I think a permanent move to the spring is an awful idea! In schools where kids are more likely to specialize in one sport, it may work out for them, but for the majority it will be difficult to battle track, baseball, and tennis. And on the girls side, softball, track, and golf.

I don’t have an answer to the issue this year, with COVID, but by moving the wrestling season to overlap with baseball and track, (and probably basketball) kids would be forced to choose. While I hope I could pull them to wrestling over baseball or track, that then pits coaches against each other, fighting for the loyalty of the athletes and no one wins in that situation. And for those kids on the fence about wanting to wrestle: wrestling practices are SO MUCH MORE difficult than baseball, I could see a 50% decrease in numbers for that alone!