Vince, you have just made is harder for all the smaller kids that this is probably the only sport they have with a level playing field. Moving up to 106 the bottom end and then a weight every 8 pounds would big a big step backwards. I realize your vantage point is that of a father with a bigger kid, but don't take opportunities away from the smaller kids.
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I would love to see us just be able to add more weight classes for the heavier wrestlers and not touch the lighter weights. The problem is that it seems if they are going to make any weight class changes that it is going to be a reduction not an addition of weight classes. I know a year ago Minnesota was considering going alone on reducing the number of weight classes.
I know there are a lot of real light wrestlers who would be hurt just as there are some over 300 pound kids limited by the 285 top limit on the other end. That is why I am suggesting just bumping three pounds and not eliminating it completely like I have seen people advocate on the national forum. Many people are concerned with the overall excessive weight cutting that is done to get a 103 wrestler for a lot of high schools. I don't think the Metro Classic even had a 103 pound match this year. I also think that the five poound increments in our middle weights can encourage excessive of weight cutting. The excessive weight cutting is still a black eye for wrestling. Also not all of the intervals I suggested were 8 pound differentials. In the lower middle four or five of the weight classes I suggested are only six pound differentials.
