Just gross...

[zeke12]

Minnesota will suspend wrestling for eight days following outbreak of herpes among grapplers.

http://www.startribune.com/526/story/969346.html

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Apparently they took the crotch-grabber moniker too literally.

 

[zeke12]

Naw, it is apparently a strain of herpes you can get from wrestling mats.

How long before they just axe wrestling as a public health danger? Seriously, is there any disease you can't get from those mats?

 

[outofplace]

It's amazing the stuff these athletes get from the mats. That alone makes me glad I never tried this sport.

And if that doesn't do it, don't forget that the Greeks competed in the nude during the original olympics. That included wrestling. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[zeke12]

I always found wrestling dull to cover, and full of the craziest parents.

On the other hand, it was also full of some of the nicest, hardest-working kids who loved the sport because they had finally found something that had less to do with innate athletic ability than it did busting your ass.

But I seem to read two or three of these "outbreak" wrestling stories a winter anymore.

 

[Trouser_Buddah]

When I was a wrestler, I always went to the mat with less 'gear' than my opponent. [/JDV]

 

[Norman Stansfield]

You'd think staph infections would be fairly common in wrestling as well, considering the contact they have with each other and the mat.

Yet another reason to never roll around half-naked with another sweaty guy.

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

You need more than one?

 

[sportschick]

When I was a wrestler, I always went to the mat with less 'gear' than my opponent. [/JDV]

Only because your 'gear' kept shrinking from the 'roids.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

You need more than one?

Nope.

 

[Bob Cook]

I always found wrestling dull to cover, and full of the craziest parents.

On the other hand, it was also full of some of the nicest, hardest-working kids who loved the sport because they had finally found something that had less to do with innate athletic ability than it did busting your ass.

But I seem to read two or three of these "outbreak" wrestling stories a winter anymore.

My son's team is under strict orders to shower the moment they get home. Once all these kids leave practice, they practically flood the floor with disinfectants.

It is not breaking my heart that this is a sport my son is cooling toward. First, there's the disease, and then there's getting up at five in the morning to sit around and wait all day for the nine minutes (tops) your kid is wrestling.

 

[zeke12]

And then there's the eating disorders it can give young boys.

As I've said, some of the nicest HS kids I've ever dealt with have been wrestlers. But it is some ****ed up ****.

 

[outofplace]

And then there's the eating disorders it can give young boys.

As I've said, some of the nicest HS kids I've ever dealt with have been wrestlers. But it is some ****ed up ****.

Some of the best personalities I've met covering high school sports came with wrestling. I make fun of the sport, but there really are some great people competing in it.

I still remember one of the first wrestling meets I had ever covered. I was interviewing one of the wrestlers in the locker room, which was just about empty by then. He glances behind me a time or two, trying not to laugh. I finally notice and turn around...and one of his teammates is mooning me.

The kid showing the moon ended up being a state champion a year later. That's one of the tamer stories I know about him.

 

[John]

I'm working on a wrestling feature right now. I stepped around the mat, but I think I'm OK on the herpes front. Though I did shake some hands while I was there.

I always enjoyed covering wrestling because of the kids and because a dual match can be over in about 30 minutes.

 

[qtlaw]

I thoroughly enjoyed my HS wrestling days (98 lber); felt I was in the best shape of my life, to this day; um except for the starving aspect (parents eat T-Bone for dinner; salad for me; just wrong) The constant intensity is unmatched in any other sport.

 

[FishHack76]

I'm working on a wrestling feature right now. I stepped around the mat, but I think I'm OK on the herpes front. Though I did shake some hands while I was there.

I always enjoyed covering wrestling because of the kids and because a dual match can be over in about 30 minutes.

Your dual meets must have a ton of pins and forfeits .. 14 matches in 30 minutes? That's cookin'.... It's about an hour and a half or two hours usually for me.

 

[lone star scribe]

Maybe during the eight-day shutdown, the Star Tribune's copy editors can decide whether it's Herpes gladiatorum or gladiatorium.

But as a former wrestler, I can attest our coach, a former college champion, was fanatical about keeping the mats clean and disinfected, and wrestlers using body wash in the shower. Or is that too much information? ;D

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

When I was a wrestler, I always went to the mat with less 'gear' than my opponent. [/JDV]

Only because your 'gear' kept shrinking from the 'roids.

are you sayin' there's something wrong with my gear?

 

[EStreetJoe]

I always found wrestling dull to cover, and full of the craziest parents.

I found swimming parents to be crazier than wrestling parents.

 

[Claws for Concern]

Can't wait for Vinny Mac to find an angle to use from this knowledge.