On a side note. Apprently this "hurt" you describe by wrestlers who have worked their way through our system, seems to be debunked by the numerous All Americans and National Champions we seems to have. Names like Trevor Charbonneau, Curtis Chenowith, Shawn Silvis. I know for a fact these guys wrestled 8th graders when they were freshman. The list goes on and on. Now obviously we don't have the same number of AA's as say New York or California. But there is also a huge population disparity. I don't feel like doing all the stat research but I bet that if you did you would find that per capita Kansas ranks very high in the wrestling AA status. And don't forget that the Kansas team typically finishes very high in the High School national tournament year over year. We must be doing something right. Im not saying wrestling 8th graders is what made these guys into AA's. What I am saying is it obviously didn't hurt them.

I've seen many posts related to the inclusion of more FS/GR wrestling and yet if you look at the FS/GR event calender there is typically only 1 or 2 tournaments a weekend here in Kansas. I believe the reason is as I said before because there just isn't as much interest from the parents or the athletes in these styles. That is a major reason why USAWKS doesn't want to make more state tournaments etc. etc. In order to change the system you have to have the support. It hasn't been there in years past and it will probably continue to be that way. I find serious doubt that you will ever be able to muster the support. There are many reasons for this which I have already illustrated. Continuing to bring this up every year isn't going to bring more support. The only thing that is, if you can give people a more compelling reason. In my opinion you haven't, and won't be able to. If you really want to prove your point, then I suggest you put together a petition and of course the ONLY people who get to sign this petition are the 8th graders who feel the same way you do. If you get enough to sign then MAYBE the board will put some consideration to it. For now though they recognize that a very small minority take issue with this.