Perhaps in this case a closer look should be given to the birth records and verification should be made to insure that we don't have a case of an "altered" proof of birth.
Will:
As I recall, you did not believe it to be necessary for USAW Kansas to request verification of birth dates!
Birthdate verification???? All of this is really quite unnecessary. The problem could have been alleivated with a simple evaluation of existing data. The accountable parties should step up and take responsibility for the root cause of this paperwork nightmare.
Richard,
For the RECORD, I DO NOT advocate the mandate of showing a government document to prove age. I believe that 99.9% of our parents and wrestlers are honest and I don't want to create a bunch of unnecessary rules for that lucky lottery winner who wants to lie about their age.
You know exactly where I was going with my comments above as you are one of the members that has the "privileged" information regarding the situation I spoke of. A situation where the wrestler's birth date was CORRECT on his USA Card but he was allowed to enter the wrong age group because a member of our executive organization did not do their job which was to merely sort a spreadsheet and group by Cadet and Junior age groups. This would have clearly displayed the error and alleviated a lot of political crap and a nightmare for a young man. The responsible party should step forward and lay on the sword because we are SUPPOSED TO BE IN IT FOR THE KIDS!!
