Should college wrestlers switch to MMA type outfits vs. singlets?
The only problem that I would have with shirtless, college wrestlers might be cuts, sores, infections (such as herpes) and the transmittal of any microbes due to skin contact. 50 years ago, they didn't think about such things. Singlets in wrestling are modern phenomenon -- briefs or even nudity (in ancient times) has always been the norm. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: G.R. <[email protected]> To: GR <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 5:07 PM Subject: Fw: [AWFA] Wrestlers, fans weigh in as FloWrestling asks, "Singlets or fight shorts?" ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Christopher Fortunato <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [AWFA] Wrestlers, fans weigh in as FloWrestling asks, "Singlets or fight shorts?" The discussion with the three guys of Flowrestling seemed to lack historical perspective. They never mentioned that many men wrestled in college bare chested. They seemed to advocate for it now, sort of following MMA, but they never mentioned that uniforms went from shirtless wearing trunks and leggings (mostly) with Iowa wearing trunks only, and Eastern schools wearing shirts that snapped down at the crotch. Then, in 64 or so, trunks and leggings went out and you had a one piece or two piece with a pair of shorts. Then the leggings went out in the late 70s, though you can still wear them. Oklahoma State sometimes wears them along with the onesie. I remember my high school wearing leggings or tights in the late 70s and sometimes they still do. I think the little one, the one who always looks unkempt, made the mention that young men would feel inhibited showing so much of their body in public. That does not seem well taken in that athletes generally are quite aware of their bodies and in a sport like wrestling there is so much contact that I think such inhibited feelings would not be so common. In any event, those wrestlers that would feel that way would drop out, and would probably not be as proficient. --- On Mon, 5/14/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Subject: [AWFA] Wrestlers, fans weigh in as FloWrestling asks, "Singlets or >fight shorts?" >To: [email protected], >[email protected], >[email protected], >[email protected] >Cc: [email protected], [email protected] >Date: Monday, May 14, 2012, 7:18 AM > > > >Wrestlers, fans weigh in as FloWrestling asks, 'Singlets or fight shorts?' > > >Mark Palmer >College Wrestling Examiner > >Should college wrestlers continue to wear singlets in competition, or switch >to MMA-style fight shorts? >FloWrestling.org posed the question in a video at its website... with >wrestlers and fans weighing in on the issue. > >One-piece singlets have been the "uniform standard" for U.S. amateur wrestling >competition for 40 years. So, after all these years, why would anyone think >of changing what high school and college wrestlers wear? >To keep reading... >http://www.examiner.com/article/wrestlers-fans-weigh-as-flowrestling-asks-singlets-or-fight-shorts > >Before singlets, college wrestlers like Iowa's Gary Kurdelmeier (1958 NCAA >champ) wore trunks... shirts optional. >Photo credit: >National Wrestling Hall of Fame __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (2) Recent Activity: * New Members 1 Visit Your Group To visit our homepage, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmateurWrestlingFanAddicts For even MORE great photos and stories, visit our NEW AWFA Photo Annex http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmateurWrestlingFanAddictsPhotoAnnex/ Into old-school amatuer wrestling? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintageAmateurWrestling/ Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport?hl=en.
