UncleJimmy

Cannot wait to take in all things #TheCounty this weekend and see what the hype is all about! Hope some rubs off to bring back to #daNorth. Can anyone from #theCounty recommend a good non-chain type establishment to watch the ponies after an afternoon of wrestling? For the record, I'm rolling Whitmore at 20-1..just a tip from your UncleJimmy.

Thanks..agree and concur on participation rates.

If a kid places top 3 this weekend to qualify at a certain weight for the ISWA trip, is that the weight they must register for Fargo thru ISWA? Can they drop down a weight or would that be contingent on having a spot available at the lower weight? Thanks in advance.

Jimtown will win 2A Team State..other than that I got nothing. Oh, and nobody will complain about #PainTrain seeding position this year.

LOL..I fully expected this to say Congratulations to PM on winning the Inaugural Indy Metro National Freestyle Tri Dual ISWA Qualifier at Warren Central.

It's a "business" ran by volunteers, agreed. Let's take a 21st century approach to the volunteer wrestling business and run it as such with members as "stakeholders". I'm positive this is not exactly how the process works but hopefully not too far off. 1. We all have USAW cards I believe. I assume some of those dues filter to ISWA? We also pay entry fees for ISWA tourneys to offset costs and most of us (not all) are part of some type of local club that is affiliated or participates in ISWA events. As such, let's call us stakeholders. 2. Upon paying dues/tourney entry/club fees let's have all stakeholders fill out an info sheet that would include an email/contact info. I assume most of us have one of these in the 21st century. If not, even a mailing address would suffice. 3. ISWA can keep the current setup with meetings in Indy at which time the usual ideas/thoughts/changes can be presented/discussed. 4. Upon completion of these monthly/quarterly/yearly meetings a mass email update can be sent out to the stakeholders. Then it is up to me to read it/process it/discard it but the onus is off the Board. They've done there job and dispersed the necessary info to stakeholders. 5. Every year, the Board sends out the proposals/changes/policies that are up for vote via email to the stakeholders for approval/rejection. Again, the onus is then off the Board.."hey, you voted for this!" so there's no blame to be considered. TL;DR...a public company (ISWA) has shareholders (wrestlers!). They have Board meetings at various locals thruout the country (Indy). Not all sharholders desire/can/will attend these meetings. However, thru shareholder communications (email or whatever) one can see what has transpired at the meetings. Once a year these public companies have a "shareholder meeting",(I don't know...maybe a FK/GK/FS State Tourney where a lot of shareholders might be? just a thought.). Most shareholders do not attend these meetings in far away locals, but they do get sent a proxy to vote whether they attend or not. Again, if they don't vote the vote goes for what Board recommends. Why can't we/ISWA do that...here's what the board has been presented and what we recommend, now cast your vote as a shareholder Yay or Nay. What's this accomplish? Look..Nobody wants to bash a volunteer. They are angels and should be applauded not lambasted, but by virtue of appearing to be the Wizard of Oz behind a curtain making policy and changing on whims that is what has seemed to happen. If we can somehow get it to be a "company" of volunteer "shareholders" ran in a 21st century approach then the only people to blame would be ourselves for voting for a proposal that didn't work or not voting at all. But telling me I didn't vote because I didn't drive to Indy would be like Citigroup telling me I didn't vote because I didn't attend the yearly meeting in Delaware. That's not a plausible reason for my vote not to count in the 21st century. I respect Mr. Hull for communicating. I respect all the volunteers of ISWA for all they do. I also respect the opinions of those who disagree. I hope it doesn't come to an AAU/USWF fissure. Let's get it to 1 vote for all ISWA "members" that can be voted via 21st century means. Make ISWA Wrestling Great Again!

I guess I must apologize to MCKJAC for his not getting a waiver this year! It's all my fault, I complained about the process last year..it's my fault. Geez..displacement much?

Ah, I see your Al Smith results now....you are correct in your comparison that CE beat Carmel and Chesterton. Missed the duals at the event tho..musta been in the other gym. Ironically, I agree that CE should be in. Hope that helps your gripe. I'm UncleJimmy...and I support CE! Just don't believe in a regionalistic AntiSouth movement...although I would support it, maybe.

CE beat Carmel or Chesterton? I agree, that would be comparable and CE should be in. Otherwise, I'm missing the comparison I guess.

Not a lot of schools down there in the Hoosier Nat'l Forrest area maybe? As compared to the economic engine that is da Region metropolis with houses separated by like 5 feet? I dunno....I just love these regional arguments. You'd think the state was the size of Texas or something. No love for the MidSouthCentralRegion! That might be why..you have a SECTION and not DA REGION?

The issue is several wrestlers/families have spent vacation time/money to attend events that were on a schedule that was on the ISWA website because there was no indication there would be any other way to get the 2 mandated qualifiers in. Now, similar to last years waiver debacle, 2 weeks before the state tourney there has become a new/unpublicized/EASIER/MORE CONVENIENT way to qualify. It's great it's happening, just like it was great waivers were allowed last year. The issue is putting out parameters then changing them midstream with no notice. It makes those who have followed the parameters quite upset. "Finding a way..." is great, but it shouldn't have to be found...it should be set forth as an option in the beginning. Fairness to all participants seems to be the issue.

Another good idea to support the local club..which is the objective. How bout each ISWA member club get 5 waivers! The local club could auction them off to the highest bidder or maybe raffle them off or whatever! That would help MCKAJC and others who have been told NO to waivers..only don't tell the clubs until 2 weeks before ISWA state because that would make them more valuable to local clubs! Brilliant!!!!

Agree..seems fair..if you know you can do it! Pretty sure if Joe doesn't come across this and post it on his site that not a lot of local clubs would be aware it was an option? Didn't see it as an option on the ISWA site when I checked for events I could try to get Jr to.

Another difference is ISWA clearly stated you need 2 and then puts out the list of events on it's website and says here is the weekends/locations to try to schedule everything else around..but then at the last second says "oh, BTW...if you pay us the sanction fee you can have your event in the middle of the week at a time and place convenient for you"!!! How fair is that for the "North" kids that drove 2.5 hours down to Warren on Saturday to "support the local club" on a gorgeous Spring Day but now I'm sure there will be a couple of these "tri-dual" qualifiers popping up in more convenient locales at more convenient times?

That's the parental conundrum. You are correct, he is missing out on a great opportunity and it is a fantastic accomplishment for him in such a small amount of time in the sport, but if you nudge/nag/push then he could retaliate by sabotaging his effort/performance if he's doing something for you instead of himself. Not knowing, I assume Indian Creek is a smaller school so he probably is an instrumental part of the football team so he wouldn't want to let them down either? Tough spot...Good luck.

Wait...what happened to supporting your local club? Wasn't that the root of the qualifiers? The rules just keep changing.

Totally off tangent but I bet that Wabash College Community Day will not be on the same weekend as this event next year! Wrestlers, and fans, be diggin" free burgers and brats!

Check indianamat twitter..it's on there.

Appears the MN teams and a KY team have withdrawn?

Congrats! Well deserved.

How did Hanover screw up?

Flowrestling >>floarena>>results>>NHSCA ...Flo is the worst. Give me Track anyday.

An eery coincidence????

I'm gonna start selling WWBBD bracelets! You know, like the old WWJD fad from the 90's...since he's clearly the second coming!