Sportsfan, don't take this the wrong way, but felt the need to respond. The problems were from those on the outside looking in. In fact, of those raising issues, of which they didn’t know what had been addressed or not in the planning of the tournament, not a single individual, and I mean not a single individual ever contacted me about what was being done, or what was getting done in regards to this tournament. In fact, not a single person raising those questions really offered to help with the planning of that tournament. Sanctioning is not, was not a problem. As you know, there are many high school and Jr. High tournaments that take place on a yearly basis that are not USA sanctioned. One of the compromises that had been worked out, of course no one knew it, was that Kansas USA wrestling was going to be allowed to promote itself at the tournament. However, many states and in fact, many Kansas High School Wrestlers are not affiliated with USA Wrestling. The truth is, the event would have allowed more Kansas High School wrestlers to participate. An example of that is that we took 149 Kansas High School Wrestlers to Brute/Adidas Nationals in Omaha last year.

Don’t get me wrong, I am a strong supporter of USA Wrestling. I am also a stronger supporter of wrestling in general, the Super 32 would have provided tremendous opportunities for some of our High School Wrestlers, and would have provided an even greater opportunity to promote USA Wrestling membership to those wrestlers. I still say, it is a shame it didn’t happen. Do I have a sour taste in my mouth from the whole event? You bet I do, I learned that Aaron’s assessment is correct, a few negative comments ruined a lot of hard work.