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Rooks and Masconi are wrestling 38 at Super 32, I'll take both of them over both

This is how I see it.... I would say 90 percent of the high profile transfers are from families that wrestle year round. They spend money on training, travel, gear, camps, etc.... most of these families had no clue that they would become “wrestling” families when they first got married, and moved into the town that they grew up in or that was near their place of employment. With this said, as these kids are getting to high school age (or begin high school) parents are seeing that their wrestler may have an opportunity to get better training, better exposure, better partners, better coaches (that get paid more!), and for the most part a better education at other schools. Not to mention they are moving to communities where their friends, that they have been traveling the nation with for years, reside. These people are trying to that which is best for the family as a whole. The other 10 percent seem to be job transfers or just kids that got in trouble. No way you can knock anyone for trying to do what’s best for their kids. As far as small schools doing away with wrestling... if by losing 1 or 2 wrestlers the schools program folds, it most likely would have folded anyway. And... do we expect our top wrestlers to be satisfied with any program on the verge of being dissolved (just because they started life there). It is what it is.... I see no issues with what is happening. And yes.... we have lost great talent too (at Avon). We lost two time Florida state champ Trey Lane, Zionsville studs (the williamsons), and others. Just families doing what they thought was best for their kids. No hard feelings and we just moved on. Families doing what they think is right or best for their kids is just a part of life and sports.

Oh, I didnt know that. I relied 100% on the advice and direction of the friends we have made through our great sport. I relocated for career opportunity and to give my family a better life. I was fortunate to secure a home for my family one block from Brownsburg High School. I considered all 3 Schools. I want a safe area to raise my family. You can see the roof of the school from my house. We love the County, the support that we have received from the Indiana wrestling community as a whole, including those from neighboring schools (you know who you are) and hope to have a positive impact with Career, Church, and School. Of course, there has been opposition. Thank you to all who have prayed for my family. God, Family, Wrestling.

I have enjoyed reading this thread…. much to consider. I have one more wrinkle to add to the discussion: the impending/inevitable wrestling coach shortage. How many of us who have spent the last 20 to 30 years in education would make the same career choice today? I LOVE teaching high school and do not regret for a moment my career path. That being said, if I were 19 or 20 now I would have to look elsewhere; I just do not see how most young men (and women) would consider teaching and coaching a viable option anymore. Enrollment in university education programs supports this. Finding teachers, let alone keeping them in classrooms for longer than a year or three, is tougher and tougher each year. Now add to that the ability and drive to run a solid wrestling program year in and year out. Visit your favorite school's wrestling website and count the number of education majors on the roster. I just do not see how having more than just a few solid wrestling programs throughout the state will be sustainable and what will look like transferring and recruiting will simply be families seeking competent coaching and an actual program to join. This, far more than academies, open enrollment, and recruiting, could be the downfall of wrestling and many other high school sports.