Can we ever see the TSSAA doing this?

[humorwrestling]

The tournament could be set up as an independently sanctioned invitational tournament. There would be no requirement on who would be allowed to paticipate.

 

It could be done, if the wrestlers would participate. Im pretty sure if you build it, spectators would come.

[cbg]

This has been tried in other sates and it did not work. While everyone said that they would attend a large number of kids elected not to participate after their individual state tournament. Why not have an individual state tournament series after the state duals. Go back to the old district, region and state tournament with a 32 man bracket double elimination format for the state tournament and don't keep a team score. Host the tournament at the old UTC Mac Gym and have the finals on Saturday evening while using a stage like the NCAA's. IMO, not just wrestling but all individual sports should have just one state champion.

[Sommers]

95% of Utah's population is within 1 1/2 hour drive. TN is spread out so far that making an extra nonTSSAA tournament work would end up similar to the middle TN grand championships imo.

 

NOW... The tssaa Individual tourney could divide team points by divisions and award teams accordingly but allow all wrestlers to compete as they should.

[wristbar]

The way it will work is under a dual format. Invite the top guy from each weight class and have a DI vs. DII vs DI-A round robin dual. If the top guy turns it down go to the next guy down until you get a commitment. It doesnt need to be a tournament. Make an event out of it. Don't charge an entry fee for competitors. Do it in the preseason or early in the season similar to the NWCA all star meet in college. It will not work after the state tournament due to the TSSAA bureaucracy unless its done underneath the banner of USAW, AAU etc. CBG it does work in other states Ive witnessed one in particular. You dont always get the top guys from each division, but they dont always get the top 2 guys to compete at the NWCA all star meet and it doesnt take away from the entertaining matchups that take place.

[wristbar]

95% of Utah's population is within 1 1/2 hour drive. TN is spread out so far that making an extra nonTSSAA tournament work would end up similar to the middle TN grand championships imo.

 

NOW... The tssaa Individual tourney could divide team points by divisions and award teams accordingly but allow all wrestlers to compete as they should.

How do you suggest running a individual tournament but then dividing team points based on classification? It cant work that way. To many variables for people to gripe about i.e. bracketing fairly across the divisions. And the simple fact that the team that scores the most points out of the three divisions is going to be considered the sole champion therefore overshadowing/downplaying the significance of the other two divisions team titles being that they wrestled in the same tournament.

[Newestguy]

I feel that this will happen. There will be a few weenies weasel out. But those would be the ones that wouldn't win it anyway.

Edited January 9, 2013 by Newestguy

[dca44]

The way it will work is under a dual format. Invite the top guy from each weight class and have a DI vs. DII vs DI-A round robin dual. If the top guy turns it down go to the next guy down until you get a commitment. It doesnt need to be a tournament. Make an event out of it. Don't charge an entry fee for competitors. Do it in the preseason or early in the season similar to the NWCA all star meet in college. It will not work after the state tournament due to the TSSAA bureaucracy unless its done underneath the banner of USAW, AAU etc. CBG it does work in other states Ive witnessed one in particular. You dont always get the top guys from each division, but they dont always get the top 2 guys to compete at the NWCA all star meet and it doesnt take away from the entertaining matchups that take place.

 

 

I like this idea. The TSSAA All-Star Classic. The top guy in each weight class from each division (or 2, 3, and so on if someone declines), 1 on 1, mano y mano. Just for fun.