Tournaments are not the easiest thing to put into effect. I feel that all clubs should be able to put on as many tournaments as they want. When our club goes to a tournament and finds that is it very poorly run, we try to attend another club's tournament the next year. Also, I believe that promoting wrestling is a big factor. When children are from homes that are financially challenged then wrestling with a club that only has tournaments long distance is out of the question, so if there are a couple of tournaments offered on the same weekend then these children also get to participate because the parents can afford it. One reason I love this sport is because NO ONE is ever "labeled" financially challenged in it--parents or children. Under priviledged children would benefit from wrestling just as well as children who are not as under priviledged. Keeping open the opportunity to go to several different locations throughout the year will help. As far as "competing for business" Once a wrestler has paid his entry fee--NO REFUNDS guys. The club still gets it's money. This is a benefit to all. If everyone would look at all the plus' and negatives on the subject maybe keeping more availability is the answer. And if you look at the profits that actually arrive after all overhead is paid you will see that even after hosting a tournament--it seems like you should have more money left then what you do. So if a club is willing to give up it's time to volunteer to host a tournament--no matter how many times--then I say GOOD FOR YOU. You are really in it for the children. Also if a club wants to hold more than one tournament a year then you do not have to attend the second tournament--I know that this year there were some tournaments from clubs on the same dates that My husband and I had a hard time picking which one to go to because we wanted to go to both--if they had two tournaments then we would have been able to go to both club's tournaments.
