My take on this is similar to Obama, with the stroke of a pen, delaying the implementation of Obamacare. It is the best thing to do (other than throwing the whole thing in the trash), but it hacks me off that he can just change a law passed by congress, without voting on it. But I laugh it off, because it is better that things are delayed.

This new deal with no subs for HS kids is the same thing. It isn't hurting anyone, gives more kids the chance to wrestle, but it is kind of last minute, and I can see why people are upset.

But if someone can tell me who is being hurt by this, I'm all ears. And if my kid wins state in a bracket where the toughest guy wasn't able to participate because of our lack of willingness to open up more opportunities, then it is a shallow win.

It's one thing if a HS kid doesn't want to wrestle the kids series, but it is another if he wants to, but also wants to represent Team Kansas at the RMN. I would have loved for my son to have been able to do both the last few years, but we made a choice, because we had to make a choice. Having both options available is better for everyone IMO.

The other thing I hope this does is, by giving the HS kids another week to enter (actually 2 weeks) they might start getting the bug to wrestle again. A lot of them are worn out mentally and physically after the HS season, so when you give them 4 days to enter subs, a lot of them say "I'm sick of it" and don't enter. Maybe more of them will wrestle with this break and a longer entry deadline.

Speaking of which, why don't we just change the deadline for subdistrict entry to 11 am the day of the seeding meeting? YOu will catch any mistakes that morning, just like you can make changes now at the seeding meeting.

My two cents worth.