I am surprised I haven't heard the chants coming about matside weigh-ins yet. If it were practical, matside weigh-ins coupled with a regular weigh-in with a little to no tolerance between the two weigh-ins would go far to help curtail kids cutting weight. We all know what happens, the kids cut down to get under a certain weight then immediately put back on the 3-7 or more pounds they were cutting. I do not support cutting a kids weight due to the nutrition limitations and all of the other problems that can come from it. My son eats helthily and normally weighs in barely over the weight class below the one he is wrestling.

My3sons, I have to sort of disagree with you on your point of messing up the bracket by moving kids around for weight changes. I dislike weight changes to brackets and in our tournaments we host we specifically list that no changes will be made due to the wrestler not making weight. Re-bracketing is a real headache and I will agree with you on that point. However, what I am in disagreement with is the fact that messing with seedings shouldn't matter, since in order to win a bracket the kid needs to beat everyone in that bracket anyhow.

Craig Gash
Derby Wrestling Club
Tournament Director