Shortening tournaments and making them easier to run should be the credo of USAWKS! These two factors our huge within our high school structure too. (Saturday the 17th I had a 19 hour day and Saturday the 24th I had a 20 hour day)

I might prefer matside weigh-ins over remote weigh-ins. First, the trust issue would be a non-factor. Some local tourney just needs to give it a try!

I am also a proponent of showing up, weighing kids, grouping them in 4's or 5's and running round-robins!

I understand the need for defined weight classes in our State Tournament Series but do we really need them for the local tourneys? We need to get away from a 10-year-old, having to watch what he eats, all week, every week, for 5-months!

I think our emphasis is far to much on, "making weight" instead of wrestling!! After all, I think WRESTLING is in our name!!