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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 543265">I fail to see how wrestling transfers to the play of LBs, DBs or edge rushing DEs.  Those guys are tackling on the run.  Their game is mostly about burst and/or foot speed, angles, instincts and impacts.Wrestling skills seem like they would transfer to the O-Line more than anything else where control coupled with leverage is important.  I see D-Tackle as less transferable where the initial moves are more about escape (getting off the block) than control.As for high school, surely the football coaches would prefer their guys to be doing something other than playing video games in the off season.  For anybody but the linemen, and particularly the skill positions, basketball makes more sense where speed, quickness, hand/eye coordination and ball skills can be kept sharp.As for the pro guys getting together, I believe there are union rules limiting organized activities regardless of whether team officials are involved.  Also, contracts are voidable if injuries are sustained while engaging in certain non-team activities deemed dangerous.   Wrestling might be one of those.</blockquote>

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