we don't need to adjust the weight classes especially the lighter weights because wrestling is about the only sport the smaller kids can compete at. They are too small for football and basketball. As for the kid that can't make varsity, sorry thats life, maybe he needs to work harder and improve his wrestling skills to compete against the other two kids. kids over 160lbs have ample opportunities to compete at the high school level. Most of the heavier weights are hard to fill anyway. My son is a 165lb sophmore and if he doesn't make varsity I will tell him to work harder to get there. It just seems that husker fan is an advocate for only the bigger kids.
tbau, I don't know you but I value your opinion of me. I feel that is another completely unfair statement to make that I am just an advocate for bigger kids. I have given my time and resources to wrestling causes that benefit all weight classes and I truly admire wrestlers in all the weight classes. I will continue to do so because I believe in this sport and the opportunities it gives to kids of all sizes. I just want to see a little more opportunity for heavier athletes both in high school and college wrestling. I would like to see more opportunities for wrestlers of all sizes that is why I have given of my time and resources to try and promote more college wrestling programs. I do this and intend to continue to do so and yet there are very few weight classes for heavier wrestlers in college. It goes from 197 to 285. I don't understand why I have to get personal attacks directed on me just because I am a strong advocate for heavier wrestlers.
Also you have seemed to have changed your stance rather suddenly with this new just tough it up and beat out these two state champions in your weight class opinion from this quote that you just made in June of this year in another topic:
We don't need to reduce weight classes if anything we need to add one between 215 and 285.
Seriously do you really think it is a good situation that you may have a wrestler who could wrestle at just about any other school in Wichita at 215 or 285 and seriously compete for a state placing position but might be preventing from wrestling varsity at his own school because the defending state champions at 215 and 285 are at his school?
At least don't you think that a change to the Montana system of allowing each school to take two squads to the State qualifying series might be a good alternative to address such a situation? I think that could help wrestlers at all weight classes not just heavier weight classes.
