I have been told that Kansas City KS CC may not have the money to start a team. In future letters to them it might help to bring up the fact that in recent years Pratt CC, Newman University, Baker University, NWKTC, Bethany College and now Benedictine College have all added teams in Kansas. Due to the fact that wrestling scholarships are partial scholarships several of these universities decided to add teams due to the fact that the net effect of adding teams was actually more students and more money coming into campus. I am not sure if the net dollar effect would end up positive for KCKSCC or if additional students on campus is a priority for them but it might work out positively for them. I could see the school attracting some Kansas City Missouri wrestlers and other students from outside the KC metro area both from Missouri and Kansas. That should bring in more tuition money and possibly more students to their campus housing.
I know the Baker University AD at the time Dan Harris worked with the National Wrestling Coaches Association on a study that showed it would ultimately prove positive for Baker both in revenue and addtional students. I think that has proven to be true because Baker University has added students each year to its wrestling program. Baker University is a private school with higher tuition than a junior college so the numbers will not work out exactly the same but it still might be worth a look for KCKCC. I would just suggest if you are going to send emails to Mr. Pratt that you mention the potential postives (additional tuition, housing revenue and additional students) and maybe ask what would be the obstacles to adding a team at KCKCC. I am going to answer his reply to me doing that and giving him some specifics of the Baker study from four or five years ago.
Also the person who told me that KCKCC is probably not a great candidate to add a team at this time suggested that Johnson County Community College was in better financial condition and might be a better candidate to work on. So you might want to try sending their AD an e-mail on the possibility. FYI JCCC once did have a wrestling team but dropped it. I am not exactly sure when.
There definitely should be a junior college wrestling program in the Kansas City metropolitan area. I know our preference is that the first one would be on the Kansas side of State Line.