bruise their precious little ritalin infused, government school babysat, snowflakes, who knows. Sorry, hopped up on the soapbox there for a sec.

Quarter Nelson · 11-12-2008, 04:48 PM

ASU, a D1 program nearly got scrapped this spring. Saved by an anonymous 8 million dollar donation, though.

I blame title IX more than anything (no sexist).

kevinjoseph · 11-12-2008, 07:42 PM

I read 100,000 ? 300,000 kids/grade schoolers/ hi schoolers/ adults are part of wrestling programs...but 200? colleges? down from like 1000+ colleges..
IM LOOKING FOR THE CORRECT FIGURES IF ANYONE HAS THEM

SAN DIEGO CIRCA 1990-93 revived their program then lost it again
UCLA...santa monica college....