How do we determine if we are losing more kids at smaller schools... Who’s to say that we aren’t losing more kids at larger schools?
My point is this... if you walk into a big school room, with multiple middle school state placers or champs in one weight class and realize you most likely will not ever make varsity... it’s hard to stick to the sport.
Also.. football players that see year round wrestlers in spots, and realize that they will never make the lineup. That’s tough.
Pre-academy wrestling, everyone was sort of on the same level. Now the academy kids are mostly on another level (with some exceptions). Do we ban academies to give others a chance and level the playing field? That should help numbers... right?