Op-Ed: Wrestling Isn't That Special.

Recently, one of my classmates, Andrew Lobach, posted an editorial stating that our school needs a wrestling team, for numerous reasons. How many people in our school would really be interested in wrestling though? Also, have you seen how many students attend TRHS? Not enough to support another sport in the school. TRHS has three seasons essentially: football, golf and volleyball, basketball, and track with another round of golf. A lot of students participate in those sports, and when is there time between those sports to add in another activity that requires participation from numeerous people already involved in something. Also, some students go into Sheridan and participate in the soccer, indoor track and hockey programs. If you look at it this way, there is no time for people to get involved with wrestling if they are already busy with something else that takes up a lot of the year.
Andrew mentioned that people involved with wrestling had a special bond that no one else in the sport's world has. Wait, isn't that said about every sport? Doesn't every sport require loyalty, dedication, pride, respect and wisdom? Of course. Wrestling isn't the only sport out there that requires those qualities. In our community, basketball, football and volleyball are major sports, and are highly looked upon. How much attention would wrestling get? If you look at how many students our school has, that just doesn't make the cut for a wrestling team. So far, the only interest I've seen in wrestling for this school is from the author of the editorial I'm opposing. Wrestling isn't that special of a sport. It's just like the other sports out there. In my opinion, we wouldn't have enough people to participate in this sport to keep it up and running in our small community. If someone really wants to participate in wrestling, doesn't Sheridan have a team? They aren't that far away, and people who want to participate would most likely benefit more from an experienced team.