I agree, cutting weight is hard, if only for a national tournament, but burning out a kid for doing this, I disagree. Yes I am a coach and a dad but have left the choice up to my kid..He told me he wants to try it, if he can't maintain the weight we will go back to our origianal weight. If he is willing to work hard, eat the right foods, and is not complaining, then why say you can't do it? Loook at the big picture these kids work their tails off all season if they drop a few pounds why not drop 1lb. to try and make state. Especialy in distict 2, who has some of the best wrestlers in the state as far as I'm concered.