I'm not a fan of Flo, but this article is really good - provides a lot of information using tables, graphs, maps, regarding the qualifiers for NCAAs.
Excellent article - breakdown of data re: qualifiers
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LOL. I clicked the link to the article using my ipad. Part of the article is covered up by an ad that I can’t remove so I can’t read the table showing number of qualifiers by state. It’s not a huge deal in itself but just adds to the tall pile of frustrations when trying to access flo’s content. Why do they make consuming their content so frustrating? I mean the entire business model is online/steaming based. They suck so bad at presentation of material.
Need a D1 program in Florida and Georgia.
Per capita, Iowa is King by far. I wonder what the number of high school wrestlers is per state.
Pa has 10,859, Iowa has 7750. So Iowa has better rate per capita if you look at state population however they're not doing as well if you go by total wrestlers.
HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATION NUMBERS | NWCA
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The per capita statistic can be somewhat misleading. For example, here in NY where the city has a population that is a great majority of the entire state. Wrestling, while making some strides over the years, still is nowhere near the rest of the state as far as quality or quantity.Pa has 10,859, Iowa has 7750. So Iowa has better rate per capita if you look at state population however they're not doing as well if you go by total wrestlers.
HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATION NUMBERS | NWCA
In other words, the 5 boroughs that make up NYC have a population of close to 9 million. The amount of teams and wrestlers is very limited. My guess is in states like PA, the major cities would be very similar when it comes to wrestling.
I think you might be right there, it's quite possible, if we look at the areas that have wrestling that Pennsylvania and New York are doing even better
However, it does seem that Pennsylvania's putting more national qualifiers out there based on the amount of wrestlers, compared to Iowa, upper 10,000s for Pennsylvania and upper 7000s for Iowa.
It would be interesting to see how many of those city programs Dewar don't have wrestling.
I guess that doesn't truly surprise me. High school wrestling in Iowa has been down in terms of absolute studs. it is getting better every year recently but we obviously have a lot of ground to make up.Pa has 10,859, Iowa has 7750. So Iowa has better rate per capita if you look at state population however they're not doing as well if you go by total wrestlers.
HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATION NUMBERS | NWCA
A lot of the biggest schools in Iowa aren’t “wrestling” schools either. Des moines(valley, dowling, north, Lincoln, etc) cedar rapids(wash, Kennedy, Jeff, Xavier, etc) cedar falls, the quad cities aren’t churning out wrestlers. Same with Chicago, Philly, etc. Bigger cities of all the states seem basketball focused.
