"#9011 - April, 03 2003 09:30 PM Re: 6 & Under State Championship Coachjt Offline Member
Registered: July, 07 2001 Posts: 454 Loc: Rose Hill, KS This topic has been discussed at great length for the last four or five years and it has ran off people from coming to the state meeting because they would argue about it for so long. District II has been pushing to add 6&U at state the other three districts have been apposed.
Now not everyone in district II is in favor nor are all the people in the other districts apposed. But last year we voted for 6&U at state and it got turned down 70% to 30%. This year was the first state meeting without discussing it and it was nice.
The main reason everyone used was it put to much pressure on the 6 yr. olds to wrestle at state."
This was 14-20 years ago - when 14 & under - 16 & under were there own division. We did not even have a school boy dual team in 2003.
Since then more people and volunteers have been run off - participation numbers are down, I am still trying to find the minutes from the last 3 state board meetings, I can not make a proposal by March 15th (which is the new by-law date) because information from the last meetings has not been available for the state body to make an informed proposal. I am watching a once solid organization self destruct - there are many people with good intentions - but some are not willing to listen to those who have stood the test of time and put forth ____________ _______________ energy.
Sean McCarthy
Smokey, As I remember the discussion and votes, yes D2 supported 6U being added to the state series. I take issue with your statement that "all the other districts opposed". It was primarily the votes from D1 that carried the issue. It was no coincidence that at that time the so-called 6U state was being hosted by a D1 club. My position was, while I supported 6U being added to the state series for a variety of reasons, I felt then and still do, the use of 64 man brackets for a one day tournament for any age group is not good for the sport. That said, I do not believe the promotion of the 6U age group has anything to do with alleged burnout in the sport. I'm not a believer that burnout is an issue but that is probably a subject for another thread.
