Isn't state supposed to be special? Not everyone gets everything they want. That is life! Why make it EASY to get to state just so kids can artificially feel better about themselves? What does that teach? Old Bob isn't feeling very good about himself so we better give him a promotion and salary increase! Hahaha! That isn't going to happen. We are supposed to be preparing these students to be able to make it in life not send a message that if it is tough we will just figure out a way to make it easier. If kids are only competing so they can go to state that is wrong! We need to tell kids that to make it to the top it takes dedication, hard work, sacrifice, and sometimes (most of the time) you still might not get exactly what you want. The opportunity is there for every kid to wrestle whether you have 1 or 10 state tournaments. It is a joke that 50% of the 5 & 6A wrestlers qualify for state, no arguement, PLEASE.