I have to agree with the line in the sand. If we gave .2 or .4 then the kids that were over those allowences by .2 would have the same arguement as now. I say 52 is 52, not to be hard, but just to be fair. As far as the scale variances, all tourns we have been to have let kids try other scales if they weighed heavy on the first one. Sometimes the first scale was the lightest of all and it got worse as they moved from scale to scale. My son hangs in about .4 to 1.3 under his weight at weigh ins. Thurs night prac we step on the certified scale and then we know what we need to do the next 36 hrs. It's a method that works for us.