I was very disappointed for two reasons. First of all I didn't go to this tournament thinking that I had to spend 11 hours on the floor. It is one thing when there isn't any possible way to add seating in the gym. But when I see all bleachers against the wall, that pissed me off. I should have known I was in trouble when I saw people carrying blankets and pillows into the gym. Spoke to a couple of people and they said that it was the same last year and they came ready. Second, my son was in a 8 man bracket and it wasn't very good competition. He wreslted 3 matches and spent 10 hours and 55 minutes on the floor. He was in the A bracket.
My son's first bout #'s were 120, 165, x118 or should I say his first match around 10:00 am(2 hours later), second match 1:30 pm(3 1/2 hours later), and the last match around 5:30 (4 hours later) and after waiting to get his first place medal and wall bracket, we got done around 6:15.
The time spent there was a complete waste of time. If we could've gotten out around 3:00 pm, that would've been acceptable compared to the number of matches he had. I guess I should be thankful that he didn't have a bye/stratch. I don't think I'll be going back next year. The only thing my son and family enjoyed was staying at Residence Inn in the Studio rooom (the tv had a/v jacks so my kids played thier Playstation2).
In closing, I can live with the competition, you can't always get what your looking for. But to spend 11 hours in a gym to wrestle only 3 matches, that is down right ridiculous.
