This has been my point all along. You can move the state tournament back as much as you want (even though there are logistical obstacles to that), but you are NOT going to shorten the season. You will simply have your first invitational tournaments in November as opposed to December. And more importantly you will have invitationals on those same dates you just vacated in an attempt to shorten the season.
In regards to the NCAA's, I do not believe that is a reasonable goal for several reasons. 1. Ninety-nine percent of our kids, even if the biggest fans of college wrestling, are not going to be able or willing to wrestle at that level. 2. Right now the NCAA's are in our backyard so to speak, there is no guarantee that that will always be the case and even if it is, it is still beyond the reach financially for the majority of our kids. 3. Probably the majority of our kids have little or no contact with high school wrestling/wrestlers but they are expected to somehow develop an appreciation of college wrestling just by attending the NCAA's?
I would suggest it is far more important to both our kids and our high schools programs for the kids to attend high school events. Also, our local college programs could use our attendance as well. We expect to get a D1 program in this state when adults and kids alike do not attend a relatively cheap and local college event?