"Another comment from these (Iowa) coaches was that they wrestle nearly fifty matches a season . . . "
Kansas wrestlers can get nearly 40 matches per season if weather does not interfere. What is the magic number of matches that should be wrestled in a season; or is it that whatever number Kansas wrestles are too few?


". . .and might get 5 to 10 easy matches."
No doubt the Iowa coaches were totally unbiased in their opinion. (sarcasm)

It reads as though you hold the rule-breaking Iowa coaches in high regard. These are coaches who were blatantly breaking their state's coach-athlete rules. It does make one wonder what other rules they would be prone to not follow if it/they got in the way of what they wanted to do. Maybe Iowa is the wrestling nirvana for which you have been searching; sounds as though it may have a "don't need no stinkin' rules" mentality.

Actually, I know of the Iowa Activities Association administrator for wrestling, having been in some meetings with him. He is a good and decent man who would be distressed, to find out that Iowa high school coaches were violating their Association rules.

The "it was a stupid rule anyway" defense has not won many, if any, legal disputes.

Greg Mann
Norton