If the family actually moves to that
school district, then it is legitimate. As far as I am
aware, both families moved to the Wasatch area.
Do coaches complain? Yes, they do. And
wrestlers are blocked from competition, if their families
did not move. For example, Jon Gappmaier was not allowed
to wrestle last year, when he transferred from Skyline to
Brighton.
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Thanks for your quick response. I
understand now but something just doesn’t feel right with
this.
Robyn
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I am more curious why Wasatch was allowed
to have two extra weeks before turning in its team's
official weights. I'm sure every other school in Utah
would have enjoyed an extra two weeks to diet and train.
Tyler Hatch
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Reader's Response
Wasatch's wrestling championships are over. Even if they
continue recruiting, Delta will crush them. Editor is just
making excuses for cheaters like Wasatch. Everyone knows
they recruit to win. Many fail to realize that this is
high school wrestling, not college and, sadly enough,
recruits usually rob another of a would-be championship.
Mangum was originally headed to Mt. Crest, but his parents
decided to rent an apartment in the Heber area. Remember
the dominant Cordova boys of the late 1990s and early
2000s? They were born and raised in Rock Springs, WY, and
were recruited by Wasatch. Coincidence? I think not!
I firmly believe that state placers should not be able to
transfer to "power" schools. Shafer should have been made
to go to Park City or stay at Brighton.
Scott Neilson
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Editor's Response
I'm not making excuses for anyone. I
was simply explaining why it was allowed (the rules
involved) as far as I understand them.
I do not support recruiting athletes for
high school. If it is, indeed, happening, then it
indicates a weakness in coaching. The best coaches
build their champions, they don't recruit them from
another program and take credit for them.
As far as the other allegations made here
about Mangum, the Cordovas or Shafer, I don’t know
anything other than that it was ruled legitimate by the
people whose job it is to make those decisions. There
are people whose job it is to enforce the rules, so I
leave it to them to do their jobs.
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