Since I haven’t been putting a newsletter out on a regular basis, I think I’ll try a new approach. I love this sport and I have so much to talk about that I need to share my thoughts more often. I’m not sure if there will be any pattern or just what’s on my mind while I’m thinking about the past, the future and the current. What’s next? Tune in…Taking Care of Business
Son-in-law’s birthday (Brian); speech to the University of Iowa football team concerning consistency of good performances and what good really is; Back-to-School night for my youngest daughter, Mackenzie, (senior year, wow!); social at Barron Bremner’s home (former Iowa wrestler, retired Coe & Cornell AD); Terry Brands induction into the Iowa Letterman Hall of Fame; Harry Ostrander’s 40th wedding anniversary party; speech at Great America leasing corporation at their Peak Performance meeting; weekend trip to Minnesota cabin with my wide and good friends Bob and Patty Altmaier; oldest daughter Jenni’s birthday; alma mater West Waterloo High School meeting of the so-called “legends” to help inspire the current students and athletes at West Waterloo, another trip to Waterloo and Des Moines to look at moving the wrestling museum in Newton to Waterloo or Des Moines; all of this in a short period of time!
So much for taking care of business, now it’s time to travel to Budapest to witness the World Wrestling Championships and the new rules. What’s nice is I could stay home and watch it over the internet for $10. Maybe I’ll do that. A new company out of California is broadcasting several sports’ Worlds – great! For information go to TheMat.com
Talked with Mitch Hull of USA Wrestling who’s in Budapest on his Global cell phone and he’s keeping me updated on interesting information in Budapest. I also informed him of the internet broadcast which was new to him. Mitch said he was glad to be able to keep up with things going on back in his office in the Springs. He thanked me – of course I thanked him for his info in the Worlds/ I have to admit, I’m very skeptical of what I’m going to witness at the World’s, but I am going to be open-minded and see first-hand and then draw my conclusions after witnessing the event. I’m not as concerned about the results, as usual, as compared to what the product is for the future of the sport. We need to offer a product that the masses can buy into – participants and spectators. To be honest, right now, a lot of good fans and potential participants are questioning the product that is being experimented with, including both Freestyle and Greco. Right now my personal opinion is – does baseball let you go to 3rd base so someone has the better chance to score? Of course not! All those other rules allow for opportunities to score without placing someone in a major advantage position so someone can score. That’s where we need work and I think there are plenty of opportunities to score with the right rules in place.
More later – I need to shut up on rules till after Budapest!
So much for taking care of business, now it’s time to travel to Budapest to witness the World Wrestling Championships and the new rules. What’s nice is I could stay home and watch it over the internet for $10. Maybe I’ll do that. A new company out of California is broadcasting several sports’ Worlds – great! For information go to TheMat.com
Talked with Mitch Hull of USA Wrestling who’s in Budapest on his Global cell phone and he’s keeping me updated on interesting information in Budapest. I also informed him of the internet broadcast which was new to him. Mitch said he was glad to be able to keep up with things going on back in his office in the Springs. He thanked me – of course I thanked him for his info in the Worlds/ I have to admit, I’m very skeptical of what I’m going to witness at the World’s, but I am going to be open-minded and see first-hand and then draw my conclusions after witnessing the event. I’m not as concerned about the results, as usual, as compared to what the product is for the future of the sport. We need to offer a product that the masses can buy into – participants and spectators. To be honest, right now, a lot of good fans and potential participants are questioning the product that is being experimented with, including both Freestyle and Greco. Right now my personal opinion is – does baseball let you go to 3rd base so someone has the better chance to score? Of course not! All those other rules allow for opportunities to score without placing someone in a major advantage position so someone can score. That’s where we need work and I think there are plenty of opportunities to score with the right rules in place.
More later – I need to shut up on rules till after Budapest!
posted by DanGable.com at 9:44 AM
1 Comments:
While Baseball does not start a runner out on 3rd...in MLB...they have lowered the mound (in the sixties), livened up the ball (over time), shrunk the strike zone (over time), and made the ballparks generally smaller (especially in the power alleys)...thus the rules haven't really changed, but the game is more offensive...could wrestling make itself more exciting without harming the integrity of the sport (i.e. Mr. Gable won a gold medal without giving up a point or maybe just giving up 1 point...in a different version of wrestling is that record protected or potentially watered down?)...My opinion is keep wrestling as it is and allow new sports like MMA (e.g. UFC) to be more commercial alternatives that wrestlers can go to after their amatuer experience....
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