ever been to a t ball game, rowdy huh. novice tournaments same way . what is wrestling its no more than hand to hand combat . only 1 can win their lies the problem. Ithink that the crowd at these functions are in general less informed compared to any other kind of tournament. which leads to my thought every parent should attend a High school meet. that way they see what it is all about. make sure u take your student and ask him to watch(just watch). then talk about and you should be more informed about wrestling than most attendees in a novice tournament.