I think every wrestling fan in Kansas would like to see the Grand State again. I don't think it will ever happen through the schools. Kevin, I think you may be on to something with the Kids Federation sponsoring the event. You may want to talk with Mr. Juby or Mr. Grater about your idea.
I don't think it will happen through the schools because of 1.money 2.all other sports and activities will want a Grand State.
While I'm on the subject of money in our school districts, I have a great concern about our sport.Everone knows, many of our school districts are facing some big cuts in their budgets. Some schools are already talking about cutting some sports and activities.
I like to watch the big tournaments during the year as much as anyone and I enjoy watching stud A wrestle stud B. My concern is if we continue to only wrestle tournaments and forget home duals, how do wrestling programs make money beside hosting a big tournament? We need to keep in mind, basketball has anywhere from 8 to 12 home events while wrestling has only a few. My concern is when administrators and school boards start looking at programs to cut, wrestling may be at the front of the line for some districts. Many people in a community do not travel to watch wrestling like some of us old die hards. I'm afraid if we never wrestle at home, the community will not stand behind wrestling if a school board wants to cut a sport. I watched it happen in our colleges and I hope it doesn't happen to our high schools.
