Which one is in charge of amateur wrestling?The aau or usawrestling,and what's the difference between the two?
I was curious, which one of them made the decisions that affected amateur wrestling ?AS far as the rules go,tournaments,and other policies.
Both sanction events, you can do either or both if you just want to wrestle. However, USAW is the IOC / FILA associated group, so if you want to know who "runs" wrestling in the USA, from an Olympic perspective, it's USAW.
sprhodes is correct, USAW is the FILA associate for the USA. This happened after USAW split from AAU. Recently, the AAU has focused more on folkstyle. That is their niche. USAW has more participants (in wrestling), but both sanction tournaments in Freestyle, Greco Roman, and Folkstyle. Sombo is now being sanctioned by USAW, and the AAU could still hold tournaments in Sombo, but that is unlikely. Beach wrestling is sanctioned at present, only by USAW.