I agree with a lot of that but it's unfortunate that it's a winter sport that comes immediately after football and the culture of weight cutting isn't great either.
As a mid sized, very strong, lineman, my kid is one of the ones they would want to beef up for football and then immediately try to cut down to wrestle at a lower weight class and also having two consecutive high contact/collision sports is not preferable.
As a result, indoor track wins. He throws, can stay the same weight (or grow) without getting crap for it and it gives the kid's body time to recover from the pounding it takes from August to November.
It isnt. It's not even in the name and they don't even claim it to be a sport. It's entertainment. It's a show, not a sport.