It may be a slippery slope but if you have a choice why would you choose to make it more difficult? It is not about excuses but more about how do you improve your chances. That is what the post is about. How do we improve. Someone said it earlier, if a wrestler's parents are there why in the world wouldn't our state organization embrace letting a wrestler stay with his parents? Why would the coaches shame a wrestler who wanted to stay in a room with AC when it was so hot and humid in the dorms? There is absolutely no common sense explanation. There is no argument that an athlete will not be at his peak if he has had to endure several nights of those conditions. Call it an excuse or just call it the facts. The top three teams did NOT stay in the dorms.