Unfortunately there are some coaches out there who put their own egos in front of what is best for their individual student athletes. This is consistent with the KSHSAA party line "Our rules reflect the desires of the voting membership." Why would anyone who is passionate about wrestling want to preclude an athlete from participating in a competition for no real reason. If you go to the CK Kickoff then you have been working out so missing the first week of HS practice is no big deal. If a coach doesn't want to put his best wrestler on the mat then it is time to find a new coach (unless there is good reason, I totally disagree with pulling a kid from a sport when the kid is doing something constructive with his time such as mentioned in the above story).
As fas as Jayhawk's case. I am not sure if there is a problem is a athlete wants to only focus on one sport?? If you wrestle and play baseball it is good to have break in the fall and that doesn't make you a one-sport wonder. Jayhawk, that is a strange argument you wish to make
