To clear up any mud that has clouded this issue:
The D2 proposal would basically give you up until 2 hours prior to the posted seeding meeting start time, to enter and/or make changes. So let's say the seeding meeting is posted to start at noon on Sunday March 4th. Trackwrestling would be shut down to any NEW ENTRIES as of 10 am on Sunday March 4th. This will keep a club from bringing new entries to the seeding meeting, they will have to enter them before they leave the house for the seeding meeting.
At the seeding meeting, each club will be called up to verify their entries for accuracy. Weight changes can be made at this time if need be. Once any changes are made on the computer screen, the entries can be printed off, signed off on, and be done.
This is a zero tolerance policy on entry deadline. If you choose to wait until Sunday morning to enter your wrestlers, and you internet happens to be down that morning, you better get to your neighbor to get 'em entered. My advice for club directors would be to enter kids as you get the entries, so that you stay ahead. So if a kid tells you two weeks early what weight he is going, as long as trackwrestling is open, get him in. I will probably tell our kids that the Wednesday before is the deadline, and use the Thurs, Fri, and Sat for "recruiting" those high school kids that didn't want to wrestle after HS state, but start missing it after a week or so away from it.
Wrestling is expensive enough, so if a kid decides on Sunday morning that he wants to wrestle, let him, for NO ADDITIONAL FEE.
Again, I will adhere to whatever system we adopt. You won't hear me whining about a kid not getting to wrestle. If I didn't get the info to the kid about the correct deadline, that is my fault. If the kid is too dumb to ask, that is his fault. So we can both deal with it. Life isn't going to spoon feed you...........
I just feel like technology allows us to adopt this type of deadline, so why not do it?
Last edited by doug747; 10/26/11 02:00 PM.