Will, it is Molloy not Malloy and no I do not belong to the KWCA I don't have any reason to pay to be a member.You are correct a person is never to old or experienced to learn something new. I have taken the bronze class and it is absolutely 100% only about money. you are the only person that I have ever heard say it is not so you are in the minority. If you really think that I was saying athletes are the property of their coaches well you can read into it what you want that is not what I meant and I think you know that and I do agree with your statement it is a privilage to have a wrestler want you to coach them. We both agree on the KSHSAA restrictions but if a senior wrestler wants his HS coach to coach them that coach may have to jump through alot of hoops and dish out MONEY and time to take a class so that they can coach. Good luck with getting this tourny going I do hope it is a success.
Coach, sorry about misspelling your name. I am sorry to hear you are not a member of the KWCA. The primary issue with getting things changed is that fact that a greater percentage of our high school coaches are not members. When you don't even have a majority of head coaches in your organization it is difficult to get the ear of KSHSAA.
A far as USA wrestling is concerned...the Bronze Card and background checks are all about CYA not profit. Litigation and the increasing focus on blaming the organization not the individual when it comes to the pursuit of a civil remedy, has led to organizations having to make a serious effort at curtailing the number of bad apples that sneak their way into the basket. It is NOT about the profit. It is about insuring against the losing of a nasty lawsuit.
Have you ever been to Va Beach??? I believe it is $100 to get a coaching card and access to the corner there... Brute is very expensive as well. How much do people pay to watch just ONE Chief's game? It costs money to have a successful organization. If the majority think that paying ONE time for a bronze card, $17 every other year for a background check and $35 for a coach/membership card to USA wrestling then they really are not passionate wrestling supporters. Calling it a scam is not ok in my book.
I might be in the minority but that is just like common sense, it isn't very common any longer.
