just so all you people that keep saying if you start younger you will burn out in wrestling. maybe and maybe not. you take every sport out there and they dwindle at the highschool level. the reason is because they know that if they arent going to play then they do not even go out. most of the ones that make it in highschool level are the good ones. the not so good ones find something they are good at and do it. if your a fish on the wrestling mat do you really think your going to go out in highschool. thats right no way. if you stink it up on the basketball court are you going to go out in highschool. no. thats why some go play chess, manage some of those teams, or get a job. stop crying about the darn burn out. yes it happens but thats not the majority. Heck one of my best friends in highschool could have played college football but he had to get a job. it wasnt because of burn out. factor all those things in and thats why at the highschool level you numbers drop. do you have to be a genuis to figure that out.