Well my question to you then would be, do you not consider being at the tournament with your kids as "time better spent" Im sure in the 6 hours you are at a tournament you can find something to do with your kids. What exactly is it that you can't do at a tournament between matches that you can at home, besides homework which no kids would want to do in between matches. Can you not feed them while they are at the tournament with sandwiches that you make at home. I mean if your sole purpose is to be at home, then why not just stay at home?

My sister has three kids age 3-6 I've babysat and been around them for days at a time so I have a good idea of how stressful it can be, but honestly you can't tell me that a measley 3 hours is really going to make all the difference in the world. You also can't tell me that every parent goes home on a saturday and helps their kid do homework, or that every parent goes home and cleans the house. I mean you are being a little unrealistic. Let me put it this way, other parents including my generations parents, dealt with the system the way it is.

Bottom line here I don't mind seeing change in the wrestling world, and I'm willing to accept that parents aren't as willing anymore to spend a couple extra hours, but consider this, when your kids does make it up to Jr. High School and High School and there is no possibility of split tournaments and you do have to spend all day at a tournament, what will you do then?