You support your own cause! If very few would benefit then very few would would even travel to these events. How does 90% benefit from even less than 10% going the extra miles to wrestle in the most elite high school tournaments? Did you go to the site and check it out? Arizona, California, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania etc. Freedom to choose is one of the most fundamental rights this country was founded on. You tell me how 90% suffer if 1% or even 10% go to a tournament more than 500 miles from the border of Kansas? You tell me what sense it makes to allow travel to Rio Rancho, NM but not to Cuyohoga Falls, OH. Just try to explain it to a high school wrestler who would like to go.

Finally, HECK NO high school athletics are about an opportunity to push yourself to excel! Just like in the classroom, what if everyone was okay with getting C's! To strive to be average would be boring! No one says, can you believe the string of 5-5 seasons that team had? NO! Interest is in finding a way to escape mediocrity and become elite.

You are right, only a few would benefit but no teams would suffer. This rule would NOT impact the untalented, hard working athlete. I think you are wrong when you say "cannot excel" as ANYONE can excel if they choose to! And, isn't high school about preparing for college or life? You have to figure out how to balance and juggle. If you want to be great you have to figure out how to get your schoolwork done and compete.

Finally, would you have been excited if the Jayhawks would have been "level" last year instead of becoming elite?