Greg I believe you are wrong on the summer coaching issue being a non-issue. Summer wrestling (freestly/greco) begins in early April, I believe Blue Chip had a tournament the same weekend of Brute the year before last. As such, practice would start for some in March. From what I understand High School coaches are precluded from coaching their kids until school is out?? Also, I think more Kansas kids would compete in Federation/Brute/USA Nationals if their High School coaches were allowed to coach, and maybe even, keep the practice room open. I understand the idea is to force kids who go out for sports to not specialize, Sportsfan2 has already said this is KSHSAA's goal, to get kids to try as many activities as possible. However, in most large schools specialization is a must for the average kid to even have a chance to compete. This rule is obviously in place to try and restrict a kid's opportunities.

Finally, thanks to opportunities created and faciliated by Willy C. and USA Kansas my son has gone to middle school/cadets/school boy duals and Kansas does compete well, but the teams are always a little thin. The rules need to be relaxed to really give Kansas a chance to win these contests. If we just had a Union we could file a grievance and get this changed.