I really don’t think this is a major issue. Tournaments have been starting more or less on time for years. Those that have had a late start usually deal with the “day of” tournament problems the best they can.

Most of the delays are due to scratches and the ability to manage them. Track wrestling gives any tournament using it a competitive advantage in this area…if it is ran properly. Other than Subs; scratches will not be a major issue for the other tournaments in the championship series.

With any new system there are always going to be growing problems. I have been to four tournaments this year that used the trackwreslting.com advantage. Of those Rossville and Paola did the best job running the system…almost to perfection. While the other two tournaments got a late start, it was not anything out of the ordinary to what happened in the past with pencil and paper. Come to think about it…that equates to ½ of the tournaments starting on time. That percentage isn’t that different from what I would have expected with tournaments run with pencil and paper. Both of the tournaments that started late this year using the trackwrestling.com advantage, ran well after the first whistle and quickly made up the ground lost to delay. Today’s tournament my club attended started about 45 minutes late and I was still in my truck on the way to the house at 3:30. I don’t think that is bad for 400+ entry tournament.

In life when you are in a boat that may be taking on a little water you can either sit and get your feet wet or you can grab a pail and start bailing water. I applaud the tournaments that have jumped in and are working the bugs out of this new system…thank you for bailing the water for those who want to complain about wet feet. Hopefully with all of the experience gained along the way we won’t have anything to fret over when it comes to the qualifying tournaments. Just one man’s opinion…