MY OPINION DOESNT COUNT FOR MUCH BUT I FEEL I NEED TO SHARE IT ANYWAY I DO NOT SEE A PROBLEM WITH MOVING A KID UP IN AGE CONSIDERING TO GO TO STATE YOUR CHILD IF 6 AND UNDER WANTS TO QUALIFY HAS TO IN 8 AND UNDER..SO WHETHER ITS A QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT OR NOT ANY KID SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENTER AT AN UPPER AGE GROUP..OTHERWISE THEY SHOULD MODIFY THE RULES AND ALLOW 6 AND UNDER TO WRESTLE JUST THAT AT STATE AND NOT HAVE TO MOVE UP TO 8 AND UNDER..ITS KIND OF ON THE VERGE OF BEING HYPOCRITICAL IF WE ALLOW 6 AND UNDER TO MOVE UP AGE FOR THE SAKE OF QUALIFYING FOR STATE BUT DO NOT ALLOW UPPING AGE FOR TOURNAMENTS WITHOUT TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR CONSENT AND NEVER AT A QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT..MY OPINION ON TWO BRAKETS SAME DAY ARE THIS SOME CAN HANDLE IT SOME CANT BUT DOES THAT MEAN WE SHOULD NOT HAVE THE CHOICE? ULTIMATLY IT SHOULD BE THE KIDS CHOICE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE TO WRESTLE THEM AND NOT THE PARENTS CHOICE BECAUSE THEY WANT THEIR KID TO HAVE MORE MAT TIME..ALSO IF THEY DO WANT MORE MAT TIME FOR THEIR CHILD BUT THE KID DO NOT WANT TO WRESTLE 2 BRACKETS THEN ENROLL THEM IN MORE TOURNAMENTS LIKE THE SUNDAY ONES..I HAVE SEEN SO MANY KIDS GET BURNED OUT ON WRESTLING JUST ONE BRACKET AND TOURNAMENT BY THE TIME STATE COMES AROUND THAT IT SUPRISES ME A KID WOULD WANT TO WRESTLE 2 BRACKETS A DAY. MY KIDS LOVE WRESTLING AND HAVE NEVER GOT BURNED OUT YET BUT THEY ONLY WRESTLE ONE TOURNAMENT ONE BRACKET AND THEN THEY WRESTLE FREESTYLE AND GRECO WHEN FOLKSTYLE IS OVER..BUT TO EACH HIS OWN..I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CHANGE IN THE 6 AND UNDER BEING ADDED TO STATE THEN A CHANGE TO THE WRESTLING UP IN AGE AND DOUBLE DIPPING RULES...WRESTLING IS A COMPETITIVE SPORT BUT ALSO A FAIR ONE ITS HARD TO CHEAT IN THIS SPORT AS SO MANY EYES ARE WATCHING YOUR EVERY MOVE BUT SOME OF THE RULES ARE NOT SO FAIR BUT RULES ARE RULES AND WHILE WE CAN NOT BREAK THEM WE CAN AT LEAST TRY AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN CHANGING THEM TO MAKE IT MORE FAIR MORE FUN AND MORE CHALLENGING SO ALL WRESTLERS GET THE FULL VALUE AND MORALS THAT THIS SPORT HAS TO OFFER..


Cara J. Bentley