Don't know if the new weight classes will prove out to be a good thing or not, but it has turned 126 into a slobber knocker most weekends. I don't feel that would be the case if there was a 130lb class. I'm not close enough to the 195 lb class to tell the impact. Here's how some of the big tournaments have shaken out in the difference in weights. 1st two obviously before the break:
Tournament# Schools 126’s 195’s
Emporia 19 16 13
JoCo 21 18 12
Beloit 21 12 15
Husky 19 17 12
Hays 21 14 13
Baldwin 15 11 13
Garden City 28 20 16

Not sure it's the weight classes causing the lack of full teams or if it's a matter of support for wrestling from some school administrations causing it. But that's a whole different thread!

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Terry Paxton