United World Wrestling announced this week that it is making some modifications to singlets moving forward. The first change addresses the size of the arm holes in women's singlets, allowing them to be smaller. The next, and much more interesting augmentation to the uniform design, is that UWW will allow sponsor placement on each singlet.

The new guidelines, which takes effect January 1, 2017, should have a broad scope of benefits for all parties involved. On one level, it will free up some of the financial burden put on national governing bodies like USAW. Managed correctly, the money that used to go to travel costs and entry into tournaments can now be directed back into the athletes. From the athlete's standpoint, it's probably not long before national governing bodies and event holders adhere to the same rules, allowing them to leave space on their singlets for personal sponsors. Looking at it from a macro level, United World Wrestling will likely see a spike in participation from lower-income countries that have a hard time scraping together funds to attend world and continental events.

There were some other small amendments to the uniform regulations. It will now be mandatory to have the United World Wrestling logo on every the singlet at every UWW-sponsored event -- a small price to pay for some much-needed financial wiggle room.