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.
It really wouldn't bother you if there wasn't a dead week either? Why should athletes have to seek other facilities to maintain their workout routine when we have facilities readily available? KSHSAA mandates time off for Christmas too. The rule was most likely put in place because coaches were MANDATING workouts. Why not just say no MANDATORY workouts. If students, some who are not even out for a winter sport, VOLUNTARILY want to use the facilities then let them. KSHSAA should not be empowered to TELL us, the taxpayers, that we cannot use our facilities because they think it is for the best. It, to me, is a clear abuse of power or more likely an easy way out. Who would want to police that no MANDATORY workouts were happening? The football coaches have already begun abusing their ability to have more contact by saying "if you don't make the summer camps, workouts, and other sessions you won't get to play". That needs to be stopped but KSHSAA doesn't want to police their regulations. Change takes effort. Gary and company don't really want to put forth any positive effort.
