But they won't, he admitted. What's worse, the athletic have-nots of the NCAA also won't, because they're spending all their money in an attempt to catch up to the haves in the sports that generate the most revenue, football and basketball. For years it's held its tournament in such wonderful winter venues as Ames and Iowa City in Iowa, State College and Oklahoma City, the first three of which are almost impossible to reach directly by air. On a personal note, I should point out that Iowa City came equipped this year with a polluted water supply that had your faithful correspondent's chin in more contact with porcelain appliances that it had been in a lifetime. Iowa has farms.
Farms have animals.
Iowa has snow. Do the math. Warnings were posted, but not in the media hotel. I probably cut more weight that weekend than most of the participating wrestlers. I got down to where I probably could have wrestled Sanderson, but I didn't want to bother him.