Only 4 UW Matches in Madison

[hammen]

Nature of the beast is a correct way of putting it.

There is so much variance in attendance. Carver Hawkeye is always crazy, PSU is typically packed as well, same goes for Minnesota. When we went to Cornell, it was packed. Then you have Purdue where I wrestled in front of much bigger crowds in my tiny town of 1500 in Random Lake. The same can be said for Indiana, MSU and Northwestern. Our crowds are typically bigger than all of those, including Michigan and Illinois. I think we have done a good job in recent years of trying to get more out of attendance. Hoping to make it to at least 1 in the Fieldhouse this year.

[Kevin Black]

FYI:

17.26.5 Number of Dates of Competition.

17.26.5.1 Maximum Limitations—Institutional. Amemberinstitutionshalllimititstotalplayingsched- ule with outside competition in wrestling during the permissible wrestling playing season to 16 dates of competi- tion, except for those dates of competition excluded under Bylaws 17.26.5.3 and 17.26.5.4 (see Bylaw 20.9.6.3 for minimum contests and participants requirements). (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 1/10/95 effective 8/1/95, 1/14/97 effective 8/1/97, 1/14/08 effective 8/1/08, 6/20/11)

17.26.5.1.1 Two-Day Meets and Dual Meets Held on Two Consecutive Days. An institution may count not more than two two-day meets or not more than two occasions in which dual meets are held on two consecutive days (or one of each type of meet) each as a single date of competition. The institution may select either day of a two-day meet or a dual meet held on two consecutive days as the day on which to count the single date of competition. Participation in a separate event on either day shall be counted as follows: (Adopted: 6/20/11)
(a) If the institution participates in a separate event on the selected day, it is not required to count an additional date of competition.
(b) If the institution participates in a separate event on the day not selected, the institution is required to count an additional date of competition only if the total number of student-athletes participating in the separate event equals or exceeds the minimum participants requirement in Bylaw 20.9.6.3.

17.26.5.1.1.1 Competition That Exceeds Two Days. An institution that participates in wrestling competition that exceeds two days in duration may count the first two days of the competition as one of the not more than two two-day meets or not more than two occasions in which dual meets are held on two consecutive days (or one of each type of meet) that each count as a single date of competition but must count any additional days as separate dates of competition. The institution may select either of the first two days of such a meet as the day on which to count the single date of competition. Par- ticipation in a separate event on either day shall be counted as follows: (Adopted: 12/10/97, Revised: 3/10/04, 6/20/11)
(a) If the institution participates in a separate event on the selected day, it is not required to count an additional date of competition.
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(b) If the institution participates in a separate event on the day not selected, the institution is re- quired to count an additional date of competition only if the total number of student-athletes participating in the separate event equals or exceeds the minimum participants requirement in Bylaw 20.9.6.3.

17.26.5.1.2 In-Season Foreign Competition. A member institution may engage in one or more of its countable dates of competition in wrestling in one or more foreign countries on one trip during the prescribed playing season. However, except for competition in Canada and Mexico or on a certified foreign tour (see Bylaw 17.28), the institution may not engage in such in-season foreign competition more than once every four years.

17.26.5.2 Maximum Limitations—Student-Athlete. An individual student-athlete may participate in each academic year in not more than 16 dates of competition in wrestling, which may include not more than two two-day meets or not more than two occasions in which dual meets are held on two consecutive days that shall each count as a single date of competition each. This limitation includes those dates of competition in which the student represents the institution in accordance with Bylaw 17.02.8, including competition as a mem- ber of the varsity, junior varsity or freshman team of the institution. (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 1/10/95 effective 8/1/95, 1/14/97 effective 8/1/97, 1/14/08 effective 8/1/08)