I want to say this to the AD's that drop wrestling programs or de-emphasize their programs. You cheated a lot of kids like me out of an education and for that you should be ashamed. Dave Adams dropped the program at San Jose resulting in a spike in gang recruitment. The same thing happened in LA at UCLA, dropped, gang spike! Washington and UCSB, gang and crime spike. Drop out rates increased, kids health suffered. Discipline waned and we let the bullies run amuck. "Thats What the Caged Bird Sings" That's why I cry everytime a program is dropped. I am at the end of my fight, I am in no position to tell you what wrestling needs. You my fellow teammates, coaches, parents and families have to stand up for wrestling or we'll lose it at the university level. What can we do? We can do what Gymnastics did, they changed their rules and caught up with the rest of the world. So what? Fo me as a black coach I had to dispel the racist rumors about me; wanting to win the NCAA title with an all black team. I was asked that question by a parent of an Ohio State Champion that I was recruiting in the early 90's. I had to fight that rumor all my coaching career. I did win the NCAA's and I have recruited the most minorities and assistants in the country. I am proud of that, diversity is the trade mark of wrestling.