THAT GUY BETTER BE AN OFFICIAL

Or one more reason why I never wanted to wrestle.

Well, of course, I wrestled. But not organized.

One guy would say something, would cheat at a game, would dare steal or steal a glance at your girl, and it was on. Sometimes in front of a crowd, but that was optional.

No organized wrestling at our school. In fact it was 10-12 years after I had graduated before MTV High offered the sport. I only saw one wrestling match but I didn't even get to see the friend of our son's wrestle because the guy in his weight class (weight class? in my 'hood it didn't matter; you just fought whoever ticked you off. You didn't ask him is weight or have him spit in a cup until you were the same size.) You just wrestled.

And you certainly didn't have some other guy, some older guy get close enough to have his head where it didn't belong. Oh, yes, those were the days.



Even co-ed wrestling is allowed now in schools. The Wimpy Kid Diary proves that's a bad idea. I just never wanted to date a girl who could whip me. So why take the chance?

Some people talk about how bad it is for the Daddy Coach of grade school baseball. How about the refs at wrestling matches. Take that sport out of the schools and return it to the neighborhoods I say.

Oh, I know I'm quitting now: I'm sound too curmudgeonly.