I think gutwrench misread what I said, so I will cover it again.

1. On the whole DI athletes tend to be better than those divisions below them, however as I pointed out there are numorous examples of kids wrestling right now in lower divisions that can and do beat their DI counterparts.

2. I never said DI wrestling was over rated, not sure where you got that.

3. That is exactly what I said on there, some Kansas kids don't want to wrestle at DI schools because maybe they don't like what these school have to offer them in terms of academics, programs, etc. Look at Ross Taplin, he could go DI but hes going to UNO because he likes the program they have up there and Abilene already has two graudates up there. My point in this whole thing is.. Gutwrentch maybe you should consider that some kids have more important things on their mind than wrestling at a DI school that they don't like. As i've said already there really isn't a compeling reason to wrestle in DI in the sport of wrestling, unless you just like the compeition. Being an All-American in College wrestling, at best might land you a few endorsement deals, but there really isn't a professional career after college wrestling, therefore our kids choose schools that they want to go to for school.

As an official I get to see everything that happens in our sport week after week, and I agree that we as a community really should cut down even more on top riding, I myself call stalling very aggressively, but I cannot control what other officials do, its their opinion when they are on the mat that matters, its within the rules and they are justified to call whatever they see fit. Personally I would love to see USAWKS and NFHS make the standing headlock illegal, i've been for this for many years now, it is a pathetic move usually only used in two situations. 1. The guy is desperate, 2. Its the ONLY move he will use. Its sad when i'm on the mat and the coach from the opponent is telling his wrestler to watch out for the headlock before we even start the match.