First of all, not happy to hear that people are resorting to drugs to lose weight. That kind of weight loss sounds like dehydration to me. Very dangerous business if you ask me. Stick with a proper diet and working out more frequently.

Second, better just get used to it, this is not about to change. Nobody cares about this except the family's involved based on past experiences and posts here. My son is in the bottom half of 10U this year and we will be lucky to go to state this year. Let alone even have a chance to go next year when he would be a the top of his age bracket. People who know him will tell you he is not fat either just very big for his age. I figure he has maybe one or two more chances for state in KS until he is too old to do it any longer. I am instead going to focus on making him stronger w/ weights and building his stanima and skills and entering him into National Tournaments where the real prestige and competition is. I would think college recruiters would be way more interested to hear that he is placing in National Tournaments than State. State is state, it isn't the end all be all of everything. It is just the big meet at the end of the year in KS. Everyone puts a lot of emphasis on state but when wrestlers are excluded due something like this it puts a tarnish on the whole thing in my opinion. So I figure if other states can work around it, then there must be an issue with the governing body and not the wrestler.

Thirdly, it would prob be in the best interest of the children who are heavier or overweight to actually be doing this sport. Good exercise, team involvement, family involvement, and a chance to excel in something. But instead we run them off saying your too fat or hey you can wrestle kids who are 2-3 years older who most likely have more experience and will pin you in 15 sec so you will feel deflated. How positive is that!!! What is message we are sending to the kids when we do this...

Anyway, yes I am bitter about this but we are trying to move ahead with a positive plan. I would suggest that you do the same or put them in another sport. Troy Fowler

Nate also participates in:
Full contact football 2 years
Swim team 2 years
Karate 1 year
AAU Track & Field 4 years
Scouting 4 years
Church
And in between we let him go to school where he also excels. He is a busy kid, not fat and lazy.