It will be interesting to see how NIL and transfer portal continue to change college wrestling. Some top wrestlers are already getting 6 figures, wrestlers reaching out to wrestlers with offers to leave their current school and join a new team etc. I will be glad when all the extra Covid year stuff plays out also.
I missed the first round but watched all the rest. Have not been to the tournament since 2000. Made it to seven of them, good times. I agree quarters and semis are the best. I think the refs are just as bad for the sport as NIL. There is not enough consistency with stalling calls from match to match. Its still the greatest collage sport in my opinion.
Hats off to Cornell for taking second. Ivy League school, no scholarships, do not allow transfers, no redshirts. Actually lost a lot of wrestlers a few years ago when coach went to Stanford.