From my experiences morning weigh ins DO promote bigger weight cuts! I know I cut an unhealthy amount of weight because I knew I could get "healthy" in the 12 hours until dual meet time. I have also witnessed the same from others in the last 25 years I have been around it.

Tournaments were totally different. I know that I was a completely different wrestler for duals than for tournaments because of the rehydration period or lack of for tournaments.

The academic reason is without a doubt hogwash. The extreme weight cutters don't start the dehydration process the day of the meet....it is a several day process with the last day being the most extreme. Therefore kids are not focused on school for several days.

I would totally support matside weighins.