you are right nmeditz. but just read the post with the title like by the numbers and you will see that some parents don't like to think of their wrestlers as Novice even when they are 6U.

I don't think it is necessary to worry about when the season ends (although I do think the folks that would like to compete at the national level or in freestyle have a point about making it one week shorter). It is the START time of the season that worries me. That is what is making the season longer and longer. If EVERY club started practice and tournaments in January and then had subdistrict-district and state in March, the season would be just right.

As it is right now, the clubs can decide on their own when they want to start. And like I said in my post above, the vicious cycle of "starting earlier to be more competitive" is stretching out the season making it longer and longer year by year. I propose a rule that states when a club can start practices, just like in junior high, high school and colleges already have. That will help insure that the season doesn't continue to get so stretched out that most people don't even want to bother with joining or trying the sport of wrestling.