When is it going to end????? Everybody wants the 6 year oldsin state and the 16 year olds gone. Let's say they vote it in. Then in a year or two. We have parents out there who have these stud 3 and 4 year olds. Then Ottawa runs a 4 and under state tournament to take the place of the six year olds now going to the big dance. Then we have parents saying the 4 year olds are wrestling all year and being left out. But, I don't want my 3 or 4 year old maybe wrestling a 7 year old. Then we have people saying lets kick the 14 year olds out and get the 4 year olds in. When is it going to stop??? Don't think I have anything against the little guys. Because I have a 3 and a 6 year old along with a 10 year old. My oldest son wrestled in the 8U as a 6 year old. But, he was physically and mentally ready to compete. He's a 4 time qualifer and 2 time placer. My six year old is no way ready. and he's spent 2 years in the wrestling room. He's not even at the same level as my older son in any sport. And I've worked with him the same way as my older son. Now, my 3 year old, I see alot of my older son in him as ability and wanting to do the sports. I'm sorry for dragging this out, but I see the same thing in other famlies that have several children as I do. The physical and mental abilities are quite different.
As far as the weight changes. I don't like the proposed weight changes. Because that's just promoting weight cutting. The weights start out 5lbs. apart and get up to 15lbs. in the lower age groups. I coach other sports and I've tried to talk parents into signing up their kids for wrestling. A lot of these parents know nothing about the sport of wrestling but, they sure do know about the weight cutting. I try to explain it to them and give them my point of view. We just can't have that much weight changes between weights. We need to promote our sport of wrestling and stay away from negatives as much as we can so our sport will grow. I like how the weights are broke down right now.