Originally posted by gutwrench1:
Mr. Dewitt,
Thanks but you're sounding more like a liberal Californian than a Kansan here. Do you mean that the CIF (California's KSHAA) doesn't care about wrestling and other sports in all of the many small and rural towns in California because they have one champion per weight class? Are you saying that California, the most liberal state next to New York, is less sensitive to opportunity than Kansas? You say that when it's easier to be a state champ or placer or qualifier, it keeps kids participating and that's the goal. I don't accept the premise. I don't think kids in states with less classifications and fewer state champions quit wrestling because the goal is too high. Relatively speaking Kansas's 4 classifications waters down the relative value of being a Kansas state champion. Knowing Kansas kids I think they'd rather have 15 state champs than 60. They're not afraid of making it more difficult and meaningful.
Shucks, in my previous post, I thought I asked several questions, while recognizing the obvious.
Also, the association which you refer is the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA), not KSHAA.
