TFuller,

My recommendation is that we go to Friday night weigh ins at your own location. This would keep people from having to drive for Friday night weigh ins and it would keep families from having to get up really early to get to Saturday morning weigh ins.

Here's how it could work.....

Example: Team A is attending a tournament in Topeka. Team A is from Leavenworth. Do the pre-registration and everything the same. On Friday night, Team A weighs in their team at their training location in Leavenworth. The head coach or leader of the team calls in the exact weights of each kid on his team to the tournament director in Topeka not later than 7:00 or 8:00 pm.

This would keep us from having to drive to Friday night weigh ins and from having to leave early on Sat for Sat morning weigh ins.

It would also help with scratches and getting brackets set up. I also think this would help tournaments get started on time.

The challenge with this idea is that we (the adults) have to trust each other. We now put the onus on the adults to maintain their integrity and trust each other with the weigh ins. We all say that we are in this for the kids.....well if we are in it for the kids then why can't we make it easier on them and their families when it comes to weigh ins. Doing weigh ins on Fri night or Sat morning doesn't help the kids. In fact it makes the season even longer with the waiting for wrestling to start, having to travel on Fri night, get up early on Sat mornings, etc.

I don't propose doing this for big tournaments like Salina, Liberty Nationals, etc., however, I think it would work for the majority of the open tournaments.

When you boil it all down, the whole weigh in issue comes down to trust and integrity at the kids club level. I think if we implement this idea it will help save $$$$ for families and make it less of a burden on the kids.

Just my thoughts. Please fire away.

Shawn Budke