Affordable yes, cheap no. As someone said earlier you can spend $150 to get started and go to a couple of tournaments. I'm willing to invest that money in my sons. It's a sport worth the time and money. Where I have been drawing the line is when tournaments are price gouging, and doing things that make it more difficult for us to attend. It's a great sport but you have to choose those tournaments that give you the best bang for the buck.

We've attended tournaments from Hays to Topeka and Concordia to Wichita. I guess this is as good a place as any to give my opinion on which tournaments have worked out well for us over the past 13 years.

Lincoln-A, Abilene-A, Beloit-A, Salina-A, Manhattan-B, Ellsworth-B, Great Bend-B, Herington-A, Buhler-A, Chapman-A, P-burg-B, Junction City-B, Concordia-A, Minneapolis-B, Rice Co-A.

If your going to spend most of a Saturday somewhere the clubs above have done well making it worth your while.

There are those tournaments in our that I try not to support. I realize people are working hard to make tournaments run well but there are places that consistantly charge too much money, make kids wait far too long, have rude tournament directors and poor accomidations. These are the places that make me feel wrestling is just too expensive.

Wrestling is like everything else these days, you must be an educated consumer. Let your money do your talking and support the those tournaments that are do their best to make Saturdays fun, competitive, and worth spending your time and money at.