Vince:

You bring up some very good points, but I have to agree with the rest of respondents that there has to be some level of moderation here.

Yes, it would be great to offer more opportunity for bigger guys, but one of the beauties of wrestling has always been the that it never discriminates against size. Everyone from the smallest to biggest kid in school can be a star. But just like football and baseball and volleyball, there can only be so many starting positions. Up until the addition of 215, the difference went from 189 to 275.

Ironically, back in the 1980's Iowa briefly experimented with having what amounted to "heavyweight" (everyone 185 to 230) and super-heavyweight (230 and up). You saw a lot of schools at all levels having trouble filling that "super" spot and after a few years it died off.

I was an 190-pound heavyweight my senior year in high school (at the request of my coach) back in the days when it was unlimited on weight. I actually enjoyed my best season wrestling against more than a few 300-pounders (back in the days before limits).

I agree that there should always be as many opportunities for kids to wrestle as possible, but there has to be a limit, and the weights we now have seem to be working well.

Good discussion Vince!