Man this sounds like you are mad for the wrong reasons. A wrestler lied about their weigh ins last summer to win a "triple crown" in Kansas. Well the real triple crown is at Cedar Falls (Folkstyle Nationals) and then in Atlanta, GA (Freestyle and Greco-Roman Nationals) this year. Regardless of what you think Blue, the satellite weigh ins have helped this particular tournament. The evidence is overwhelming in favor of this. I have been involved with this tournament for almost 20 years as a wrestler, coach, referee, and spectator and without question we are going in the right direction. I would venture to say that this is all about an un named kid that must have beat someone that you know for a trophy that they didn't deserve. I bet that the wrestler in question did not go to the national tournament or even Southern Plains where there are shoulder to shoulder weigh ins. We as a Kansas National Team Staff have done our absolute best to make things accessible for our wrestlers. There have been many conflicts with our Freestyle and Greco state tournament over the years (graduation, prom, and other issues) and now those conflicts are worse than ever and unavoidable. One thing that you have not mentioned in your constant attack on our state of wrestling is the fact that the kids circuit (one that your son is a part of) has done satellite weigh ins for years. You are telling me that this is not an issue at that level? I have personally heard stories about kids clubs cheating at this. Benson was absolutely correct with his assessment of our current high school situation, home site weigh ins for regionals is wrong. It is not about the kid who is 5 lbs over and they let him wrestle, he will more than likely not make the weight on Friday night. It is the issue of the kid only being .2 or .4 over and being allowed to wrestle. The last pound is always the hardest at this time of year. If you want to do something about this, stop crying about some un named kid at the freestyle and greco kids state tournament and start going through the proper channels to try and change it. Until then, we as a staff could care less if you are upset or not. Show up, don't show up. The point is at the schoolboy and below level there is nothing to qualify for other than the schoolboy duals team (that most anyone could go to if they wanted to do to lack of numbers for that as well). Most people have the competitive integrity to do the right thing, those who don't have that are people that we don't want involved with our programs...
