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Re: ans Bear, etc.
Consider competitive wrestling at the high school and college/university
levels. I have, more than once, had the experience of a young wrestling team
member looking gray-faced, feeling lightheaded, and feeling close to fainting
in the classroom because:
1. Too many other wrestlers exist for his category, so he is starving
himself and using diuretics to "make weight" for a lower weight class in
which he can compete.
2. He has gained a few pounds that will knock him out of the class in
which he is currently wrestling and the coach will "kill him" if he "DQ's" at
the weigh-in.
I have also been told --- PROUDLY, I might add --- by a well-established high
school wrestling coach (All-County, All-State) that keeping aggression
levels high is very important, so several of his team members who are under
doctor's care and have prescriptions for Ritalin are told not to take their
medication on the day of meets until AFTER the meet. I was assured that
those boys/young men are "ready to rip anyone apart." And, yes, I believe
that this action is illegal.
So, can we admit that young men as well as young women are vulnerable to
abuses in competitive athletics?
Dawn Sova (female)
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