It could be that there is just not the interest in Freestyle and Greco. Baseball, jobs, working on the farm, summer, girls, the list goes on and on. With the Wrestling on the cutting board at the Olympics it could get worse. You can't make kids like freestyle and greco.
One more thought. It is not wrestling that is the problem. Kids are just softer these days, and their is no one to blame but the parents.
I agree with your last thought and I think that is exactly why a wrestler would choose to wrestle 7th and 8th graders after they have been wrestling HS for an entire season.
