These are good points. In football, it is in the rulebook that officials take the field 30 minutes prior to game time. Rule 1, section 1, article 7. Since Kansas does not follow national federation rules regarding weigh ins, perhaps it could go into the kansas wrestling handbook that skin checks will begin 30 minutes prior to competition. I feel that Kansas officials do an excellent, although sometimes over zealous job, of enforcing the skin checks. I know at Pratt we had a wrestler that was unable to participate this year because one official "thought" he might have a skin infection. He did not. If you wait until ten minutes prior to competition, it does not enable a kid to get checked by a local doctor if an official "thought" there may be a problem.
