the rule prohibiting HS coaches from working with their kids in the spring for FS/GR benefits athletes from larger cities, (where clubs ran by non-school people are more readily available) and wealthier families who can afford the travel expense. In Western KS when one of my kids says hey coach what can I do to prepare for next season I have to say oh well wait until summer then we can work on some stuff (I actually tell them to run track), meanwhile some kid from Wichita area is getting 2 workouts a week with his local club. Now there are not a lot of tournaments for him to got to in KS. I think if HS coaches were allowed to be involved we would have more opportunities to wrestle in the Spring. Oklahoma and Colorado are already having their qualifying tournaments for nationals etc. Comparitivley there are almost no FS/GR tournaments in KS (Ok has a tournament somewhere every weekend through April and May)...where you will see school buses full of kids coached by a HS coach getting better at wrestling. KS is still very competitive in FS/GR in the summer...just think if we were not 3 months behind our neighboirng states

well I did not mean to go on a rant here, but I do believe something needs to change.

I will say that given the obstacles our Team Kansas staff does an incredible job remaing nationally competitive, if HS coaches were allowed to work in the Spring the numbers of FS/GR would skyrocket (espeically from Western KS)...and yeah those programs that had coaches willing to work for free in the spring with their kids would pull away from the pack...but isn't that part of our great American work ethic...hard work breeds success