I certainly support the idea of remote weigh ins. We did it for the Manhattan Freestyle/Greco tourney this summer. It was easy. I weighed my kids in and then called the tournament director with the exact weights. It was great! Showed up about 45 minutes before wrestling was supposed to start, got warmed up, and wrestled. Very easy.

Here's a question a still don't quite get the concern...

Why should we have to worry about tournaments or the state absorbing the cost of paying referees to be at the weigh in sites and certify the weigh in?

Here's my thoughts.....

1. Any additional cost will eventually be passed on to the wrestler either in the form of increased tournament entry fees, increased USAW cards fees, etc. Personally, I would rather invest in a little trust in my fellow adult administrators at the remote site and not increase the cost for the kids.

2. You guys say you want the refs to certify the weigh ins at remote sites.....to me that means you trust them. Yet, every Saturday and Sunday I watch all of US (yes, I include myself) not trusting the judgement, eyesite, etc. with some of the calls these same officials make during a match.....now I know us coaches are always right and have much better judgement in those cases so obviously we could do the weigh ins at remote sites much better too! (OK, this is a little sarcasm.....I'm just kidding with this one)

Shawn Budke