"Does anyone think that the disparity level amongst Indiana wrestling has increased over the years. If we stopped sending JV to varsity tournaments would that help close the gap between the 20th best program to the 150th best program.
My first thought is that it would be a good investment in the future of Indiana wrestling. It wouldn't make a difference tomorrow, but could be a path to help Indiana wrestling's future."
I'm a newbie with no historical knowledge in the sport but I do feel there is a very clear disparity level currently. I do not, however, feel it is due to big school 2nd/JV teams wrestling at other schools varsity tourneys. I think it's more of an "AAU" type trickle down effect. You have kids who are serious about the sport now getting exposed to offseason camps/tourneys/practices and advancing their skills to a much higher level than those kids who aren't "as committed". Not to degrade commitment level, but there just weren't the offseason opportunities or knowledge of them that there are now for those who wish to commit to the sport physically and finacially. So those that want them, can easily find them and thus advance at a greater rate than others that don't.
It might help the sport become more competitive in the long term, but I think it would be at a cost of top level skill deterioration. Doubt that's what we want.
To GDelarden's point.."Again - my job was to build my team - not somebody else's team. So I felt like one way of trying to keep them down - was limiting these additional opportunities."
This sounds like cutting off your nose to spite your face! I'll show you...you're 2nd team won't be in my event! Which, means your kids don't get to compete against better talent aka the whole Iron sharpens Iron thing? Cost is a major factor in today's school systems so asking AD's to drive cross state for JV tourneys just isn't feasible or appealing to strapped school systems.