The rest of the world limits substitutions so that fitness is part of the game. In the US, we can just shuffle anybody in and out at any time to give someone a rest, and play high pressure for 90 minutes because conditioning isn't a factor.
How about we limit roster sizes to 15 or 16? No re-entry and EVERYONE has to play? When the coach chooses the player at tryouts in May, the coach is obligated to play that player in every match. If a starter has to come off the field for the last 20 minutes of a match so that the #15 player on the roster has to get playing time.....so be it.
As for player development and game experience, how does the second-string wrestler at 125 pounds ever "develop"? Does he sub in for the third period for the starter? Soccer still provides the opportunity for a substitute to play.....not true with wrestling.
