The season is an opportunity to compete. An opportunity is an option. Rules to regulate an options are quite unnecessary. I have been on here advocating the changing of the date of the state championship series to an earlier date. I have never called this "shortening the season". Wrestling is an individual sport and the athlete and parents have to make the decisions that are right for them. Do they always make the right decisions, probably not but when you don't get what you are seeking you get experience. Hopefully the experience will lead to better decisions in the future. More regulations mean less experience. The attitude Steve experienced at the Sunflower state games is pretty much what you will find at all spring and summer events. The changes I have advocated do reduce the pressure to "keep up" in hopes of retaining a larger interest in the future without negating the opportunities available for those who can and do wrestle year round. You have to be flexible to appeal to a wider audience. The MOST important lesson your wrestler has to learn is how to cope with losing. Losing is a GOOD thing but many are run out of the sport by the inability to handle losing. Teach your wrestlers to embrace a loss and to learn from it. If you don't lose you don't get better!