Can we really stop TRYING to kill the sport!!! Why would we as wrestling faithful want to limit opportunities for our kids? Sure let’s just have one giant wrestling tournament for ALL classes and let's just place one person per weight class the champion is the only person that matters.
Then by limiting the exposure of our kids we may have fewer college wrestlers, no chance for a D1 college, only 1 kid per weight would place so fewer kids would be motivated to be a state qualifier but forget about those kids who just set their goals to be a state qualifier they aren’t real winner anyway right.
EVERYONE NEED TO LET THERE EGO GO AND NOT TRYIN TO KILL THE SPORT.
There is nothing wrong with multiple state championships; there is nothing wrong with a lil debate about who is the best. There is nothing wrong with sending the amount of kids that we do to state tournaments. There is nothing wrong with having multiple state tournaments in different areas of the state to expose our kids to fans, the excitement, the media, and college scouts.
These kids will have lasting memories of just qualifying, more kids will be motivated to continue, more kids will be exposed to a championship level, more kids will continue with the sport after they graduate will wrestle in college, coach kids or their local school, become referees, and help support and promote our sport.
OUR SPORT NEEDS THE EXPOSURE MORE THAN OTHERS!