Good points Rick.
Some other benifits for the other sport. How many times have you heard that there is more concern about getting a good boys basketball coach than the girls. In my years of Education, I have heard this many times. With the split season, schools could make the best coach a Middle School Coordinator and have him/her over both the girls and boys. His season really would not be any longer than it is now but he could actually make a little more money coaching both. In the small schools where finding coaches becomes difficult, this could help them also.

Another factor is gym usage. With the split season, it would elimnate the early late practice that a lot of programs have to deal with. Girls would have priority before Christmas and Boys after. This would also allow the teams to possibly carry more kids. In the Pioneer League, thre is a home game two nites a week all season due to both programs going at the same time. This is because, if the Boys are home the Girls are away. Not much chance of building a lot of school pride. Where do the Cheerleaders go? It also means the school is paying for ticket takers and extra custodial help twice a week instead of once. Split the seasons and the Boys get to watch the girls and vise versa. This could also allow a girl to play Basketball and then Cheer for the Boys 2nd semester, or I guess a Boy could Cheer for girls and then be a Basketball player. Just trying to be Politically Correct.
We all know and understand the benifits of how it helps wrestling, as I said before, think of ways it benifits the school. You have to convince the administration that this change can help them improve what they already have in time and money usage and maybe benifit other areas as well.

Terry Alley