How Pro Wrestling Reveals the Conflicting Status Tension in College Recruiting

These two 'status' definitions determine your recruiting results, whether you know if or not...

From marketing genius Seth Godin, who uses professional wrestling to talk about ‘the theatre of status’:

There is the status of affiliation. This is about belonging, about knowing and living with the rules. It’s about weaving together the culture and this affiliation leads to a form of popularity.

And then there is the status of dominance. This is about w…