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jcgoldie

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24. yeah the problem with making weight

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 04:02 PM

Mar 2023

Most coaches would try to get everyone to wrestle at a weight class or two below their natural weight. The idea was that you would do better against smaller guys but of course it also sapped your strength before every meet. They would run you in plastic sweats and starve you the night before and after you weighed in they would load you up on bananas and chocolate bars to try to pump some energy back into your emaciated body. Very healthy.

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Wrestling coaches said "water is for the weak". College wrestler dies searching for water [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2023 OP

What a fucking dumbass Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2023 #1

That Is Murder, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2023 #2

At a very minimum, negligent/reckless homicide. roamer65 Mar 2023 #4

Agree Rebl2 Mar 2023 #29

agree BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #40

On a fire ant hill full of fire ants UpInArms Mar 2023 #19

Covered in jam and staked to an anthill. Crunchy Frog Mar 2023 #43

Water is for the weak... Takket Mar 2023 #3

Thete ate surveliance pics of him pulling on door with all his strength Demovictory9 Mar 2023 #6

With The Appropriate Electrolytes ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #7

Criminally negligent homicide at the very least. wnylib Mar 2023 #37

I Think It Depends On The State ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #38

Maybe manslaughter. wnylib Mar 2023 #45

Maybe ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #46

Shades of hs wrestling jcgoldie Mar 2023 #5

Yep I had a couple friends who wrestled underpants Mar 2023 #13

I guess they proved to be right treestar Mar 2023 #8

Toxic Delphinus Mar 2023 #22

I hope the coaching staff are personally sued. MontanaMama Mar 2023 #9

And incarcerated for reckless endangerment and negligence calimary Mar 2023 #33

I had no idea anyone still did this. underpants Mar 2023 #10

Same here Johnny2X2X Mar 2023 #18

I played in the late 60s early 70s. Coaches had the same mindset. rsdsharp Mar 2023 #20

Wrestling has some weak justification because you have to make weight exboyfil Mar 2023 #21

yeah the problem with making weight jcgoldie Mar 2023 #24

I live in Iowa now (moved here after college) exboyfil Mar 2023 #25

I am still SO grateful that our son never went out for sports. calimary Mar 2023 #34

It's not the sports GenThePerservering Mar 2023 #47

Sounds like a studied assessment. calimary Mar 2023 #49

After Reading Here... ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #41

Recommended. H2O Man Mar 2023 #11

One word - MURDER. Joinfortmill Mar 2023 #12

Coach should be in prison. republianmushroom Mar 2023 #14

Kentucky: University of the Cumberlands Tetrachloride Mar 2023 #15

"They should have been trained on that; they should've recognized that." Silent3 Mar 2023 #16

I think you got it right. ShazzieB Mar 2023 #31

Unconscionable DET Mar 2023 #17

This sadist is now coaching at a public high school exboyfil Mar 2023 #23

his brother died at age 22 BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #42

Yet another example of BDFJs in action! OldBaldy1701E Mar 2023 #26

damn!!! llashram Mar 2023 #27

yeah...here is pic of Brace desperately trying to get to water BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #39

Not even the military -or at least the army, is this deranged ColinC Mar 2023 #28

We can all imagine how the Coach should be punished. flying_wahini Mar 2023 #30

That is so fucked up. I hope they serves prison sentenses. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #32

I have met coaches who did a good job of supporting students. PurgedVoter Mar 2023 #35

What era are these asshole coaches from? 3catwoman3 Mar 2023 #36

What strange, sadistic people those coaches were. Wingus Dingus Mar 2023 #44

One of our 70s punishments at gym XanaDUer2 Mar 2023 #48