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.
It does need thrown in the trash. Directly after seeding meeting when brackets where posted there where no combined brackets, now there are 3 in our subs. My son's bracket goes from a 6 man to a 4 man RR combined. Your correct, nobody hurt, he still gets 3 matches. I agree with you completely on all your points and am very happy to see that the wrestlers that are going to RMN, still get to wrestle the State series. It will be an interesting number for HS this year vs previous years. It bugs me that 2 dist. are not consistent with the other 2 dist. And the excuses they keep giving for their decision on this matter. "Saving people money". So what about the people that have to drive 2 hrs to subs (no satellite) to weigh in on Fri night yet their kid doesn't wrestle until the afternoon. They have hotel expense now, just sleep in till 11. Of course you guys don't have to worry about this at your subs. I don't give a shit about the boards decision's all I know is my son said he wanted to wrestle in kids club after HS, but I am tired of hearing the BS excuses from the people who made these last minute changes. This change should of been made across Kansas and it's not, keep in mind our executive director wants to be consistent. We "Kansas" have a lot to think about before next season.
