{"id":25778,"date":"2014-06-29T16:40:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T21:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/?p=25778"},"modified":"2014-06-29T16:40:08","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T21:40:08","slug":"minneapolis-needs-amateur-wrestling-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/w25778\/minneapolis-needs-amateur-wrestling-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis needs an amateur wrestling club."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25782\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/w25778\/minneapolis-needs-amateur-wrestling-club\/minneapolis-wrestling\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/minneapolis-wrestling.jpg?fit=558%2C269&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"558,269\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Minneapolis Wrestling\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/minneapolis-wrestling.jpg?fit=558%2C269&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25782\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/minneapolis-wrestling.jpg?resize=558%2C269&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Minneapolis Wrestling\" width=\"558\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/minneapolis-wrestling.jpg?w=558&amp;ssl=1 558w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/minneapolis-wrestling.jpg?resize=300%2C144&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unlike other spots, once a wrestler walks off the high school mats, they don&#8217;t often wrestle again. Sure, some get into college programs, or get the opportunity every now and then, but, for the most part, their wrestling career is over.<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if Minneapolis had an amateur wrestling club? Someplace where wrestlers of all ages could come and practice on open mats, learn the sport, and interact with other wrestlers?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverwrestling.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Denver<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdbulldogswrestling.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ggwc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillyspartans.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawrestling.com\/LA-WRESTLING\/Wrestling.html\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles<\/a> have open wrestling clubs catering to adults who have an interest in learning and practicing the sport of amateur wrestling. Everyone is welcome to join and wrestle &#8211; irrespective of skill level, age, race, gender, sexual orientation, or physical disability. Beginners especially welcome!<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t that be great in Minneapolis? Or any metropolitan area for that matter?<\/p>\n<p>With all the empty schools in the summer, you&#8217;d think that there&#8217;d be more wrestling clubs.<\/p>\n<p>So what can we do to get something like this started? If you have access to a wrestling room, let us know. Maybe we\u00a0can work together to make this a reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike other spots, once a wrestler walks off the high school mats, they don&#8217;t often wrestle again. Sure, some get into college programs, or get the opportunity every now and then, but, for the most part, their wrestling career is over. Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if Minneapolis had an amateur wrestling club? 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