The program as outlined so far seems to basically revolve around extraordinary tests and documentation being involved in regard to weight management by a national governing body. Also as I understnd it, this deal isn't like income tax (yet): if Kansas determines that their present system of self determination as to who wrestles where is ok, then Kansas can do that with no repercussions. The whole thing seems really preposterous to me when you consider all the substances, dietary and otherwise, that are employed in the Football programs nationwide to increase the weight or muscle mass of a prospective star. Can you even begin to imagine the clamor and uproar if some national governing body for Football in this country measured an athlete's height and bone structure, and dictated to the prospective program directors at the schools what that athlete could weigh, and what percent body weight that he would be allowed? That would get laughed away in nothing flat. In wrestling, it seems, we have become so accustomed to accepting whatever is handed down without question that we are willing to abandon procedures that have not been a problem for 70 years to grasp a new procedure in the hopes that those who do not choose to reduce weight for whatever reasons will not be put at a disadvantage to the individual that elects to reduce. Just seems like a big deal over nothing to me.
