If the 5 match rule is a National Federation Rule that Kansas will not change, then the alternative is to not creat the condiion that may require an individual to do more than five matches on 1 day. No more than 1 bye in the opening round, all first round losers go home early, and start the backside with cross bracketing in the (old ) second round of the losers bracket a way to stop the potential of a 6th match. Tough--but that's life. With first round losers going home early it puts the pressure on to insure winning early. Isn't success under pressure and stress what wrestling is about.


Bill Mason Lansing