First of all thank you Brian for sharing WGSC’s thoughts on this forum with the wrestling community and potential customers of the WGSC organized tournament.

While my response will be professional I have the luxury that I do not have to be politically correct and therefore will be very candid. It is important to understand these are my feeling and opinions and would encourage everyone to visit with Mr. Hanson to formulate your own opinion.

I was excited to learn that Brian and I would have the opportunity to visit, I however never imagined what took place would occur. From the onset of our 47 minute conversation it was clear I was the enemy and not a parent, coach and customer who had genuine intentions. The best description I can give is “Hostile”. I will not share all the dirt of the conversation on this forum as it may be counterproductive. I will however share some key points of our conversation that will hopefully provide insight for those that care about this tourney.

According to Mr. Hanson

*This tourney was moved from Century II as the result of the contract not being renewed. The date then was secured by the Home & Garden Show and will never be available again.
*The WGSC took over and moved it to the current location. The cost for the Pavilion II is 11k a day.

*There are eight clubs that help with this tourney and also share in the profits. The WGSC made 5k last year.

*The Coliseum has to be rented for two days and the high school paid 35k-40k to rent this last year.

The rest of the conversation I will summarize with the following remarks.
Following a statement by Mr. Hanson that they are interested in both, giving the kids an opportunity to wrestle and the safety of those attending, I asked if he would share with me what are the steps they will take to ensure the safety. Mr. Hanson’s reply, I don’t have to! I advised him that I would share his comment to which he later insisted I share this, we have listened to your concerns and will make every effort to ensure the safety of the wrestlers. (As promised, Mr. Hanson.)

I had hoped for a better dialogue and ultimately a higher comfort level, unfortunately I am far from that now. Mr. Hargrove, I again want to thank you for your time. I had heard good things about you and would be happy to visit with you again anytime and would love to have the Wichita Eagle present.

For the record Mr. Hanson, I don’t care about how much money you can raise in one phone call. What I do care about is the safety of our kids. You and I will never speak again!