Wrestling- mshsaaTV broadcast

[mlbruem]

Who are the commentators this year for each class?

Maybe they could do a preview for the class on this forum.

Watch Video: Video from each day may be seen at www.mshsaa.tv.

This post was edited on 2/18 12:28 PM by mlbruem

 

[40 Base]

Unfortunately, MSHSAA decided to charge a subscription fee to view the matches this year. Even more unfortunate was the fact that they did not share this with the coaches in advance, so no one knew until the day of the event. It seems they could have included this information in the state packet that schools received at the District Tournament. I know a lot of schools who normally let their students watch their wrestlers' matches during the school day. Many of these schools were unable to view them. How does that help grow the sport???

 

[mlbruem]

Originally posted by 40 Base:
Unfortunately, MSHSAA decided to charge a subscription fee to view the matches this year. Even more unfortunate was the fact that they did not share this with the coaches in advance, so no one knew until the day of the event. It seems they could have included this information in the state packet that schools received at the District Tournament. I know a lot of schools who normally let their students watch their wrestlers' matches during the school day. Many of these schools were unable to view them. How does that help grow the sport???

Growing a particular sport I do not think is part of the MSHSAA mission. They would probably tell you that it was necessary to charge the fee inorder to provide the service due to rising costs. Question why would these schools let $10.00 stand in the way of the kids watching the matches? Seems like that could have been handled very easily. I am not defending MSHSAA as I was surprized by this as well and I do agree with your point that the change should have been disclosed.

 

[40 Base]

The fee itself isn't really the issue. I agree that it was probably necessary in order to continue the service. My main problem was that it wasn't disclosed ahead of time.