Doug,
Now you’re just being an ass. I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree. But, I will tell you that there were real flesh and blood wrestlers that were not able to wrestle in the State series last year for no fault of their own…and EVERY year for that matter. The situations varied from the parents making a mistake, the wrestler sitting on the fence, the club making mistakes, and even worse, a participant purposely being left off a list. Every year the managers of the Sub-District tournaments get hit with every excuse in the book. The intent of the original amendment was to give these kids who for whatever reason missed our deadline an opportunity to wrestle for an added fee. The original amendment offers the fairest and most consistent way to deal with this issue. Some excuses may be more legitimate than others, but who decides whether little Johnny’s internet outage was more important big Mike’s trip to the ER. I don’t like excuses, but if we are going to open the door up and fix the problem for one kid than we need to have rules in place that can be consistently applied to the entire USAWA-KS organization. Simply put, extending the deadline without an added fee DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. Any solution that doesn't put in place a parent/participant review period DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. This is my last comment on this issue…until Sunday. Club representatives, you have to show up to have a voice! The D2 amendment DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.
Mark
