Forget the location, it SHOULD have been a one year deal. The three year deal is an attempt, I believe, by some members to stonewall change. You can talk change all you want but if you don't act on it then that makes you a hypocrite.
Randy, I know it was complicated but it shouldn't have been. In today's world the proposals SHOULD have been made available on the internet for EVERYONE to review. The "behind the doors" secrecy and elitist stance that some members of the executive board try to protect has to be eliminated. If it cannot be said to everyone then it shouldn't be said. If you cannot open the meeting then I don't trust you and I believe no one else can either.
A unanimous vote for change followed up by a vote for three more years of status quo is a joke. Poor Ned, he had support for a one year deal and then everyone ran scared. I realize that the financial aspect is important but how important is it when you give away $3,000 to a camp that should be able to stand on its own? That is $3,000 more that could be saved to make the financial decision easier to deal with.
Wichita did not put forth a favorable effort. I for the life of me do not understand why Bryan Hargrove and his cronies didn't just give away the farm at the Kansas Coliseum for a one year deal? Get away from Topeka for a year and give the District 4 people a break on drive time for Pete's sake!
As I told Ned last night. It isn't okay. Three more years of no spring break. Three more years of no NCAA tournament. Three more years of fighting for a hotel room and a good rate in Topeka. Three more years of potential growth lost. You can make more money, find more tournaments, you can do about anything but make more time!
There are options and you can bet I will be brainstorming to figure them out but the board voted to change and then shot change in the head for three more years basically putting change on life support.
It is 2009 and you don't need three years to study the options for change. It is time for new leadership. We need parents who were wrestlers, parents who have kids wrestling now, successful business people and people who are passionate about growth and change. They are out there. They are in District 4, District 3, District 2 and District 1. We need leaders who vote for what is best for the whole state not just their area or city they live in. I have heard every nearly every reason that the vote was made and all of them are just excuses. We all know that excuses are just an explanation to avoid change.
I apologize for the rambling but this has been a hard decision to understand.
Last edited by Cokeley; 04/21/09 04:05 PM. Reason: Spelling correction to appease Mr. Whiz
