Just a couple of things.
First to the popularity of wrestling. I think in all honesty and this is just what I get from others when I ask them why they don't watch wrestling. The number 1 quote I usually get is "Its so boring to watch" & "I don't understand it" The next popular quote which I absolutly hate is when someone says "I can't stand watching two sweaty guys laying all over each other" or "Wrestling is Gay" I never really have understood why some people have such biases toward this sport just becasue there is physical contact. You know football players grab each other too, but im not going to get into that. When I was in high school I went to just about every single basketball game both boys & girls, firstly because I wanted to support our teams and secondly because most of the games were entertaining. And just about everyone else on our wrestling team did the same But it was almost never the other way around Basketball players wouldn't come to our wrestling Duals and we only had 2 home duals a year! This upset me very much becuase we were the two time defending state champions and we had problems filling up half the gym but the basketball game would be completly full and they only won 5 games a year out of 25. People can be very unintelligent when it comes to things like this but oh well.
Second
I don't really want to put down the idea of a split state but I don't really think we have the resources to make a change. By resources I mean people who are willing to help out during the tournament. I wouldn't be against trying it for a year but im pretty sure that it would just upset a lot of people.