I just think a mandatory one week break is not necessarily a bad thing. Aside from the millions of tax dollars that must sit idle for a week.

It's a one week break before many of our wrestling athletes begin a season that is not only long and grueling but also very intense. It can carry on now including freestyle & greco well into May... why not give them a break before the adventure begins?

Aside from that, how much idle throughout the year do our facilities sit idle?

If a person cannot use the public facilities to lift weights, etc. what prevents them from going for a run around town, lifting weights at a local gym, etc.?

It really never bothered me during high school to have a week off, and I guess it doesn't now, but to each their own.