SOURCE: www.fltimes.com

February 21, 2017

THE 700 LEVEL: Time for wrestling to embrace a new look? https://t.co/BbPbjCwH36

— Finger Lakes Times (@FLTimes) February 20, 2017

The best high school wrestlers in New York had last week off before going to battle at the Times Union Center in Albany this weekend, so I figured this is a good time to examine one of the biggest questions in the sport — should an alternate uniform be allowed?

The traditional singlet is still being used almost exclusively in high school wrestling, but there has been a push to allow student-athletes to choose a compression (Under Armour-like) shirt and shorts during matches.

The trend picked up some steam thanks to the popular wrestling website Flowrestling.org after the compression shirt/shorts combo was used at the prestigious FloNationals wrestling tournament.