Even our neighboring state Missouri is making some changes... Their rule formerly excluded any outside competition for any HS wrestlers once the MSHSAA first practice date hit. This meant they couldn't even skip out of practice to club wrestle in order to compete in some preseason events. The NEW rule... Any HS wrestler, with written approval from their AD, may compete in two outside of MSHSAA or high school sanctioned events during the season. An awesome step in the right direction!!
THINGS THAT KANSAS COULD CHANGE:
1. KSHSAA needs to permit HS coach contact to continue after state until the first day of school the following school year. Coach Buckbee is spot on as he indicated this in his post.
2. Deregulate Middle School wrestling!!! Who cares if a wrestler double dips and competes in club and school events?? It is middle school and in many places it is a glorified intramural setup!
3. I believe the KS weigh in system PROMOTES weight cutting. It gives far too much freedom to fudge and far too much time to recover! Why do we think we have it right Greg??
4. Make the travel distance restriction disappear!! It doesn't make common sense and it completely eliminates the opportunity for KS wrestlers to see the top shelf competition during the HS season.
5. Too many individual state tournaments!!! If we want dual state then have ONE individual state tournament and 4 or 5 (just for you Doug V) dual state events.
We could go on and on but really the #1 change that MUST be made to put Kansas athletes in a progressive position is to impeach, remove, fire, demote, terminate, or my favorite "CAN!" Gary Mussolini er I mean Musselman!
