Wrestling is not a sport for lazy people. You are going to lose around 12 weekends during the season. You are going to get up early for weigh-ins and get home late. Then do it again the next day. You will put in around 20 hours of gym time during a weekend. Most people casually involved with the sport can not begin to comprehend the time involved, much less the intensity of practices, and when you add in weight loss, it's just too much for most who haven't grown up with it. That's why I feel that schools that are not supported by a strong kids feeder program will always struggle, while those with great feeder programs will always be strong, or at the least re-cycle to being strong when their athletes allow them to do well. I know that a kid that has been pushed too hard by parents when they were young CAN get "burned out", and make them resent the sport. When we have kids drop out in high schol that have been very successful in the kids programs....well...that is very frustrating.