No where in the sport of wrestling is it said that you are "given" anything! That is what
the sport is all about. In this tread it seams
to me that there is alot of whinning going on
in hopes that their kid should have placed or
placed higher in a tournament. Why? To me there
is a place for "novice" tournaments. Same as J.V
High School tournaments. There are very good J.V.
kids out there who whould be on the Varsity or even state qualifiers if on another team.
My opinion is ALL 6 & Under's, 1st year kids, and kids who are constant losers no mater how many years they have wrestled are novice. Everyone needs to win a few, but everyone dosn't need to win first. Some are better than others. Big Deal! You will find that wherever you go. It is also my opinion that the coaches should be ethical enough to know when a kid should not wrestle in novice. Maybe next year or throughout the year they will be at a differant weight. Maybe those who don't want to wrestle a kid should try a differant weight? You maybe surprised to find the kid is better at another weight than the one he is always wrestling at. There are many ways to play this game. Just the fact that they are competing at the early age is positive. You always have to lose a few to learn how to win and most of the time one competes at the same level as their competition. Let's all remember that the goal is for every kid to compete at the high school level, not what happened when they were 6 or 8 or even 12!