Dojo Wrestlers Write to ESPN Asking For more Wrestling

     The Wrestling Dojo of El Dorado Hills, CA is not just a place where wrestlers learn how to become better on the mat. The summer wrestling camp series of the Dojo Wrestler features many different off the mat activities to train the wrestlers awareness, develop responsibility, and build champions on and off the mat. The Dojo Wrestlers from this summer covered many different topics as seen below. Why do wrestlers need to wear singlets, A creative writing assignment on a wrestlers poem, research presentation on a great wrestler, and many others including todays in the dojo assignment, letter writing to ESPN.
     Recently, ESPN has become more active in covering all collegiate sports at the national scene, including wrestling. However there is definitely more prime time wrestling that could be shown! Covering the Big 10, Pac 10, and conference tournaments to qualify for the National Championships would make for great television. Some of the bigger tournaments during the heat of the season, Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, National Duals, Virginia Duals, Midlands would be great tournaments to cover during the season and create hype and anticipation as well. Even some conference rivalry dual meets would make for a great 60 to 90 minute program for viewers. More importantly, it would help wrestlers enjoy the sport as a spectator. By clinching more prime time for wrestling on ESPN, we also believe that more people would better understand the sport and appreciate the hard work and dedication required to be successful. We hope these letters reach out to the hearts of the producers at ESPN and help them see the value in promoting the sport of wrestling at all levels for all viewers. By taking a proactive instead of a reactive approach to promoting the sport of wrestling, Dojo Wrestlers expect to get a bigger community involved in their local wrestling matches and take away any possibility of their program ever being dropped from the athletics department.
     The letter writing assignment also gave the wrestlers an opportunity to share the wrestling shows they have seen on television. One show, "The Season" about the 2002 University of Iowa Hawkeye Wrestling Team, and another "The Streak" about a high school wrestling team in Florida that has gone undefeated for over 30 years.

Eliot Kelly 

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