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Some answers
by West Nebraska Wrestlers (no login)
Huskerland is cheap and don't require cards but has no place for H/S wrestlers to compete .That would be ok but Huskerland goes in to the freestyle season that starts the week after State H/S . Huskerland state is not till a couple of weeks before state USA State F/S Greco .USA State Folk Style is the end of March in the midst of Freestyle season .
Huskerland is a great opportunity for kids wrestling but leaves no place for kids or H/S age kids to hone skills and compete at freestyle .It needs to end it's folkstyle in February . Then go to a freestyle season for all ages USA or Huskerland .
Clubs around here are going Huskerland and finishing their seasons at Huskerland State because it's cheap . Now that they have transitioned to Huskerland they have no interest in paying the 25.00 per wrestler and 25.00 for a Coachs card ( probally Dad ) plus 50.00 for a Copper card to wrestle for 30 days with no tournemants , nor do they want to pay the extra money out for one USA State Folkstyle Tourney .
Teams are reluctant to schedule a F/S tourney because without the little kids numbers it won't draw enough to pay out . Soccer starts in April with Baseball in mid May . We loose all of our young wrestlers when soccer starts up .
These things are then lost that where developed thru the USA program .
F/S Pairers
F/S Refs of National quailty and knowledge
Kids exposed to F/S & Greco (our club of 80 to 90 wrestlers has 5 that might go to F/S State this year and they are ones that wrestled when we had Freestyle available )
No opportunities for H/S wresters to wrestle in this area after season without traveling many hours .
Support $ for H/S Wrestlers for National Teams .
AAU has been destroyed now USA ?
It is a simple scheduling problem . A State wide calender was proposed several years ago that would provide for wrestling opportunities for all ages styles and ability that would separate our large tourneys .
Huskerland States date must be moved back and they must either get involed in a freestyle season for all age groups with a true State F/S and Greco Championship or get out of the way so USA can do it .
If we go with Huskerland we could remove the state qualifing from our Nebraska USA National requirements and let anyone go that these events that wanted to .