I have been an advocate for this since 5a and 6a went to it, I have now experienced the girls do it across all classes and I am now even more in favor of it.
The misconception is that it benefits part of the state and not another part, which is untrue. I firmly believe that it would not matter how you divide the state just get half of the schools in each regional and take top 8. Less chance of anyone that has the potential of winning a state medal not making the tournament but not guaranteed, also splits up the state bracket so more likely higher caliber matches happen in later rounds. Plus I think 2 qualifying tournaments will add another event that could be show cased for these young athletes that only get 4 years to be high school wrestlers and for the majority their careers are at an end then.
Mike Porsch