Nike can suck it
Very eloquent..... And we wonder why Wrestling Fans are considered Neanderthals ... At 29 years of age, and 10.711 posts per day, one would think you could alt least build a complete sentence.
It's exactly, this kind of blind, misdirected hatred, that has hamstrung College Wrestling since Title 9 arrived on the scene. The University of Washington, and prior to that Washington State, buried their heads in the sand and did absolutely nothing to preserve the wrestling programs. Totally off guard, with no preservation or funding plans, what so ever.
It's ironic, that OSU, the ugly step child of OU .... Is still alive and well, and building a solid endowment base of funds. They are not out of the woods as of yet, however they are getting closer and closer.
It wasn't until the programs were flushed down the toilet, did we ever see any efforts to fund the programs at UW and WSU. Granted we never thought the proportion prong would be the fall back position ... in the early days. OU had plenty of lead time to prepare... YET did not.
The last figures we got from WSU was 13M, to fund both womens and mens wrestling, as they also need new facilities as well. And over at the UW, you can find absolutely no history nor indication, that Larry Owing ever wrestled there.
It's as if, wrestling never existed.
What is frustrating is ... We have so many Kazillionaires, Billionaires and Multi Millionaires in the NW, and not a single one of them is a former wrestler, nor avid wrestling fans.
A sugar daddy or two would sure be welcome.