Our club is taking approx 20-25 wrestlers to this years Classic. For our family it will be the 5th time to attend. We have always enjoyed the Classic and will continue to attend. My biggest complaint of the past has been only that you are not allowed to bring in coolers. As far as the cold cement floor...have you been to Tulsa Nationals?? It is held over a Hockey Arena...I had a light jacket on the entire time...and was still chilled. The bathrooms were not clean...except for the first 1hr or so...but what do you expect? My son cleaned the bottoms of his shoes each time he got back from the restroom and prior to wrestling. We take our own precautions by using the foam skin protection prior to each practice session, each weekend tourney and have our sons shower as soon as we reach home. Our club mats are cleaned prior to and after practice..so we try to control our environment as much as we can. Still no one has any control over the opponent and the precautions they take. So do your best to keep your child free of skin disease and hope that everyone else is doing the same.
I grew up on a farm so don't worry too much about the manure...have smelled it in the past at the Classic...never saw a sign of any inside of the facility. We take it sleeping bags/lawn chairs/dvd players, etc and set up in a corner with our entire club...we all enjoy each other and watching good matches. I will admit that there are a few injuries...but last year at our subdistrict there were more than I would care to see.
