Here's my 2 cents on this topic. I've never actually been able to see why someone would want to video tape someone to gain an advantage. In my opinion if your worried about what someone can do, you begin focusing on what he is likely to do on you and your entire offense shuts down. Why not stick to your own offensive gameplan and make him worry about whats coming?
However, I do not think videotaping should be banned. As a few individuals have mentioned, there are several matchups that are very camera worthy. One that definitely comes to mind is the 4a state finals matchup between Jesse Strawn and Chris Kearns 2 years ago. Another reason I think video taping is alright is there are some kids out there that are technicians and looked up to by the kids who aren't as good as them. If these kids can watch the best wrestlers, then they'll start to pick stuff up for themselves and hopefully become better wrestlers from it. I know I wouldn't have any problem being taped by people I don't know. I would actually consider it a compliment.
As far as getting Kshsaa to change this rule, I think we should first convince them to change more important rules. That's a completely different topic though.


Curtis Chenoweth