To much division in wrestling, other sports don't compare [team sport/individual sport]. To many smart ass people that think their funny, can't even keep on subject. With olympics out of the picture folkstyle should be our focus. Adding to that 99.99% percent of the kids that wrestle would never end up in any kind of international competition. If the ihsaa sees your teaching freestyle in the rtc they set up to try to get rid of freestyle they would throw a tantrem. They were ment to appease the need for offseason ihsaa folkstyle work, right? Them other countrys can wrestle what ever style they want but if the come to the U.S of A, they need to learn folkstyle we have football they have soccer.Only the elitiest think we need forty different styles because they don't want to do what the average wrestler is doing, trend setters. Just like the different shoes and singlets they pour thousands of dollars into every year,can't look like average johnny. I plead with any parent or coach with enough money to buy their child all this crap to save it, pick up a akid that dont have the funds and take him to the wrestling room mentor him or her into wrestling not just one night but everytime you take your kid to a room be it a rtc or an elitiest room pick them up,coach him in the car on the ride not just about wrestling but about life. I f you go to your elitiest room and the coach says that he can't be on his mat because they havent paid then theres your answer to why the sport will DIE. just like in life if you take from the average johnny to pay for champion joe's pretty singlet you wont have johnnys to wrestle.Coaches- Ifa kid makes an effort to learn wrestling your first comment to him should not be, as your looking down the end of your nose; well johnny get your mom and dad to by you some shoes($100),a singlet($100) buy a usa card($40) oh and by the way membership to my wrestling room is ($100) a month which is used to send our elite group to hawaii to wrestle.{usually the coaches son and his favorite sparring partner}. Just get a pair of your sons elite group shoes and tell him if you want to learn i want to teach. Johnny probably dont have parents or money. Quit running kids off because they dont have nothing for you right know ,coach them and grow them, treat them all equal, work with your worst 5 or 6 kids even if it is baby steps and your room will grow with them. The best ones don't need your attenton they get it already ,coat tail riding your best wrestler to the state tournment does nothing for your team, room or wrestling in general .In fact it tells everyone else you really dont care about teaching the sport you just want to ride the elites to glory at everyone elses expense, kids and parents will walk away. Just like our government take from th poor and cater o the rich it dont work! sry just a rant. Dont be an eliteist be a mentor. Just a rant hoping to grow the sport of wrestling.