The two coaches I spoke with are both head coaches of prominent high school program. I know them both VERY WELL. They were in the chair opposite of me in matches against Kansas kids. I cannot speak about the other coaches. I know that both of these coaches have coached dual teams outside of the HS season for middle school events. I know many of these coaches are very involved with their youth programs as well as Freestyle and Greco. Could be like Missouri, they coach and have a gentleman's agreement not to talk about it. The rule is ridiculously stupid, no matter what state we are talking about, and only protects the coaches who are not passionate enough to involve themselves outside of the season in which they are required to coach. These are the coaches who support this rule so they don't have to worry about being passed up. The rule pushes down the top so the bottom can stay where it is.

Another comment from these coaches was that they wrestle nearly fifty matches a season and might get 5 to 10 easy matches. That is the polar opposite of Kansas. Most of our schools wrestle about 40 matches and get 5 to 10 good matches.

The bottom line is the 70 plus members of the KSHSAA board feel everything if fine and there is no reason to change anything. The guy who monitors wrestling doesn't appear to even like the sport. Another year, 25% of an athlete's eligibility, will pass by and our wrestlers will not get to travel to the elite tournaments in the east, not get to wrestle the best in our state, not get coached by their coach, not be able to create good practice situations, not be able to attend CK Kickoff, etc. It is a darn shame!