This is always a topic of opinions. But until a few years ago the cutoff date in kansas was january 1st. I dont know but heard kansas changed this after all the years because one of our higher ups had a kid that would benifit by changing the date. It seems to me the january 1st date was working fine then all of a sudden some kids got the raw end of this and had to wrestle the bottom age group two years in a row just for some to gain a extra year. Other USA wrestling states still have the january 1st.