For what it's worth, here are my observations that I shared with the committee that is looking at our options:
62% thought that the season length was just right or too short. I’m amazed that 13.6% thought it should be longer!
However 48% thought that the state folkstyle tournament should be held earlier. Does this mean 14% want the season to start earlier?
65% support moving the series to an earlier date on the calendar, with the majority favoring an early March date. Why is this a greater percentage than on the 2nd question?
The vote on adding 6U to the state tournament series ended up nearly in a tie; however,
If we added 6U, the majority favor creating a 2-tournament series. The most common comment under “Other” was to not add 6U, the second most common was to drop High School.
If we split into a 2-tournament series, it seems that a majority would support having the younger wrestlers’ tournament in February.
A significant majority believe that we should consider the physical size of a district when drawing boundaries. Only 17.3% thought it shouldn’t be a factor.



"6 & Under State in the Survey was a tie" - if it were tie at the State Body meeting it would not pass. So the other questions are related to it passing or not passing are dependent on a certain question that has to be answered first.


The last time the 6 & Under "State" tournament (as a stand alone tournament) was profitable was when it was in Ottawa. It was move out of there because of the wording "State". It has been in Salina and other age groups have been added for various other reasons to stay in the expensive arena - and the profits from various other "State" tournaments are ear marked to provide funding for various other out of state activities - that is a mouth full. "The brackets were to big in Ottawa" - was one of the reasons for moving it and being taken over by the state. They still have big brackets in Salina (6 & Under) and an estimate 350 kids 6 Under wrestle in the tournament which is about 14% in that group - so that (the big brackets 32-64-128 man) has not been fixed. It can not be done alone in a big arena and be profitable - let it go out for bid (2 or 3 years in a row) at various parts of the state and let a few clubs host it and get a good rate on some other facility. What is next the Novice Championships in Derby??? Thinking out loud - I might submit a few of these proposals before the July deadline for next years State Body meeting. I have a few other thoughts and points of discussion for our state body and I will make sure to submit them in a timely manner. I believe various items need 2/3 's vote to pass with a quorum. If we do not have a quorum - correct me if I am wrong - but then nothing changes in the way things are done.