Women's wrestling

UC Davis has completed just about all of the Title IX litigation connected to the cutting of four women from the wrestling program back in the 2000-01 academic year. But there's another side of the story. Former Aggie wrestling coach Michael Burch, who took $725K off the university in a settlement after alleging his firing was retaliation for supporting the women, told me once in an interview that women's wrestling would soon be a growth sport. In fact, he said, UCD was missing an opportunity to get in on the ground floor. Now he's telling the same thing to The New York Times, which has a story today on the growth of women's wrestling at small colleges. Can bigger programs be far behind?