Will, I think that makes a lot of sense as to where you are suggesting things need to go.

I think you will get some post season high school senior participation from those seniors planning to wrestle in college. You will probably get little post season high school senior participation from those seniors not plannning on wrestling in college.

I really agree with your comment that the best thing that could happen for freestyle and greco participation in Kansas would be for the relaxation of the KSHSAA offseason coaching restriction during the school year. You are correct that this one change could do wonders for getting more high school wrestlers into the Olympic styles after the folkstyle season. To me this is the change we should focus first on the KSHSAA changing. In my opinion it should be a relatively easy change to get the KSHSAA to agree to. I think it could be sold to the KSHSAA as the coaches teaching their athletes a different sport since in reality the Olympic styles are very different from folkstyle. I would equate it to just about the same difference as a high school coach working with a cross country runner and a two mile track runner in the same school year.

Having just gone thru 12 years of Kansas youth and high school wrestling with my son, I would say that I would like to see a stronger emphasis on the freestyle and greco in Kansas wrestling. As I think of all the great wrestlers that I have seen over these 12 years one observation that I have made is that in general the wrestlers who ultimately achieve the most thru both high school and college are the ones who wrestled the Olympic styles in the spring and summer as youth and high school wrestlers. I believe anything that can be done to encourage more Olympic style participation for our youth and high school wrestlers will be a benefit both for them and Kansas wrestling in general. I would recommend any young wrestler to participate in freestyle and greco if their desire is to reach their full potential in wrestling.