Vince,

Not all kids can be on varsity, the best person at the weight is on the team. Should we start asking for 12 man football teams because there are more than eleven good kids? High school is, for most teens, the last formal education they will receive before going off into the real world. If a young man goes to IBM to interview for a job but misses the cut would you tell them that they need to have more jobs for qualified employees? Disappointment is part of life. Just like Tom said they have to learn to work harder or prepare differently. Not getting what you want gives you experience. We are not adequately preparing our youth by making it easier to get something that should be a reward. In the past 40 years we have gone to four state tournaments, given out more awards (from four to six), invited 16 wrestlers to state instead of 8, and now you think we should have two varsity teams when many teams can't fill one? There are lots of athletic opportunities for the bigger kids. Lots more than there are for the small guys. I am confident the weight classes and population distribution have been closely tied to the percentage differences and weight class set up. To me these changes would be SUPER difficult to gain approval. Lets figure out how to fill all of the weights we have now. Fill all of our JV and Freshmen teams too.

In closing, it is OKAY that a good/great wrestler may not make varsity. He will learn and grow from his diappointment and experience.

I agree with your stance to advocate more weight classes but I think the majority reading and posting feel that there are bigger problems that need to be addressed before we get to that.