What it is going to take is a couple of things:

First, either the MIAA or whatever the heck that conference is with Baker and Tabor and Saint Marys and Friends and those guys need to have a couple of schools add the sport. Then the concept of college wrestling can spread. I mean, let's face it, to most of the Kansas wrestling community, college wrestling is kind of an abstraction; that's not a slam, but just reality.

With no D-I program and limited lower division programs, there's no exposure and that's what is needed. You need to create an atmosphere in which small college wrestling is as a common as small college basketball.

Once that happens, the D-I schools can start to look at wrestling as a viable option. And as much as all of you Jayhawks and Wildcats want it, it isn't going to happen. If Kansas is ever going to get D-I wrestling, the most likely place would be at Wichita State. It has the facilities, the probability of community support and NO FOOTBALL to get in the way.

I truly feel that this is a cause worth fighting for. I'll tell you what: It was nice to be back here this year and to be able to jump in the car, drive less than an hour in any direction and see college wrestling when ever I felt like. You'd like it too, trust me.