Will,

Over the last six weeks or so that I have been reading your posts on changes that you feel need to be made in our Kansas high school wrestling rules, it seems that you are telling us that Kansas high school wrestlers are hindered by our current system from developing their skills to be able to wrestle for a good college team. My purpose in my original post was to state that I do not believe that is true. I believe there are enough opportunities available in Kansas right now for a high school wrestler to be noticed by a college and to develop skills that will make them competitive in college. It takes a lot of work and committment but it can be done with our current system. Could it be improved? Yes I think it could. As an example, I do think a Grand State tournament would help attract college coaches to the actual event and would give more credibility to State championships or placers for coaches who are unable to attend. This would help kids get recruited.

By the way, I know you are doing a good job in getting your son ready for wrestling at the next level. I think he is definitely on the right path to become a very good college wrestler at any level that he chooses to wrestle at.