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How Colleges Are Pushing The NCAA To Recognize Women’s Wrestling

TDR Editor’s Notes; We especially like the first two sentences and the last two sentences. Just need to hit the link and read the entire article to see the last two.
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Wrestling is a big deal in Iowa. If you walk into any bar in the Hawkeye State during its high school wrestling tournament, chances are the event is blaring on every TV in sight. Like many states, Iowa doesn’t offer separate sex divisions in high school wrestling, meaning that boys and girls must wrestle each other. Despite the local popularity of the sport, there’s not much of an infrastructure for its female athletes — only two girls have ever qualified to participate in Iowa’s state high school tournament since it started almost a century ago. Many athletes, coaches and fans of female wrestling want the status quo to change, including Charlotte Bailey.
The co-founder of Female Elite Wrestling has been coordinating the state’s only standalone wrestling tournament for girls since 2012. Rest of the story at http://iowapublicradio.org/post/wrestle-girl-how-colleges-are-pushing-ncaa-recognize-womens-wrestling?mc_cid=6a32a697e0&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b#stream/0

April 15, 2018 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized