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Wrestling. I've found that the people that fall short at each level leave the sport with a discipline and sense of accomplishment unlike any other sport. Whil
by LanceH 7y ago
Wrestling. I've found that the people that fall short at each level leave the sport with a discipline and sense of accomplishment unlike any other sport.
While the unhealthy weight cuts aren't completely in the past, they have been addressed and greatly mitigated.
- samatman 7y agoI think wrestling is great, but rates of injury are pretty high. Cauliflower ear is kind of a badge of pride in those circles, but it definitely qualifies as damage. Rotator cuff injuries are quite common, and I suspect that cases of disordered eating are higher than you might think.
- smileysteve 7y agoWrestling is notorious for eating disorders, performance enhancing drug use, dehydration (via cutting water weight - sweatsuits specifically), etc. But also has its own historical accusations of drug use, abuse, murder with its own documentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxcatcher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxcatcher If we choose time periods closely enough, most sports are probably scandal free 5-15 years at a time.
- LanceH 7y agoYour right, I misread. Historically wrestling has been awful. It's the rare example of something coming out better from lessons learned.