Free with the purchase of a lot of blood sweat and tears.......

Not that it isn't frustrating for kids to see kids that they whip, qualify, or even place, or even win a state title.......

Life lessons I guess. The good old days are gone. I agree with a lot of what people say about earning your way to state, but I also wonder what it would do to our participation if we made it more difficult to qualify for state. Hard to be mad at a coach for walking the halls after football season, and telling a kid to come out and fill a slot at a weight, knowing that the weight might be thin on either talent or quantity, and thinking he can squeeze some team points out of that new kid.