For the life of me I think this thread is ridiculous! It is sour grapes at best.

So you would allow your kid to wrestle even thought you knew he was not moving on?

Of course, and our club did have a wrestler who knew he wouldn't be at districts the following week. I'm sure many clubs had the same situations. Our wrestler placed so someone moved on in his absence. He paid his card money and entry fee just like anyone else, no reason to deny him the opportunity to wrestle.

Your club did the right thing and took care of the situation at subs- that's awesome-- that's the way it should happen.

It's time for you to get over this and move on, because this is a battle you are NEVER going to win.

USAWKS will NEVER tell a competitor that they are not allowed to wrestle in a post-season tournament even if their intention is not to continue on in a following week. And to bash a young man or women for coming out and competing, is pretty low.

So are there any updates on kids that will not be going? Sorry to get back on topic like this. Just trying to go to the show

how is one informed that there is an opening or that a kid didnt make weight etc. etc. does the 5th place kid need to be there friday just waiting??

we had one kid not make it past subs. it wasnt until the night of weigh ins that we found out that a kid had broken his arm on monday that our kid could wrestle. he showed up to weighins with his brother when he got the news. he had to cut 1.5 lbs in 2 hours. no big deal but it would be nice for those clubs to let everyone else know before the day of weigh ins that the kid wasnt going to get to move on. since they knew on monday and didnt say anything until friday i thought was kind of crappy. but knowing there was another kid in that bracket from the same club that the kid broke his arm was from i now know why they didnt say anything. our kid wrestled at districts and made it through which was the good thing. so there are instances that the alternate thing works out.

Bockman - Make sure you have all the facts before calling a club out. Devin hurt his hand Monday, finished practice and also came back on Tuesday and practiced. Hand swelled up and we knew that it wasn't just injured. Parents took him in to Doctor Wednesday and found out it was broken. We contacted Bishop Carroll on Thurdsay to let them know. After that I don't know what happened. I'm also a little bothered by your other comment about our other wrestler. What exactly are you trying to imply there?

not calling anyone out. just telling you what we were told. if thats not right then maybe you want to talk to me about it in person or talk to the people who told us. i will not discuss it on here but i will be at state and you can approach me if you have any questions about who and what we were told.

I'm not sure what your complaint was then.