Liam Kastor (a Bishop Carroll-Wichita wrestler) attended the camp in summer 2004. The
competition was great--he wrestled (and beat) the Minnesota state champion, and got to wrestle a RussianOlympic wrestler--but the climate of the campsucked: there were some truly messed up
kids there. For example, one guy spit in
his face, harassed him the entire week,
and when Liam complained the staff acted like
HE was the problem rather than the young man
who apparently did not understand the meaning
of sssault and battery. After this,
I wondered whether this was really the best
place to send a kid.
Is wrestling a sport, which breeds mutual respect
between opponents, or is it combat, in which
the opponent is the enemy, and any kind of
cheating and cheap shots and despicable
behavior is tolerated or even encouraged?
