Egg:
Is there anyone on the board outside of the world of being EMPLOYED by a public school system? If so how do I get on one of these boards? Have you ever cut weight? Do you really believe what you just wrote? Surely you realize the more complicated you guys make this the more room there is for disparity in compliance. The variation in the hydration test is so outrageous that the notion of performing the test is really an absolute joke.
If a wrestler can't certify before Christmas then he shouldn't be trying to make that weight class! Doesn't that make sense?
If your BOE grants you time then it is in effect part of your job. Those who don't have to make money lose all perspective on what a job is. You have described it as being a position that is in conjunction with your job which causes you to give up normal duties to perform these. I am sure you don't pay for your own gas to attend these meeting or the other expenses associated with them. It will be difficult for me to feel gracious towards those who are part of the government glutony that we have let develop over the years. There is so much ineffiency in our education system. There is really NO need for this committee! It is a joke that we waste your time and our tax dollars talking about such things as "weight loss permits." Do you have any idea how EASY it is to get permission to lose as much as you can possibly stand to lose? I am quite confident that it is nearly impossible for your committee to have conventional wisdom on a topic that they have little or no real experience with. Two doctors and an athletic trainer all of whom have never cut weight or witnessed how high schools are REALLY handling all of the nonsensical weight loss rules that have been developed and implemented. Is there REALLY any attention being paid to weight loss? If there were then the easy answer is you must weigh before you step on the mat. If you are over you lose. If you are dehydrated or cut down to a point that is unsafe you will lose. If you can handle it and win then it isn't unsafe. The human body is pretty darn amazing. As I stated before, the more complicated you make it the more expensive it is to have this sport. I mean for God's sake we have to have a committee just to discuss wrestler's weight loss, weigh in, growth allowance, etc. Why don't we have a committee on staying competitive with other states? How about a committee on making wrestling as profitable as possible?
I do applaud paying the officials more. That was a good idea.
Last edited by Cokeley; 06/18/08 04:29 PM.
