There are always going to be kids who have an advantage or disadvantage no matter what the age or class. For example, "Johnny" who lives close to Wichita and is in a very active freestyle, greco ect club with several high quality coaches and access (money) to attend National wrestling tournaments is going to have more advantage sover "Joey" who lives in a small town with a disorganized club and no access to highly competitive tournaments. Life is not fair. It is what we do with it that decides who we are.

There are many benefits of having 14U versus Junior High and High School separation. Yes, other states do it differently but are they right and we are wrong? Do they have a higher percentage of kids being "red-shirted"? Are they like some states that do no believe in starting Kindergarten unless they are 5 before December? In Kansas, the reason we have so many Freshman wrestling in 14U is because their birthdays are in the summer. If we had the same start date for Kindergarten as California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Michigan or Montana (all of these states require that you turn 5 before December to enroll instead of Sept.), there would only be a very small group of 14 year old Freshman. Maybe this is why Kansas has its policy and those states have theirs.