Wow, has this thing has gotten sort of out of hand. Let me clarify just a couple of points and then I will bow out of this deal and let you all do whatever you want with it. First of all, nothing we have talked about on here is illegal or against the rules. What private schools do with their fees is there business and not against any rules that I know of.

Second, the schools we are all talking about here are excellent schools, I sent one of my kids to one of them, and I know that to be true. I just know there are two sides to every arguement. Will, it got real personal there between you and I and I didn't mean for that to happen. All I know is what I have seen and heard from parents over the last 30 years or so. Thats all a guy can go by is what he or she personally knows. I have no reason to doubt the people who have told me things, you are free to believe them or not.

The last thing, and it bothered me when I thought of it last night is this, I don't run the Bobcat Classsic. I just work at it like a lot of others there. I am not perfect, I know that, but I have enormous respect for the kids that wrestle in it and the coaches that coach in it, public or private. I know I can be a horses butt sometimes, that is not lost on me for sure. I just think there are always two sides of an issue and I understand some of what Mr. Morphord is saying in his issues with the state and having coached in public schools all my life, I presented that side of it. One thing is for sure though, and Eric is right about this. There is nothing wrong with excellence and striving for it. There are a lot of guys on both sides of this that are trying to do that. I don't want to say or do anything that denigrates those great people. That is my last thoughts on it. Hopefully it won't make it worse.

Last edited by Westfahl; 05/06/10 12:12 PM.