I have really enjoyed reading this topic. So many wonderful suggestions.

I am still looking at weight changes, but over the past couple of weeks my thoughts shifted to think about all of the other issues weight changes could bring to Kansas kids.

Dan and Vince I think you are both right on target. We need to look at how our sport has changed through out the counrty as well as in our own state.

We face competition from many other sports that were not there 10 years ago. We need to make our season fan and wrestler friendly.

Lets introduce the sport to kids a young age and do everything we can to keep them in it till they reach high school. This means no pressure, just have fun and keep wrestling. The pressure will come soon enough.

Lets welcome kids you come out in JR/SR High for the first with the same enthusiasm as we do the younger kids, but lets give them a chance to suceed.

Our families have so many choices to make when comes to finding good competition. Some can afford the time and money to travel to out of state tournaments, while others can not. Lets find away to increase the quality of our tournaments.

What will weight changes do to our Subs and District tournaments?

How do we increase the partcipation in the summer program? It's not easy when baseball starts practice in Febuary, or soccer starts in March. Our kids have been on the mat for 3 months by then, who can blame them for wanting to go outside and play.

I beleive that weights changes are only the begining to many new and wonderful things with Kansas Wrestling.

It's time for Kansas Wrestling to start thinking outside the box and once agian become a leader for other states to follow. We already know we run the best tournaments in the country.

Keep the conversation going, it wonderful!
Ned