Sorry I got off on a Tangent. Maybe I was bashing 6U or more so the parents/coaches. My appolagies!
My comments are based of personal oppinion I would suppose rather than any facts but that's how I feel on both 6U & 16U. Our Freshman placed 1st @ the Brute Nationals and I would be curious to the numbers of those who continued on through Kids wrestling up to that National Tournament.
A lot has been said about facility limitations in Topeka. Comments in the past have been to move the tournament to Wichita. To me it's always been something special to wrestle the State Tournament at the State Capital. Wichita has passed and will begin building a new arena. Perhaps Richard would know of the floor space/mat space at this new arena and changes could be made in a couple of years. I beleive even then I would be apposed to 6U at the State Competition. Let them be kids. Why take the chance of burning them out before they could do big things for Kansas Wrestling. Dan