Originally posted by gutwrench1: Nigel, Do you really think anyone would believe that our best kids who can compete on the national hs level would rather wrestle DII, NAIA and JUCO than DI?
Yes Gutwrentch as a matter of fact I do, and not only that but I and everyone else here in Kansas have seen it happen time and time again. But it doesn't just stop with wrestling it extends to other sports as well. Some of our best wrestlers have gone to college to compete in a completly different sport i.e Jeff Boyle. How you compare scholarships is a matter of discussion. As you can imagine a "full ride" scholarship to a DI school is worth more money than a "full ride" to a similar PUBLIC DII school. As it has been mentioned many times before some kids just don't want to wrestle DI, its not because they can't. Look at Ross Taplin, he was 4th this year at Senior Nationals and he is wrestling DII at Omaha because he likes the program, the coach, and two other guys from our home town are up there right now. If you don't think he could compete in DI with a few years of development than I would say you are the crazy one. By the way you can't compare MLB to wrestling, they are not even remotely the same. Some day gut, you will understand that there may be more important things for kids to accomplish than wrestling @ a DI college program and most likely having minimal sucess.
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