Rapid promotions are mostly a mistake. Change my mind.

Hearing about white-to-purple-in-18-months stories more often. Sometimes it's legitimate (former wrestler, full-time training). Most often it's a coach trying to retain a talented student or a gym hyping its alumni.

The cost: a purple belt who can't teach. Who hasn't been blue long enough to develop their own A-game. Who plateaus hard at brown because they never built the foundation.

Where's the line between rewarding talent and inflating belts? Open to being wrong.