rago1986 Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Right i'm fom the u.k. and we dont have college wrestling .ect so all the ncaa and div1 div2 .ect makes no sense to me it just makes me think wow they must be good at wrestling. so could someone from the u.s. or someone in the know be so kind as to explain it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHenry Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Div 1 schools are the schools with the lagest number of students. Div 2 is less than div 1 and so on from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim_A Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Right i'm fom the u.k. and we dont have college wrestling .ect so all the ncaa and div1 div2 .ect makes no sense to me it just makes me think wow they must be good at wrestling. so could someone from the u.s. or someone in the know be so kind as to explain it to me. NCAA is the national collegiate athletics association. They oversee pretty much all all competitive college sports and set the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimpygimpet Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Right i'm fom the u.k. and we dont have college wrestling .ect so all the ncaa and div1 div2 .ect makes no sense to me it just makes me think wow they must be good at wrestling. so could someone from the u.s. or someone in the know be so kind as to explain it to me. Division 1 is supposed to be better wrestlers than Division 2. Example: Brock= Division 1 Carwin=Division 2 Is that what you wanted to know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rago1986 Posted July 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 ok thanks guys whats all american Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexel1406053033 Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Division 1 is supposed to be better wrestlers than Division 2. Example: Brock= Division 1 Carwin=Division 2 Is that what you wanted to know? Is that just expectation though because these larger schools can fund thier wrestling programmes better? Using Carwin/Brock as an example, would they ever have wrestled or were they just seperated because of the size of their school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimpygimpet Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Is that just expectation though because these larger schools can fund thier wrestling programmes better? Using Carwin/Brock as an example' date=' would they ever have wrestled or were they just seperated because of the size of their school?[/quote'] Now i said supposed to have better wrestlers. But in the Carwin Brock fight Carwin actually stopped some of Brocks TDs. But i'm not sure if the wrestler or not. I only do it at my high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady_Champ Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 UFC = DIV 1 SF and Pride = DIV 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHSwrestler Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Division 1 generally has much greater competition. Yes, alot of people will say that division 2 is better but there's only a handful that are almost as good as division 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vahJJ Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 D-1 is regarded as the elite of NCAA sports and is generally the most competitive in terms of skill and being able to get on a team. D-2 just means a lower level they still have athletic scholarships, but typically don't recruit the best guys, since they naturally go to a D1 school. Wrestling actually starts in high school, its a requirement for males in their physical education class to spend some time on wrestling (at least in california), you Brits should do the same so everybody gets exposed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshdfs Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 There are around 1200 schools which belong to the NCAA in America. They are divided up into divisions according to a number of things, but mainly by the number of students attending. Larger schools have more alumni which makes them more attractive to TV and advertisers, so their athletic events are more commonly broadcast on TV. D.I schools make the most money from TV and other athletic events, so they have more money for scholarships. This leads a great many people to assume that the best athletes automatically attend Div I schools for exposure and a higher likelihood of moving on to the pros. This is of course not always true. I can make you a list a page long of hall of fame athletes, coaches, and teams from each major sport that came from D.II. If you look at the Olympic roster the vast majority of athletes are from D.II. schools. In any given year, a few million kids will graduate high school. Among them are a few hundred thousand student athletes divided up among all the sports. It is totally conceivable that a pretty good number of outstanding athletes fall through the cracks of recruiting for the D.I powerhouses and end up in smaller schools. Right now, of the top 5 HW freestyle wrestlers who would make up our "National Team", 4 are D.II wrestlers. Shane Carwin could have been a D.I athlete as well but chose to go another route because first and foremost he wanted a quality education and degree, and he wanted to wrestle and play football, which he couldn't do at D.I schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future_Champ Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 UFC = DIV 1 SF and Pride = DIV 2 Lol.. All American Wrestler means that they're one of the best wrestlers in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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